The Northeastern Coop Program
The coop program at Northeastern includes up to three
6-month periods of paid,
full-time, employment in actual Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
positions.
Some Popular ECE Coop Employers
Bose Corporation, Ametek Aerospace, EMC, Raytheon
NE Controls, Analog Devices, NSTAR, Groove Networks, VMWare
IBM, Mitre, Panametrics, Textron, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Sun
General Electric, Oasis Semiconductor, Lockheed Martin, Mathworks
US Dept. of Transportation, Volpe Ctr., LTX, Zoran
Massachusetts Electric, National Grid, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Comcast, Mercury Computer, Motorola, Massachusetts General Hospital
Range of Employment Opportunities
- Power Generation/Distribution
- Consumer Product Design/Development
- Electronics Research/Development
- Software Design/Engineering
- Biomedical Electronics
- Network Switches/Routers
- VLSI Design and Tools
- Research
- Consulting and Contract Design
- Aerospace/Defense
Typical ECE Coop Assignments
- Software quality assurance
- Test and debug hardware
- Assistant power substation engineer
- Digital signal processing system design
- Semiconductor design
- Embedded programming
- Software user-interface design
- Network administrator
- Prototype assembly and test
- Power conversion design
- R&D engineering support
- Medical product design/test
Median Coop Salaries (2005 survey)
What do ECE coop students typically make?
- Work period 1 $15.50/hr
- Work period 2 $17.30/hr
- Work period 3 $19.00/hr
Student Coop Placement
What percentage of students looking for coop positions actually
find them?
- Spring 2004 - 98%
- Fall 2004 - 99%
- Spring 2005 - 100%
- Fall 2005 - 100%