19 Sep 2023 Key Tech Summer Interns
Every summer, Key Tech welcomes a select group of talented rising seniors and master’s candidates to join us for summer internships. This year, our intern cohort consisted of individuals from diverse engineering disciplines, all hailing from some of the most prestigious programs on the East Coast. At Key Tech, we value our interns as integral team members who actively contribute to client projects. The entire staff appreciated their presence and judging by their impressive presentations during our staff meetings, it’s safe to say that they thoroughly enjoyed their summer experience as well. Here, we share a few key insights and takeaways from each of our interns.
2023 Interns Left to Right: Cameron Woo, Emmi Wyttenbach, Andrew Palacio, Cindy Budzinski, Preshit Ameta, Nathaniel Klein and Jake Meckley
Cameron Woo, Electrical Engineer from the University of Pennsylvania
This summer I worked on: Transducer characterization and designing drive circuitry for the transducer, along with STM32 programming for a test fixture.
My favorite assignment was: Debugging a PCB and finding out why a stepper motor wasn’t turning both directions.
Something I will remember about Key Tech: The nerf war Beer 30!
Baltimore is: quieter than I expected.
Emmi Wyttenbach, Electrical Engineer from Cornell University
This summer I worked on: Evaluating the performance of different mass flow sensors under various conditions. This involved designing and building a testbench as well as developing the necessary codebase. I also did some Altium schematic and layout work.
My favorite assignment was: Designing and programming the mass flow sensor testbench. I learned a lot about how to document test results and communicate them clearly.
Something I will remember about Key Tech: The supportive, fun, and collaborative work environment; everyone I talked to was more than willing to provide guidance when I encountered problems. The social events organized by the company provided a good opportunity to get to know the rest of the team better as well.
Baltimore is: A fun city with a lot of great restaurants. I loved being by the water.
Andrew Palacio, Mechanical Engineer from Johns Hopkins University
This summer I worked on: Test fixture design, reverse-engineering of a cartridge, conducting leak rate tests on various seals and processing the data.
My favorite assignment was: Designing the test fixture. It was a great exercise for my CAD skills and was so satisfying to assemble once the design was complete.
Something I will remember about Key Tech: Camp Key Tech was an unforgettable experience. That weekend was full of so much great food, games, and live music. It was a perfect way to meet many Key Techers quickly. I was so lucky that the company’s 25th year anniversary celebration coincided with the first week of my internship!
Baltimore is: Quirky but has a charm to it. After going to school here for 3 years, I’ve really come to love it.
Cindy Budzinski, Mechanical Engineer from Penn State University
This summer I worked on: Quantitative and qualitative acoustic analysis for a point-of-care drug delivery device. I also designed and used a test fixture to de-risk wetted and dry check valves.
My favorite assignment was: Taking apart a molecular diagnostics assay cartridge. It was cool opportunity to learn about other products on the market and how these devices work from the inside out.
Something I will remember about Key Tech: The people! Key Tech is full of amazing engineers and designers (and dogs) that make coming into work each day so exciting!
Baltimore is: A city with great food and plenty of fun things to see and do. It is an awesome place both to live and work.
Nathaniel Klein, Mechanical Engineer from Carnegie Mellon University
This summer I worked on: Pneumatic QC fixture design, small part prototyping and design, cartridge reverse engineering, debugging of pneumatic systems, scripting for prototyping, some machining, and fluidic cartridge construction.
My favorite assignment was: Designing QC fixture add-ons from scratch, going from ideation to CAD to manufacturing all within a day or two.
Something I will remember about Key Tech: The fun office environment! Between the nerf wars, happy hours, yard sales, morphing’s, and of course the dogs, there’s never a dull moment at Key Tech.
Baltimore is: A great city with lots of food, drinks, great sports, and other entertainment!
Jake Meckley, Computer Engineer from NC State University
This summer I worked on: Creating two Windows programs (with c#), one to assist lab techs in taking samples, and one to help factory workers test components. I also added to a (Python) program Key Tech will use for internal component testing for a client.
My favorite assignment was: Adding graph functionality to the factory test program. It gave me experience with front and back-end programming!
Something I will remember about Key Tech: Nerf wars and PowerPoint Karaoke!
Baltimore is: A great city with a lot of historic (and modern) charm! Lots to do and plenty of food options, especially in the markets around town!
Interested in joining the Key Tech team? Visit our careers page to learn more.
A history nerd at heart, Alexis fits right into the quirky culture at Key Tech (though she still can’t speak binary). Weekends are spent chasing her two boys and spending time on her boat.
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