Engineering Co-op

About the Role

RoviSys offers a co-op opportunity for college students to grow their careers under the guidance of experienced Engineers and Developers. You will work on exciting projects in a collaborative environment, using technology to provide innovative solutions for complex client challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop automation systems.
• Design and develop electrical control systems that will interface with process lines, manufacturing equipment, and sensors.
• Architect solutions using appropriate technologies from database to AI to User Interface tools.
• Provide clients with real-time, actionable information reports about their process.
• Develop quality code in accordance with established RoviSys and client standards.
• Work in a team environment with engineers and designers from RoviSys, partners, and clients.
• Travel to customer sites for planning meetings, commissioning, and testing.
• Grow into a position leading a team of engineers and technicians to provide automation and information solutions.

Co-op Paths

• Systems:

• Success Factors:

• Understanding of Process or Manufacturing Systems.

• Co-op Experience.

• Electrical or Process Knowledge.

• Technologies Used: DCS, PLCs, Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Schneider, Inductive, Aveva.

• Duties:

• Design and develop automation systems.

• Travel to client plants to assess and document existing systems and connected equipment.

• Use P&ID, Equipment Lists, I/O Lists, and Process Descriptions to define control schemes for clients.

• Network customer systems, Controllers, HMI PCs, Field mounted instruments, and Process Skids to provide fully integrated control systems.

• Information Systems:

• Success Factors:

• Ability to understand Information System architectures.

• Technologies Used:

• Relational Databases and Historians (e.g., MS SQL Server, Oracle, OSIsoft).

• Python, VBA/VBscript/C# syntax, Linux shell scripting (Bash, make), PowerShell scripting.

• Duties:

• Design and implement industry software applications to aggregate manufacturing systems information and provide reports to support business decisions.

• Manually configure technical solutions and identify optimization opportunities by leveraging scripting and automation to increase process efficiency.

• Install and commission systems connected to the plant floor devices onsite and support operations personnel through effective use and maintenance of deployed solutions.

• Scripting and light programming.

• Industrial IT:

• Success Factors:

• Passion for networking.

• Virtualization.

• Cybersecurity in a manufacturing or office setting.

• Technologies Used:

• Virtualization, Networking.

• Cybersecurity, Windows, Wireless.

• Duties:

• Map and Design Network Architectures.

• Configure and Test Infrastructure components.

• Install and Commission equipment at customer sites, per design.

• Communicate with customers and project teams to define needs and design/implement solutions.

Qualifications

• Full-time student status.
• Strong academic achievement, maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Enrollment in a Bachelor's program in a Technical Field, related to Engineering, or Control Systems.
• Passionate about problem-solving and developing solutions.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without RoviSys sponsorship.

Compensation & Benefits Highlights

• Competitive Hourly Rate: $25/hr.
• Travel Perks: Travel incentives + per-diem packages for field assignments.
• Grow With Us: Ongoing training, certifications, and professional development support.