Electrical Engineer Intern

Position Description

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Engineer Intern to join the LBS Team in Carlsbad, CA. The successful candidate will be working as part of a Development/Quality Lab team where members are involved with:

• Product development and product design validation
• Production Test issue resolution
• Field issue resolution.
• Special Intern project.
• Documentation evaluation

What Will You Do?

• Support validation for new product development projects. Create programming tools / hardware.
• Support investigations related to Production failures or Production fixture failures.
• Support investigations related to product Field issues – root cause investigation and related product improvements. 
• Plan and execute a project to design tools in support of lab activities related to the above categories.
• Access product documentation to support all product validation or investigation.

Qualifications

Education:

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience preferably at Junior or Senior level.

Experience:

• Strong computer skills, proficient with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, e-mail, and meeting management software. Ability to use internet and web-based resources efficiently and effectively.
• Must be highly collaborative and able to work in a team. Fosters open communication and support an environment of innovation and creative change.  
• Requires strong organizational and time management skills, close attention to detail and be able to effectively handle multiple priorities. Must possess excellent project management skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines, and manage several tasks at various stages of development.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Must be an effective listener, able to extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities: 

• Ability to read an electronics design schematic and evaluate PCB layout.
• Create hardware for test efforts, including assembly and wiring product / devices in a safe format for use by test engineers in system level testing.
• Use microcontroller programming tools to update or flash devices.
• Use company proprietary software tools to set up, debug and diagnose product tests.
• Understand and use electronics test equipment – oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, power supplies.
• C Programming Language and/or Python Programming Language.

Salary Range: $22.00-$26.00/hourly

Company Info

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Building Control Systems Division

Legrand’s Building Control Systems (BCS) division includes the Wattstopper, Vantage, and Shading Systems product lines. BCS industry-leading energy-efficient lighting controls technology and services are designed to meet code, ensure ease of installation, and enable precision control of light in offices, classrooms, hospitals, homes, and more. Combined with our Shading Systems for residential and commercial applications, Legrand’s Building Control Systems provides leading solutions for the control of natural and electric light in spaces where people live, learn, and work. BCS teams’ partner with designers to offer solutions that meet today’s green initiatives, including LEED, WELL Building, Living Building Challenge, and more

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