Electrical Engineer Intern (Summer)

About Guardian RF

Drone detection for US defense and national security

Tech

Tech Description Our platform combines low-SWaP-C RF sensing hardware with scalable backend services and data science analytics. Engineers at Guardian RF work on challenges like: Real-time signal processing across wide RF spectra. High-throughput data pipelines and distributed backend systems. Machine learning for classification and tracking of drones. API integrations with command-and-control and emergency response platforms. Edge computing optimization for low-latency situational awareness.

The role

Guardian RF is seeking an electrical engineering summer intern to support the design, testing, and deployment of low-SWaP passive RF sensing systems for drone detection and airspace awareness. The intern will work directly with full-time engineers on hardware bring-up, RF front-end validation, power and battery systems, antenna integration, and system-level troubleshooting. Responsibilities include bench testing, field testing support, documentation of electrical designs and test results, and iterative improvements to deployed sensor hardware. The role requires a strong foundation in electrical engineering fundamentals, comfort with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, and interest in RF systems, embedded hardware, or applied sensing. This is a hands-on engineering role embedded in active commercial and government deployments, with exposure to real-world constraints around size, power, reliability, and manufacturability.

Skills

• Assembly
• Verilog
• Raspberry Pi
• PCB design
• FPGAs
• Altium