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Mechanical Design Engineering Internship

Amperesand 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Onsite $30 - $45 Contract Intern

The intern will design, build, and test prototype power stage modules and solid state transformers while performing root-cause analysis on design issues. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize mechanical designs for high-volume manufacturing and define validation test plans.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize CAD software to create detailed mechanical designs
  • Model and design complex electro-mechanical parts, including plastics, sheet metal, insulators, magnetic components, and high-voltage connectors
  • Perform mechanical design analysis by means of first principal calculation or simulation with commercial software
  • Solve packaging challenges involving electrical isolation, sealing, thermal dissipation, EMI/EMC shielding, and mechanical shock/vibration
  • Perform prototype development, fabrication, assembly, and mechanical testing of new designs

Requirements

  • Final year undergraduate standing or graduate study in Mechanical Engineering or a closely-related field
  • Expertise in CAD modeling using 3D EXPERIENCE (CATIA V6/V5), SolidWorks, NX, or Creo
  • Deep understanding of mechanical fundamentals—statics, dynamics, heat transfer, and materials
  • Working knowledge of materials: metals (aluminum, steel), plastics, ceramics, gaskets, potting compounds
  • Comfortable with root-cause analysis, failure mode resolution, and mechanical reliability testing

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
  • Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents
  • 401k retirement savings plan
  • Paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
  • Commuter Benefits
  • 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

Key Skills

CAD modeling 3D EXPERIENCE (CATIA V6/V5) SolidWorks NX Creo Mechanical engineering Electro-mechanical design Materials science Root-cause analysis Failure mode resolution Mechanical reliability testing Agile development Scrum methodologies Jira Structural analysis Thermal analysis Vibration analysis FEA CFD GD&T Tolerance analysis DFM/DFA principles

About Amperesand

Amperesand’s medium voltage power conversion solutions enable fast, efficient, and resilient electrification on a global scale for critical power consumers like AI datacenters and industrial loads. Combining next generation Solid State Transformers, cutting edge controls, and AI-first software, Amperesand is building the cornerstone of our future power infrastructure. Our technology was pioneered by the Energy Research Institute at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and spun out by Xora Innovation.

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