Onsite Substation Relay Design Intern – Summer 2027

Entergy Corporation; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is offering a Summer 2027 Student Intern position in Relay Settings Design Engineering in New Orleans, LA. The role focuses on substation protection, relay settings, and power-system modeling under the Project Delivery Engineering Department.

Ideal candidates are Electrical Engineering majors pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree with graduation May 2027 or later and standing of at least sophomore. Onsite work with up to 25% travel. U.S. work authorization required.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Graduation date May 2027 or beyond preferred.
• Sophomore or higher standing required.

Responsibilities

• Support substation project scoping and review relay settings.
• Coordinate with design and construction teams to develop project scope and estimates.
• Assist in project scheduling using Primavera.
• Model power systems with APA and maintain relay fault analysis models.
• Develop relay settings for substation protective relays for transmission assets.
• Coordinate with field, distribution and plant engineers for system protection alignment.
• Review and approve consultant-developed settings; assist with contractor awards and invoices.
• Support compliance with NERC/SERC standards and CIP/PRC requirements.
• Establish and improve relay testing procedures; develop test plans for planned projects.
• Develop configurations for non-RTU assets (e.g., DFR, PQ meters).
• Participate in substations visits and provide protection system expertise.
• Manage protection-related documents in Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS).
• Assist with storm/restoration activities as needed.
• Investigate relay firmware/software changes impacting Entergy systems.

Education

Electrical Engineering major

Job description

Entergy is offering a Summer 2027 Student Intern position in Relay Settings Design Engineering in New Orleans, LA. The role focuses on substation protection, relay settings, and power-system modeling under the Project Delivery Engineering Department.

Ideal candidates are Electrical Engineering majors pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree with graduation May 2027 or later and standing of at least sophomore. Onsite work with up to 25% travel. U.S. work authorization required.