Base salary range for an intership position - reasonable range?

[BehindEnemyLines]

I am applying for the Functional Validation Engineer internship, but it's asking for a "base salary range". I can't leave it blank or put negotiable. It's a full-time summer internship, probably 3-4 months at Fort Collins, CO. What would be a reasonable range?

Functional Validation Intern

Responsibilities and Details

Description
In this position, you will be responsible for playing an important role in this process, ensuring that the logical design of a processor satisfies its architectural specification and defined feature set. Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Performing modeling and simulation, random and focused stimulus generation and coverage analysis
- Developing or using checking software to compare model behavior against a specification
- Debugging mismatches in the above behavior

Other Job Description: Responsibilities may be quite diverse of a nonexempt technical nature. Experience and education requirements will vary significantly depending on the unique needs of the job. Job assignments are usually for the summer or for longer depending on students availability.

Qualifications
You should be working on a degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Additional qualifications include:
- Knowledge of processor architecture and micro-architecture
- Strong programming skills
- A good understanding of logic design techniques
- Hardware and software debug skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Experience with Very High-level Design Language (VHDL) or Verilog* simulation

 

[KillerCharlie]

Engineering internships have wildly varying pay scales. I was paid about 2/3 of my fulltime salary. I doubt they'll even look at what you write down. To be safe, I wouldn't put more than 50% of what you expect fulltime, but with a big company you'd probably be okay putting more down.

 

[jpeyton]

Ask for $100k plus a $20k signing bonus, and a company Benz.

 

[KnickNut3]

Yeah, if it's a big company you're on a set payscale and I doubt what you put down will effect your actual pay. Just put a reasonable number that isn't so high they think you're entitled and full of yourself.

 

[homercles337]

If i have said it once i have said a million times:

DO NOT TELL THEM ANYTHING. All you expect is a competitive salary. Tell them that. If you have another offer that is as interesting and pays more, *then* you can tell them. HR people are, well, paid to get talent for cheap. If you think the HR chick is hot and you may get in her pants for accepting a low offer, thats another whole set of negotiations. Nonetheless, just dont tell them anything if you dont have other offers. Period.

 

[Skiddex]

just put $1, they probably have a set intern wage. and if they are any company you want to work for, they wont hold you to $1

 

[sunzt]

12-25/hr depending on experience & year. But it doesn't matter since they pay you whatever their formula tells them to, higher or lower.

 

[spidey07]

Just put negotiable or market rate.

 

[sciencewhiz]

I made between $20-24/hr as a junior and senior EE working at defense firms 5 years ago.