During my internship I worked on the Verification process of a product. It was heavily research based, and was in its early stages of testing. I think I would like to stay in the design verification phase for a few years when I graduate and work full time. Eventually, I think I would like to become a part of the planning/design control. The place I worked at was a project based organization; which I really enjoyed as it made conveying information to the proper people much easier, than how I imagine a matrix organization. But then again, I also have no experience within a matrix organization. If someone else has personal experience I would be interested to read their post about it.