Intern, Electrical Engineering (Summer 2025)

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Oak Brook, IL
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Automotive • Hardware • Internet of Things • Mobile • Software • App development • PropTech
We make access simple.
The Role
As an Electrical Engineer Intern, you will apply electrical engineering principles to projects focused on access control products. Responsibilities include designing and testing circuits, capturing schematics, simulating hardware, and performing bench testing. You will also support other engineers and contribute to team projects.
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About Chamberlain Group:

Chamberlain Group is a global leader in access solutions. Our leading brands like LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco are found in millions of homes and commercial applications across the globe. Our innovative products powered by the myQ digital ecosystem provide customers with smart access solutions to move safely through garages, homes, communities, businesses, and storage facilities. 

At Chamberlain Group, we hire smart people to work on cool products for a connected world.

About our Internship Program:

At Chamberlain Group, our interns work on real, meaningful projects that are at the center of our business strategy and our company’s transformation.  Our program offers you:

  • Development & Skills Training: We offer informative workplace success sessions to hone your skills, covering topics from time management to effective communication.
  • Networking: Events are open to interns and full-time employees to encourage early-career networking and guidance opportunities.
  • Mentorship: You’ll be assigned a full-time employee as your mentor who will guide you throughout your program.
  • Conversations with Leaders: Meet with and learn from our CEO and other leaders at CG through intimate and authentic Q&A sessions.
  • Community Giving: Attend volunteer outings with other interns to give back in the community.

Job Summary:
Our Engineering teams—spanning mechanical, firmware, machine learning and AI, cloud, and mobile technologies and more—reinvent access by combining hardware with cutting-edge, cloud-based solutions to create a safer, smarter customer experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

As an Electrical Engineer Intern, you will be responsible for applying knowledge of electrical engineering principles and practices in general hardware and radio frequency design to projects. Your main emphasis will be on design, development and sustainability of consumer products focused on access control, including wireless remote controls, garage door openers, gate openers, commercial door openers, and other access control products.  You'll gain the ability to support other hardware and firmware engineers in day-to-day tasks, as well as interact, communicate and contribute within a cross functional team environment.

In this role, you can also expect to:

  • Analyze, design, debug and test digital and analog circuits with limited complexity

  • Perform impedance matching of radio frequency circuits and antennas

  • Capture schematics and design PCBs using Altium Designer

  • Simulate hardware circuits in PSPICE, Electronic Workbench or HFSS

  • Write design specifications and test reports

  • Perform bench testing of designs

Minimum Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field from an accredited university

  • Must be able to work from our Oakbrook, IL office (15 miles west of Chicago) a minimum of 3 days a week 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with MS Office tools

  • Familiarity with electrical test equipment such as oscilloscope, power supply, signal generator, spectrum analyzer or network analyzer

  • Experience with LabVIEW test automation software

  • Soldering skills

  • Exposure to simulation software such as PSPICE, Electronic Work Bench, HFSS, and ADS

We are currently only considering applicants for internship and co-op positions who do not require employment sponsorship now or in the future. Candidates working on OPT authorization will not be considered.

Chamberlain Group wants all of its employees to succeed and encourages people of all backgrounds to apply. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and you’ll be considered for this role regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry; marital, disabled or veteran status. We’re committed to fostering an environment where people of all lived experiences feel welcome. 

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence [email protected].

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The Company
HQ: Oak Brook, IL
5,637 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1954

What We Do

Chamberlain Group is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Our innovative products, combined with intuitive software solutions, comprise a myQ ecosystem that delivers seamless, secure, access to people's homes and businesses. Our recognizable brands, including LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® , are found in 50+ million homes, and 10+ million people rely on our myQ® app daily to control and monitor their homes, communities and businesses, from anywhere. Our patented vehicle-to-home connectivity solution, myQ Connected Garage, is available in millions of vehicles from the leading automakers.

Why Work With Us

At CG, our ONETEAM is united by our mission to make access simple. As a pioneer in the smart access industry, you'll have the opportunity to develop products that make a direct impact on the daily lives of millions of people -- allowing them to seamlessly and securely access their homes, communities and businesses.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We seek to balance individual, collective and business needs while leveraging the benefits of working remotely and working in the office.

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Our headquarters is located in the Chicagoland area. Oak Brook is home to many global company headquarters that offers great restaurants, world-class shopping and hotels. Our office is set in a peaceful, natural space that offers a walking path to enjoy the outdoors.

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