Technical Integration Co-Op (Electrical Engineering) - Summer 2025 - ACL

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Description

GTRI’s Cooperative Education (“co-op”) program offers you extensive opportunities to participate in diverse scientific and technological endeavors, use state-of-the-art equipment and rapidly improve your technical and leadership skills. The program allows you to alternate three semesters of full-time work at GTRI with semesters of full-time school.

GTRI's Advanced Warfighting Technologies Division in the Advanced Concepts Laboratory seeks qualified candidates for the position of Undergraduate Intern Student for the Summer 2025 semester. The role of this position is to support various levels of the research and design process based upon their motivation, experience, and capabilities; which include, but are not limited to:

• Electrical / system design as warranted by the task/mission
• Experimental design and optimization
• The gathering and processing of experimental data
• Record and articulate individual and/or group research results
• Software development including embedded firmware as required
• Other mission supporting tasks as required

The Advanced Warfighting Technologies Division provides world-class, forward-looking thought leadership and turn-key, best-of-class warfighting technologies focused on countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) and changing the future of ground maneuver warfare for the U.S. Government and other sponsors.

The Job Duties for this position may include data processing and analysis in Matlab or Python. This position involves characterizing various enablers of unmanned systems and combining datasets together for an integrated system. This position also includes assigned independent research opportunities. Successful candidates should be able to read and process data from different sources, analyze data, and provide conclusions. Successful candidates will be enthusiastic about learning about new technologies and assessing ways for them to be used in operational environments for the warfighter.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Co-op

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Must be eligible to be approved by your college/university to participate in a co-op program and register for co-op credit with your university during work terms
• Must be able to complete at least three full-time co-op terms (alternating three terms of full-time work at GTRI with semesters of full-time school) prior to graduation
• Candidate must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Must be eligible to obtain a DoD Clearance
• Analyze data using either Matlab or Python programming languages in order to perform data analysis
• Practical circuit design experience using Altium or similar tool
• Familiarity with basic electronic instrumentation including multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and function generators

Preferred Qualifications

• Enthusiastic about learning about new techno