First Silicon tags every role with one or more of ten hardware disciplines, based on the title and the posting text. Each guide explains what the work is, what interns do, which skills to show and projects you can build before you apply.
Embedded engineers write the software that runs directly on microcontrollers and system-on-chips inside a product: device drivers, real-time tasks, bootloaders and control loops.
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Digital hardware engineers describe logic in hardware description languages such as Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL, prove it works in simulation, and then implement it on an FPGA or send it to a foundry as a custom chip (ASIC).
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Analog and mixed-signal engineers design circuits that handle continuous signals: amplifiers, filters, voltage references, data converters (ADCs and DACs), phase-locked loops and high-speed serial links.
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RF engineers work on circuits and systems at radio frequencies: antennas, transmitters, receivers, filters and amplifiers for radios, radar, satellites and wireless products.
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Power electronics engineers convert and control electrical energy efficiently: DC-DC converters, inverters, motor drives, battery management systems and chargers.
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PCB and hardware design engineers turn a product idea into manufacturable electronics: choosing components, drawing schematics, laying out circuit boards, bringing up the first prototypes and debugging them.
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Test and validation engineers prove that hardware works and keeps working: bench validation of new designs, automated production test, environmental and reliability testing, hardware-in-the-loop rigs, silicon validation and failure analysis.
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Controls and robotics engineers make physical systems behave: feedback control, state estimation, motion planning, and the sensors and actuators that close the loop.
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Process and device engineers make and understand what is on the wafer: lithography, deposition, etch, doping, metrology and yield, plus the physics of transistors, memories, sensors (MEMS) and advanced packaging.
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Photonics and optics engineers generate, guide and detect light: lasers, optical fibers, silicon photonics, lidar, camera optics and optical interconnects for data centers and quantum computers.
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Roles that are clearly hardware but fit no single discipline (for example "Electrical Engineering Intern") are tagged General EE.