Power Systems Protection Intern – Summer 2027

Xcel Energy; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 1,168,000 - 1,356,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Holidays

Job summary

Xcel Energy invites motivated students to join as a summer internship with protection engineers, helping with system studies, event data collection, and gaining hands-on understanding of how the transmission grid works and how to protect it.

Typical duties include modeling power system components for short-circuit studies, using substation diagrams to model protection zones, gathering event data for analysis, and supporting data reporting for transmission projects.

Qualifications

• Must be a current student (Sophomore or higher) enrolled in an ABET-accredited college pursuing a BS in Electrical Engineering.
• Ability to work full-time during summer (up to 40 hours/week) or part-time during the school year (<4 hours/week) and commute to the designated work location per hybrid policy.
• Preferred: strong written and spoken English, computer usage comfort, basic calculus and some physics.
• office presence Tue-Wed-Thu 8-4 in the summer.

Responsibilities

• Modeling of power system components for short circuit studies
• Using substation metering and relaying diagrams to model the relay and zone of protection
• Gathering event information (Weather, lightning, fault records) for event analysis
• Fulfilling data modelling from transmission portfolio delivery/capital projects
• Fulfilling short circuit study request from various departments (MISO, ISP)
• Doing data reporting and analysis on power system network

Skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Xcel Energy invites motivated students to join as a summer internship with protection engineers, helping with system studies, event data collection, and gaining hands-on understanding of how the transmission grid works and how to protect it.

Typical duties include modeling power system components for short-circuit studies, using substation diagrams to model protection zones, gathering event data for analysis, and supporting data reporting for transmission projects.