Setpoints and Control Systems Engineering Intern Summer 2026
Location
Warrendale, PA
Level
Internship
Department
Energy
Type
Salary
$47,000 - $57,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-11-18
Responsibilities
- Support functional design of AP1000 digital control systems and legacy analog protection systems
- Develop and maintain NSSS Control System Functional Requirements and Diagrams
- Maintain plant NSSS Design Transients for component qualification
- Analyze operational transients to test I&C logic and settings
- Propose plant modifications to address operational issues
- Evaluate overpressure transients and develop mitigation strategies to protect the reactor vessel and piping
- Perform calculations to ensure reactor protection systems meet safety limits
Job Requirements
- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical or nuclear engineering
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Completed Sophomore year of college
- Coursework in statistics, data analysis, fluid mechanics, dynamic systems, and thermodynamics
- Coursework in Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) design and operation
