Intern, Product Engineering - Summer 2025

pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Job Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for an Electrical Engineering student to gain hands on experience in a business environment. This position is responsible for executing tasks assigned by Product Engineers. This person will be expected to work 20-40 hours per week over the summer/school period with the potential to extend beyond the summer period with reduced hours.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for:

• Support electrical characterization to support change qualification, yield analysis and failure analysis.
• Support experiments to study product performance and capabilities, analyze test and characterization data to identify performance issues or show product meets marketing requirements.
• Support review and disposition production lots as necessary.
• Data analysis to assess process capability and yield enhancement opportunities.
• Development of tools and procedures to enhance efficiency of routine tasks and analysis.
• Modifying existing software tools
• Ad hoc scripting
• Other duties as assigned

 

Competency Requirements

In order to perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Critical Thinking: Skilled at finding logical flaws in arguments and plans; identifies problems and solutions that others might miss; provides detailed insight and constructive criticism into problems and complex situations

• Working with Ambiguity: Achieves forward progress in the face of poorly defined situations and/or unclear goals; able to work effectively with limited or partial information
• Displaying Technical Knowledge: Keeps his/her technical skills current; effectively applies specialized knowledge and skills to perform work tasks; understands and masters the technical skills, knowledge, and tasks associated with his/her job; shares technical expertise with others.
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions: Bases decisions on a systematic review of relevant facts and information; avoids making assumptions or rushing to judgment; provides clear rationale for decisions.
• Solving Complex Problems: Breaks down large problems into smaller, more manageable components; identifies key factors that influence the viability of different solutions; clarifies information needed to solve problems.

 

Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)

• Knowledge of Electrical Engineering theories and functions of electrical elements in simple circuit operations
• Self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision
• Quick learner, able to detect problems and react accordingly
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel and Word
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Programming experience

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistics
• Experiences with lab measurement of electronic components (RF, Digital, Analog)
• Basic knowledge of any of the following products: LNA, Switch, PA’s

• Experience with any programming language included with or similar to the following: VBA or VBScript, C, JSL, MATLAB, Windows Batch or PowerShell, Java

 

Education Requirements