Internship: Software Engineering

Eaton Corporation; Town of Caledonia (WI); On-site; USD 31,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is seeking a Software Engineering Internship in Franksville, WI. You’ll work on interface software for high-performance, real-time controls and protective relays in smart grid applications, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

You’ll gain hands-on experience with feature development, CI pipelines, and collaborative design reviews while contributing to state-of-the-art electrical power solutions.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE/Software Engineering with graduation no earlier than Dec 2027.
• GPA 2.8+ required; no immigration sponsorship for CPT/OPT/STEM OPT.
• Residence within 50 miles of Franksville, WI; relocation not offered.
• Preferred: internship or co-op, junior or higher, GPA 3.2+; .NET/C# apps; UX with WPF/XAML/Workflow; Agile Scrum familiarity; SDLC tools.

Responsibilities

• Implement features to configure, monitor, and update power system devices using .NET and C#.
• Translate product requirements into software stories and code with unit tests.
• Participate in planning, estimation, programming, testing, reviews, and CI integration.
• Assist in subsystem specifications and design reviews.

Skills

Agile Scrum familiarity

C# programming

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Engineering/Software Engineering/CS

Graduation no earlier than December 2027

GPA 2.8+

Residency within 50 miles of Franksville, WI

Tools

.NET

C#

WPF

XAML

Workflow

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Internship: Software Engineering.

The hourly rate for this position is $22.15 - $37.50 per hour.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

Over the course of this twelve-week paid internship based at the Franksville, WI site (about 20 miles south of Milwaukee), you will gain a firm grasp of our core engineering competencies and a holistic view of our technology-driven solutions that serve our wide range of customers.

Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work. Are you ready?

The Software Engineering Intern is an integral part of multi-disciplined new product engineering team at Eaton’s Thomas A. Edison Technical Center in Franksville, WI. In this role, you will assist in the development of interface software for high performance, real-time controls and protective relays used for smart grid applications in the electrical power distribution industry.

Our engineering teams are passionate about designing products and services that are more efficient, reliable, safe, and sustainable. With five Eaton facilities and more than 1900+ employees located in Wisconsin, Eaton’s local footprint enables our employees with state-of-the-art laboratories and access to manufacturing that allows us to deliver robust solutions to our utility, commercial and industrial customers.

In this role you will:

• Implement features to configure, monitor, and update power system intelligent electronic devices, including advanced UX design, IDE development, graphical data representation and display, communication protocols, cybersecurity, and other relay, control and monitoring functions using .NET and C#.
• Implement designs based on product and interface requirements with guidance from lead software engineers.
• Work with functional managers, systems engineers, and lead software engineers to distill product/system requirements/use cases to software stories, developing module and system level code, and unit tests.
• Participate in tasks related to new product development including planning, task/story estimation, programming, unit testing, peer review, integration and release.
• Participate in the analysis and specification of software subsystems.
• Implement tests in support of developer testing activities and integration with Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines.
• Participate in design and code reviews.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Actively enrolled in or received a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science at an accredited institution with a graduation date no earlier than December 2027.
• Minimum GPA of 2.8 or above.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation is offered for this position. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of the Franksville, WI site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior internship or co-op experience.
• Junior or higher standing.
• Minimum GPA of 3.2 or above.
• Experience developing .NET, C# based applications.
• Familiarity with developing UX with Windows Presentation Foundation, XAML, and Workflow.
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum concepts (or other iterative development methodology).
• Familiarity with using SDLC management tools in a team environment.

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