Intern, Electrical Engineering (Compliance) - Spring 2027

Scotts Valley. Posted a month ago

The role

You will act as a bridge between regulatory standards and product design. You will identify compliance requirements, design and execute tests to validate specifications, and ensure products achieve certifications.

What you will do

Run conducted and radiated emissions pre-compliance on real power hardware
Identify noise sources and help fix them with filters, layout, grounding and shielding
Correlate measurements with simulation to predict emissions
Apply UL 1741, UL 9540, IEC 62477 and IEC 62109 to real designs
Write engineering justifications and prepare test plans and evidence packages for certification labs
Automate test setups and data acquisition in Python
Present results to the design team to help decide hardware changes

Required qualifications

Currently pursuing a BS in Electrical Engineering, with coursework or research in power electronics
Hands-on lab experience with power hardware and test equipment
Comfort turning a written requirement into a measurable test
Python or similar for test automation and data analysis
Available to work full time on-site in Scotts Valley, CA, starting January 2027 for the Spring 2027 term

Nice to have

MS or PhD
EMC/EMI experience: CISPR or FCC testing, LISN measurements, EMI filter design
Exposure to UL 1741, UL 9540, IEC 62477 / 62109 or IEC 61000-4-x
Safety design: creepage/clearance, insulation, hipot, HV interlocks
Medium-voltage (5 to 35 kV) or SiC/GaN wide-bandgap hardware
EM or circuit simulation: LTspice, Q3D, SIwave, HFSS
Experience working with an NRTL (UL, TUV, Intertek, CSA)
Extension into summer

Benefits

Real ownership
Rare exposure to medium-voltage SiC power conversion, EMC and product safety
Mentorship from engineers who have taken power products through UL and IEC certification
Visibility into standards development and conversations with certification labs

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions.