Nuclear Operations Intern: SMR & Microreactor (Hybrid)

Westinghouse Electric Company; Etna (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Paid summer internship

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company in Etna, PA is seeking a Nuclear Operations intern for a paid full-time hybrid summer internship (May–August 2027). You will report to the Engineering Manager at our Etna facility and gain hands-on experience with the AP300 SMR, eVinci microreactor, and AP1000 fleets.

You will learn plant operations, work with industry professionals, and contribute to core instrumentation testing and operating fleet activities, with exposure to next-generation reactor concepts.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree or master's degree in nuclear engineering
• We will consider other engineering majors holding a Reactor Operator license at a university reactor
• Completed Sophomore year of college

Responsibilities

• Acquire knowledge about integrated plant operations to develop the way control room operators run plants with operating procedures
• Work with industry professionals who will teach you the technical and professional aspects of working in the nuclear industry
• Your scope will include the operating fleet (integrating operating experience and new scenarios) and the next generation of nuclear plants (SMR and microreactors), giving you learning and development opportunities in both worlds
• Support our technology development for incore instrumentation, reactivity computers and other our testing equipment

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Nuclear Engineering

Reactor Operator license (for other engineering majors)

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company in Etna, PA is seeking a Nuclear Operations intern for a paid full-time hybrid summer internship (May–August 2027). You will report to the Engineering Manager at our Etna facility and gain hands-on experience with the AP300 SMR, eVinci microreactor, and AP1000 fleets.

You will learn plant operations, work with industry professionals, and contribute to core instrumentation testing and operating fleet activities, with exposure to next-generation reactor concepts.