About the role#
As an Electrical Engineering PhD intern, you will join an advanced power pathfinding team. You will explore, model, and prototype next-generation power delivery networks and energy conversion architectures. Your work focuses on solving power density, thermal, and efficiency challenges for upcoming compute and AI platforms.
What you'll do#
- Explore novel power delivery topologies, such as vertical power delivery, integrated voltage regulators, switched-capacitor converters, and multi-stage DC-DC architectures.
- Develop electrical, thermal, and electromagnetic models to evaluate switching behavior, power losses, transient response, and system-level trade-offs.
- Build early-stage power estimation models to identify efficiency bottlenecks and evaluate low-power design techniques.
- Assist with schematic capture, PCB layout, and bench testing of proof-of-concept hardware, power stages, or emerging wide-bandgap semiconductors.
- Write scripts to automate simulation sweeps, collect laboratory measurements, and perform root-cause analysis on hardware or model discrepancies.
- Document assumptions, test procedures, and research findings, and present trade-off studies to cross-functional system design teams.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Must have at least one additional quarter or semester of school remaining following completion of the internship.
- Solid understanding of power electronics, analog/mixed-signal circuits, digital circuit power consumption, or power delivery networks.
- Hands-on experience with circuit and system simulation tools such as LTspice, Simplis, ADS, or PowerSI.
- Research or coursework in Signals and Systems, Embedded Systems, Electromagnetics, high-frequency DC-DC converters, resonant topologies, integrated voltage regulators, or board/package-level PDN impedance modeling.
- Hands-on lab experience testing GaN or SiC devices, gate-drive circuits, and high-current measurement probes.
- Prior IEEE publications or open-source hardware projects related to power conversion or computer architecture.
Location & details#
- Location: Redmond, Washington, United States.
- Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Full-time internship.
- Term: Rolling.
About Microsoft
Microsoft is a public company based in Redmond, Washington. It develops software, hardware, and cloud computing services. The company operates in 190 countries and employs approximately 233,210 people. Its products include operating systems, developer tools, and business software.
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