Rail Engineering Intern – Electronics & Systems

Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

401(k) plan with company match

Education Assistance Program

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, in Lincoln, Nebraska, offers a student internship that provides hands-on experience across administrative and technical duties under supervisor guidance. The program runs during the student’s non-classroom time and supports studies in related fields.

The role emphasizes exposure to cost initiatives, product reporting, and the locomotive design process, with opportunities to interact with customers and site teams.

Qualifications

• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of electronics passive and active components.
• Understand electrical generation and control of an alternator output.
• Experience with automation control of industrial processes.
• Training in both digital and analog electronic circuits.

Responsibilities

• Complete assignments within a department or activity which utilizes the employee’s academic discipline.
• Support locomotive product cost initiatives by collaborating with supply chain, product services, engineering, and manufacturing.
• Track failure modes and workforce productivity through data; recommend improvements.
• Assist in the locomotive design process and monitor failures to minimize downtime and speed repairs.
• Attend turnover meetings with Progress Rail and class 1 railroad customers.
• Assist with safety contacts, updates, or best practices; perform quality inspections on high failure items.
• Adaptable to a dynamic environment and willing to perform other duties as assigned.
• Frequent contact with others outside the work group; work in a shop environment; travel as required.

Skills

MS Office

Electronics basics

Electrical generation

Automation control

Digital/Analog circuits

Education

1st year of AAS: Electronics Systems Technology

60 credits toward Bachelor's: Electronic/Mechanical Eng

Job description

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company, in Lincoln, Nebraska, offers a student internship that provides hands-on experience across administrative and technical duties under supervisor guidance. The program runs during the student’s non-classroom time and supports studies in related fields.

The role emphasizes exposure to cost initiatives, product reporting, and the locomotive design process, with opportunities to interact with customers and site teams.