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Summer Intern – Research and Development, Power Electronics & Energy Conversion Systems
General Motors. Support research and development projects involving power electronics, energy conversion, electric drives, charging, and vehicle electrification .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in power electronics, energy conversion, and control systems, with strong capabilities in circuit design, simulation, and experimental analysis. Proficient in using engineering tools and methodologies to evaluate and optimize performance in laboratory settings.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Power ElectronicsCircuit DesignMATLAB/SimulinkEmbedded SystemsLaboratory Instrumentation
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Hard Skills
Power Semiconductor DevicesElectric MachinesInverter DesignThermal ManagementControl SystemsData AcquisitionSimulation ModelsExperiment DesignTroubleshootingPerformance Analysis
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills
Tools & Technologies
PLECSLTspicePSIMANSYSCOMSOLOscilloscopesPower AnalyzersDynamometersFPGAMicrocontroller Platforms
Industry Keywords
Electric DrivesVehicle ElectrificationEMI/EMCMultilevel Inverter TopologiesGate-Drive DesignPCB LayoutPower-Module DesignSwitching-Device CharacterizationThermal PerformanceControl-Loop Design
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPythonSwitchingC++
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support research and development projects involving power electronics, energy conversion, electric drives, charging, and vehicle electrification
- Contribute to concept generation and technical evaluation of circuits, converters, inverters, power modules, gate drives, semiconductors, control methods, and system architectures
- Perform electrical, thermal, electromagnetic, loss, efficiency, reliability, and performance analyses
- Develop or use engineering models and simulations to evaluate switching behavior, power flow, losses, thermal performance, control response, electromagnetic effects, and system-level tradeoffs
- Assist with design and evaluation of prototype hardware, including schematics, PCBs, gate-drive circuits, power stages, sensors, measurement interfaces, and supporting components
- Support laboratory hardware checkout, bring-up, instrumentation, data acquisition, and controlled testing
- Help plan and execute bench, hardware-in-the-loop, dynamometer, and other laboratory experiments
- Collect, organize, process, and analyze electrical, thermal, mechanical, and control-system data
- Investigate unexpected results, troubleshoot hardware or software issues, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions or design improvements
- Support testing and analysis of emerging semiconductor technologies and advanced devices
- Assist with inverter, motor-drive, onboard-charger, auxiliary DC-DC converter, low-voltage power-conversion, multifunctional power-electronics, or EMI research
- Create or update schematics, calculations, simulation models, bills of materials, test plans, test procedures, laboratory records, technical reports, and presentations
- Maintain accurate records while following laboratory and safety requirements
- Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners, communicate progress, share technical learnings, and present findings and recommendations
Requirements
What you’ll need- Currently pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, power systems, energy conversion, control systems, mechatronics, electromagnetics, or a related science or engineering field
- Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week, for the duration of the summer internship
- Willing to work in a laboratory and engineering test environment and follow applicable safety requirements
- Coursework, research, or project experience in power electronics, power semiconductor devices, electric machines, motor drives, converters, inverters, power systems, circuit design, control systems, electromagnetics, or thermal management
- Experience with multilevel inverter topologies, resonant or high-frequency conversion, gate-drive design, PCB layout, power-module design, or switching-device characterization
- Familiarity with SiC, GaN, MOSFET, IGBT, hybrid-switch, or other power-semiconductor technologies
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice, PSIM, ANSYS, COMSOL, or comparable engineering-analysis and simulation tools
- Experience with Python, C/C++, embedded controllers, FPGA or microcontroller platforms, data acquisition, or automated test systems
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, power analyzers, current and voltage probes, thermal cameras, electronic loads, dynamometers, impedance analyzers, or other laboratory instrumentation
- Understanding of switching losses, conduction losses, parasitics, dead time, modulation, control-loop design, thermal limits, EMI/EMC, magnetic components, and power-device protection
- Experience designing experiments, analyzing measurements, correlating simulation with test results, or performing uncertainty and error analysis
- Ability to read technical papers, patents, schematics, datasheets, and engineering specifications
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written, and verbal communication skills; ability to work safely, maintain organized laboratory records, and collaborate effectively with researchers and cross-functional engineering teams
- Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
- Must be a U.S. Person: U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee, or refugee, due to export control restrictions
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits overview and Total Rewards resources provided by GM
- Opportunities for professional development through research, project work, and collaboration with experienced researchers
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Full-time summer internship schedule
- Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities