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Summer Intern - Fuel Rod Design Engineering

Westinghouse Electric Company

Cranberry Township, NC · HybridFull-time$25.4–29/hrPosted 5 days agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$25.4–29/hr
Location
Cranberry Township, NCHybrid
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Summer Intern - Fuel Rod Design Engineering will support Westinghouse’s Fuel Rod Design team at its Cranberry, Pennsylvania facility during the summer. The intern will work under a mentor on analysis for fuel rod design projects, learn about FRD qualifications and fuel performance, and contribute to project teams. Assignments may involve customer projects or improving FRD computing tools.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Principles, nice to haveComputer Programming, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related Technical Discipline, requiredCompleted Sophomore Year, required

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 Fuel Rod Design intern, you will report to the Fuel Rod 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:

  • Gain an introductory understanding of FRD qualifications and the Fuel Performance functional area

  • Working under a mentor, perform analysis work related to FRD projects following approved methodologies, procedures and internal processes with nuclear safety focus to produce error-free work

  • The project assignments we create are challenging, relevant, and may focus on existing customer projects and improve FRD computing tools

  • Develop skills necessary to assume more independent assignments, such as continuing work as a casual intern during the school year

  • Work with a mentor to plan and schedule work to meet assignment requirement within schedule requirements

  • Participate on project teams and communicate with responsible engineers and project managers the nature and status of work projects

Qualifications:

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, chemical, nuclear) or related technical discipline (e.g., materials)

  • Completed Sophomore year of college

  • Apply fundamental engineering principles

  • Computer programing skills

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:

  • Safety and Quality

  • Integrity and Trust

  • Customer Focus and Innovation

  • Speed and Passion to Win

  • 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
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
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 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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