What you'll do:

• Rotate through PPA teams (typically each spring, summer, and fall) such as Solutions Engineering, Solutions Offers, Customer Solutions & Innovations (CSI), and Global Customer Care (GCC), with exposure to other departments across PPA. Learn each team’s day-to-day role while gaining a deeper understanding of the full project lifecycle.
• In Solutions Engineering, assist with configuring protective relays, RTUs, and HMIs, support system testing and troubleshooting, and gain practical experience with AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, communication diagrams, and logic diagrams.
• In Solutions Offers, learn how technical scope is translated into engineering hours, costs, and customer proposals.
• In Customer Solutions & Innovations (CSI), help standardize solutions and prepare customer-ready designs for execution.
• In Global Customer Care (GCC), see how projects are supported after delivery, including warranty, issue resolution, and customer case management.

Throughout the program, you’ll gain exposure to both 

• Protection – designing and implementing relay-based systems that safeguard transformers, motors, and substations.
• Automation – configuring RTUs, HMIs, relays, and communication networks to ensure smooth operation and reliable data exchange.
• Successful Co-Ops may transition into the full-time Protection & Automation Engineering Development Program (PA EDP), where they can later specialize in either Protection or Automation.

You’ll make an impact by:

• Assisting with and completing development work on protection and automation projects to improve engineering productivity.
• Learning how to configure and test Siemens' comprehensive energy automation systems, including Remote Terminal Units (RTU's), protection relays, and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs). 
• Supporting engineering design process by working with AC/DC schematic drawings, single line drawings, logic diagrams, signal lists, and communication network diagrams.
• Using digital twin technology to simulate and test protection relay signals in a digital environment.
• Contributing to exciting projects, such as Microgrids and renewable technologies including photovoltaic panels and battery storage systems. 
• Gaining practical experience in testing Automation panels, conducting Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) with customers, and working in the Power & Automation laboratory.
• Gaining hands-on experience with Siemens electrical equipment, including switchgears, motor control centers, breakers, transformers, and more, through direct exposure wand practical application. 
• Based on your progress and learning path, you may also have an opportunity to accompany senior engineers to customer sites for on-site, real-world experiences. 

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

• Current undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s or master's degree in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU).
• Candidates must be enrolled with the NCSU co-op program and cannot graduate prior to September 2026.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
• Eligible candidates must be located within 50 miles of Wendell, NC as this role does not provide housing or relocation support.  
• Ability to work full-time during the Spring and Summer semesters. On-site requirement will vary based on team placement, as will expected working hours.

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