Summary Description:
Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for a MEMS Engineering Intern to take on a critical role to enhance our MEMS Team.
The MEMS Engineering Intern will be exposed to the design, simulation, test and analysis of MEMS acoustic transducers for portable consumer electronic devices (cellphone, tablet, wearables, IoT).
Requirements
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely under the supervision and guidance of experienced engineers and mentors.
- Specific project would include one or more of the following:
- Simulate and define noise and water resistance performance space for microphone ingress barrier using FEA and analytical methods.
- Develop AI-based automation for conversion and combination of raw data measurement files from different sources.
- Record and analyze the performance of microphone prototypes using acoustic measurements and established characterization techniques.
- Motivated to learn and explore all areas of acoustic MEMS transducers.
Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:
- University student in Physics, Materials, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Experience in working with modeling software tools such as PSpice, MATLAB, ANSYS, COMSOL.
- Lab experience in electrical characterization.
- Coursework or past internship experience in semiconductors and MEMS.
- Basic understanding of acoustic and related measurement parameters such as SNR (signal to noise), THD (total harmonic distortion) and sensitivity a plus.
Benefits
About Syntiant:
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute-efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world-leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.syntiant.com.
Skills Required
- University student in Physics, Materials, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- Experience in working with modeling software tools
- Lab experience in electrical characterization
- Coursework or past internship experience in semiconductors and MEMS
- Basic understanding of acoustic and related measurement parameters
What We Do
Syntiant produces unique, always-on and low-power AI solutions that bring new levels of human voice interaction to keyboards, touch screens, mice and additional digital devices.
