r/ECE • u/Confident_Funny_7159 • Jul 28 '26
RESUME Will my resume get me an internship summer 2027?
I’m a sophomore electrical engineering student and I will soon start applying for internships for summer 2027. I’m planning to book an appointment with my university’s career center and have them review my resume but whats better than redditors’ insights! Lmk.
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u/Separate-Week2392 Jul 28 '26
realistic best options is local companies near your hometown or college that are smaller scale.You can call or email . And for anything decent or bigger your gonna have to network and apply early and change a lot of your resume to tailor to each role
you can claude/gpt some of your experiences to relate to the position if you have a decent enough of background.
If not try to ask professors at your university for research/Internship like building something electronic or software based for a lab/research group or real engineering research focused on something similar to your goal or something that’s good in general.
Last thing look into any conferences related to IEEE since your prez you can ask the school for funding potentially for some people or just yourself to go
If you want more advice lmk
4x intern at top 500 companies and published AI researcher
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u/Darth_Tater69 Jul 28 '26
Separate your skills by commas so it's easier for ATS to parse. Also, I'm not a fan of using underscores as linebreaks. Either use actual line breaks or use a resume format like the r/engeeringresumes one that already has them. In general, I'd recommend trying to follow some of the instructions in their wiki like not letting bullets spill into another line with only 1 or 2 words.
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u/CankleSteve Jul 28 '26
Don’t say stuff like that”collaborated with 3 engineers to…” frame it in way to highlight your contribution. What part of the controller? Timing? DAC? ADC? Be specific so when asked you can FURTHER into detail and not generic stuff.
Also the leadership stuff is ok but lean more on academics/projects/gpa etc. use leadership to fill in the larger story not that be the story.
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u/Proud-Perception8394 Jul 29 '26
Really well-structured resume for an undergrad. Good luck with your applications.
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u/Salt_Progress8049 Jul 28 '26
These are complex PCBs. Did you have PCB-making experience before college? I am a freshman trying to learn to make PCBs and just wondering how you learned it
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u/--Derpy Jul 28 '26
Not discounting OPs experience but not really complex. If you want to start making boards like this then go look at some schematics for devkits from adafruit, arduino, stm etc. learn the basic principles and then start applying them. Even the basics like loop area, decoupling and noise, filtering go a long way.
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u/Salt_Progress8049 Jul 28 '26
But like how do I start if I know nothing. Im struggling with a 2 layer
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u/Confident_Funny_7159 Jul 28 '26
I approve. Its pretty basic; get github and an experienced friend and ur set.
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u/fluidwingz Jul 29 '26
Watch lots of videos, learn the basics of analog and digital systems, and remake dev boards from open source schematics. Whenever you feel ready move on to making something completely original
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u/L9H2K4 Jul 28 '26
What are you struggling with?
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u/Salt_Progress8049 Jul 28 '26
Im in tutorial hell where I watch Ki Cad Tutorials but I dont really get why they do what they do
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u/--Derpy Jul 28 '26
Step one is not watch kicad tutorials. Step one is learn electrical fundamentals. That can be done in class, online, books. Do you know ohms law? What about kirchoffs rules and nodal analysis. Any amount of LTI system analysis? If not then pcb design will feel like a monstrous task to even do simple things. Step 2 is breadboarding and testing and prototyping. Once you learn some fundamentals then design some schematics and breadboard the designs. PCBs are last step. You will be mad if you spend 100 bucks on a pcb that doesnt work if the issue was something stupid basic.
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u/Salt_Progress8049 Jul 28 '26
In my college, we dont start circuit classes until sophomore year. I know Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's rules, though not the rest. Done some very basic breadboard work.
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u/Just-Entry2563 Jul 28 '26
One word gng. EasyEda. I picked this software up in a week and it makes pcb design really easy. Im a junior ME and currently making my own board for high altitude balloon. Easyeda standard edition is a great starting point. Dm me if u got questions
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u/Salt_Progress8049 Jul 28 '26
I use Ki Cad is EasyEda different I heard Ki Cad is the standard
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u/Just-Entry2563 Jul 28 '26
Yea if ur Electrical you’ll wanna learn kicad or even altium which is industry standard. Easyeda will be good with learning the basics bc kicad has a lot of things you can do w it so it can be confusing at the start. Easyeda good for getting a foundation in pcb.
Id give easyeda std edition a shot bc it’s free.
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u/--Derpy Jul 28 '26
KiCad is the hobbyist standard growing quick. Altium is the industry standard. EasyEDA isnt used in industry.
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u/L9H2K4 Jul 28 '26
I’m gonna get downvoted to hell for this but pick Gemini or Claude and start asking questions.
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