Engineering Intern – PCB Design with Altium

About the role

You will work hands‑on with Altium Designer supporting our electronics engineers to create and maintain high‑quality PCB design data for advanced aerospace and defence systems.

Key responsibilities

• Create, review and maintain electronic components, schematic symbols, footprints and library data in Altium Designer.
• Read schematics and component datasheets to ensure design data matches manufacturer specifications.
• Support engineers with PCB design activities and keep component libraries clean, consistent and reliable.
• Check existing components for errors, inconsistencies and missing information before they reach hardware.
• Help improve library management, component validation and engineering workflows.
• Use scripting and automation to speed up repetitive checks.

Required profile

• Currently studying toward a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics or a related field, or recently graduated.
• Hands‑on experience with Altium Designer through university projects, personal PCB designs or previous internships.
• Comfortable with schematic capture, library editors and creating your own symbols and footprints.
• Ability to read schematics and datasheets, with solid understanding of packages, pinouts, passive components and common ICs.
• Strong attention to detail and a structured approach to technical work.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Experience with Altium 365 or another managed library environment is a plus.
• Familiarity with IPC‑7351 footprint standards is an advantage.
• Basic Python or similar scripting experience for automation and bulk checks is a plus.
• Exposure to component lifecycle or obsolescence management is an advantage.

Required skills

• Altium Designer
• Altium 365
• IPC‑7351 footprint standards
• Python scripting
• Schematic capture
• Library editors