MERL is seeking a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research in modeling, simulation and analysis of aircraft electric propulsion system. The ideal candidate should have solid backgrounds in multi-physics modeling and simulation of aircraft electrical propulsion system. Demonstrated experience in modeling and simulation software/language such as Modelica or Simscape is a necessity. Knowledge and experience of NPSS, aircraft dynamics, and aerodynamics is a definite plus. Senior Ph.D. students in aerospace and electrical engineering are encouraged to apply. Start date for this internship is flexible and the duration is about 3 months.

MERL is looking for a self-motivated intern to work on electric machine experiments and signal processing. The ideal candidate would be a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering with solid research background in electric machines, power electronics, and signal processing. Experience in dSPACE is required. Proficiency in MATLAB and simulink is necessary. The intern is expected to collaborate with MERL researchers to carry out experiments, analyze experimental data, and prepare manuscripts for scientific publications. The total duration is 3 months. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is looking for a self-motivated intern to work on PWM inverter drive circuit design and fabrication. The ideal candidate would be a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering with solid research background in power electronics. Experience in PWM inverter design, switching loss estimation, and EMI is desired. The intern is expected to collaborate with MERL researchers to design, simulate, and fabricate circuits, carry out experiments, analyze experimental data, and prepare manuscripts for scientific publications. The total duration is 3 months. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is seeing a motivated and qualified individual to conduct research on electric machine design, prototype, and experiment tests. The ideal candidate should have solid background and demonstrated research experience in electric machine theory, design analysis, motor drives, and control. Hands-on experiences on electric motor design and prototyping, test bench set up, and experiment measurements are required. Senior Ph.D. students in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering with related expertise are encouraged to apply. Start date for this internship is flexible. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified intern to join the Signal Processing group for an internship program. The ideal candidate will be expected to carry out research on machine learning for automated design synthesis to improve hardware efficiency of various digital signal processing algorithms. The candidate is expected to have solid knowledge of deep learning, reinforcement learning, symbolic learning, decision making, and graph neural networks. Hands-on experience of high-level synthesis, FPGA prototyping, verilog, and general digital signal processing is a plus.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual to join our summer internship program and conduct research in the area of power grid fault event detection. The ideal candidate should have a solid knowledge of power grid, inverter control and protection, outage analysis, signal processing, and machine learning. Experience with MATLAB or C/C++/Python is required. The duration of the internship is expected to be 3-6 months, and the start date is flexible. Candidates in their senior or junior years of a Ph.D. program are encouraged to apply.