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Re: Internships
Summer before Junior year I was an intern for Intuitive Surgical (creators of the da Vinci surgical system) working on their controls system.
Summer before Senior year I continued working on a similar project at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and NJIT and also prototyped a next gen smart phone with an HTC affiliate.
I just began my new internship as a Systems and Mechanical Engineering intern at Siemens, one of the largest companies in the world. I'm working on mechanical and controls for prototypes in their Research and Development labs. The stuff they do here is pretty intense and affects millions of lives of patients in hospitals, so I'm really really enjoying it.
Its sick, I'm learning more than I ever thought and applying more from the microcosm that is FRC than I ever imagined.
PM me if you need help with winning an internship with companies in your area.
One of the few times I will say this and genuinely mean it: Thank you, FIRST and MORT Team 11.
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P.S.- Other students on our team have worked at Google, EA Games, UC Berkeley, as well as research labs affiliated with Rutgers University. We've also had a few NASA interns of our own down in Virginia. I know students on other well known teams who work at their respective NASA facility, Lockheed Martin, Northrup, a place called Blue Dolphin, and a bunch of others.
Best advice I can give is that don't be afraid to show off what you know to the company or individual you are trying to impress. You are competing in a real world situation, so give it your all. Always let them know that you are there to learn.
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My posts and opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my affiliated team.
['16-'xx]: Mentor FRC 2170 | ['11-'13]: Co-Founder/Mentor FRC 3929 | ['06-'10]: Student FRC 11 - MORT | ['08-'12]: Founder - EWCP (OG)
Last edited by Akash Rastogi : 01-06-2010 at 23:08.
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