Summer Intern - Digital Monitoring and Protections Systems
Cranberry Township, NC · HybridFull-time$25.4–29/hrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Digital Monitoring and Protection Systems intern supports systems that monitor reactor operating conditions and contribute to safe, reliable nuclear power plant operation. The role provides hands-on experience with COLSS and CPCS, engineering analyses, and technical presentations. The intern participates in training and seminars and receives mentorship from experienced nuclear industry professionals. This paid, full-time hybrid position runs during the summer, May through August 2027.
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Full job description
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As a Digital Monitoring and Protection Systems intern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting the systems that monitor reactor operating conditions. These systems help ensure safe and reliable nuclear power plant operation, supporting the Core Operating Limit Supervisory System (COLSS) and Core Protection Calculator System (CPCS).
You will report to the Thermal Hydraulic Design Manager and be located at our Cranberry, PA facility. This is a paid full-time hybrid position for the summer, May - August 2027.
Key Responsibilities:
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You will participate in training and technical seminars focused on digital monitoring and protection systems
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You will learn about COLSS and CPCS, reactor core operating parameters, fuel features, engineering methodologies, and analysis tools
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You will perform COLSS and CPCS analyses using specialized engineering tools and approved methodologies
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You will alongside experienced nuclear industry professionals and receive technical and professional mentorship
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You will presentproject results and technical findings to engineering teams and leadership
Qualifications:
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Pursuing a bachelor's degree or master's degree in nuclear engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering field
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Completed Sophomore year of college
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Apply fundamental engineering principles to technical problems
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Experience with statistics or statistical analysis
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Experience with computer simulation, programming, or Linux
We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The hourly rate for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $25.40 to $29.00 per hour.
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Why Westinghouse?
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
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Safety and Quality
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Integrity and Trust
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Customer Focus and Innovation
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Speed and Passion to Win
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Teamwork and Accountability
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,067 open Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25.4–29/hr
- North Carolina median$23–35/hr22 hourly ranges
- US median$23–30/hr1,125 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.20/hr, is 5% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Engineering Intern hourly ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 53 open Engineering Intern jobs in North Carolina and 2,067 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Kimley-Horn6 open
- Black & Veatch4 open
- Eaton Corporation4 open
- Experience
- Engineering Intern postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 0 to 1 year (33 postings).
- Education
- 694 of the 2,067 open Engineering Intern jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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