Hardware Engineering Intern, PhD, Summer 2025

As a Hardware Engineering Intern at Google, you will work on core Consumer Hardware products, designing, developing, and deploying next-generation consumer hardware while ensuring reliability. You'll collaborate closely with engineers to improve hardware to meet Google's quality and reliability standards, with the potential to impact millions of Google users.

This internship is intended for PhD students in their penultimate academic year, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. The program requires participants to be located in the United States for its duration and have English proficiency to facilitate efficient global collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities may vary based on specific teams, but you can expect to work in areas such as Hardware System Integration, Signal and Power Integrity, System Validation, Wireless Communications, Product Design, Computer Architecture, Digital Design Verification, Digital Circuits, ASIC Physical Design, FPGAs, Embedded Systems, and Memory Systems.

Google offers a dynamic environment where engineers revolutionize search, work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications, and create new platforms for developers worldwide. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

Preferred qualifications include experience with consumer hardware projects, wireless communication interfaces and sensors, and board layout (e.g., working with CAD/PCB design), Systems Integration, RF, Hardware Test, or Antenna.

This internship provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge hardware engineering at one of the world's leading technology companies, potentially impacting billions of users worldwide.