Intern Engineering

About the Role

Generac’s Internship Program provides students with real-world experience in a supportive and innovative environment. Interns contribute to impactful projects, gain exposure to industry best practices, and build lasting professional connections. This is an opportunity to develop professional and technical skills with experienced mentors.

Potential Roles:

• Electrical Systems: Designs electrical architectures, power distribution systems, wiring, sensors, and control hardware.
• Controls Engineering: Develops control algorithms and automation systems to monitor, regulate, and optimize product operation.
• Embedded Systems: Designs firmware and embedded software for intelligent monitoring, communication, and control.
• Power Electronics: Develops inverters, converters, battery interfaces, and energy management systems for power generation and energy storage.

Key Responsibilities

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
• Provides new product development support, including:
• Creating and maintaining CAD models, drawings, and BOMs.
• Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs).
• Interfacing with internal company personnel.
• Providing technical support for assigned projects.
• Specifies new product functional requirements; designs, tests, and integrates standard components; evaluates design effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety.
• Designs, develops, executes, and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications, and process validation plans.
• Creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
• Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability.
• Utilizes CAD or CAE systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
• Travels to other Generac facilities as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Understanding of basic electrical concepts.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and electronic schematics.
• Background working with programming languages that communicate with electronic hardware.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills; able to write clearly and succinctly.
• Ability to work FULL-TIME (40 Hour Week) during the Summer.
• Potential to continue working part-time during school.

Qualifications

• Completion of Sophomore year (preferred education).