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[betanot]

I apologize if this is not the appropriate place to ask this question, but I was wondering if anyone here could recommend some companies that an EE undergrad could apply to for internships?

Specifically, I am interested in RF/Microwave electronics, but I also know that most of these jobs are Masters/PhD level jobs. What kind of work could I possibly look at doing as someone with only an undergrad? I figure anywhere I could maybe work with some test equipment or something would be great, but I don't really even know.

Last summer I worked at an automotive electronics company and did a lot of circuit design for testers and stuff, it was so hands on and such a great experience, but I'm pretty sure I won't be so lucky as to find something like that in the RF world.

Are there actually places out there I could be designing microstrip circuits and whatnot? Is that a realistic hope?

[bigSteve]

Unfortunately getting the right job as an intern is a lot of luck. Knowing the right people helps a lot, but when you are starting out you don't know anybody. I've gotten jobs by going to conferences and happening to run into the right people.

You can apply online, but that tends to not work because companies receive thousands of resumes online.

I'd recommend
- make sure you have a linkedin profile, and try to network with people who have the jobs you might want
- ask your professors/colleagues who they might know

Make sure you go to any career fair or conference you can to meet people and see opportunities that are out there

[betanot]

I probably don't have enough time to network enough to find an RF related internship for this summer. Meaning I might have to take a software job... simply programming for the time being.

I was thinking that I could help get my schools HAM radio club going again though. Maybe it's possible to network that way.

There seems to be RF/microwave talks all the time in my school, I think they're given by IEEE. Perhaps I should join IEEE and start attending these talks

also, I did start networking on linkedin. I don't know if this is appropriate though, and it didn't yield any results for me, but I found some local companies that do microwave/rf stuff, and I found some of the senior RF engineers on linkedin and messaged them some questions. no response though, and I'm not sure if that's an unprofessional way to network or what