Software Development Engineering Intern

Acscm; Verona (WI); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

ACS, based in Verona, Wisconsin, seeks a Software Development Engineering Intern to join our team for the summer of 2027. You will work with engineers to design, build, and commission test systems for automotive and aerospace applications.

Responsibilities include creating 2D schematics, programming HMIs and data acquisition systems (LabVIEW, Python), and performing system tests at our facilities and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Students in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronic or Robotics Engineering with 3rd and 4th year preferred.
• Experience with measuring devices (DMMs, oscilloscopes, sensors, etc.)
• LabVIEW experience would be a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Generate or review 2D schematics and shop drawings for DAQ and control systems (AutoCAD).
• Program and integrate HMIs, data acquisition systems, and control systems (LabVIEW, Python, NI, etc.).
• Create software functional specification, control sequences, design specifications, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams.
• Design, set up, and perform system functionality tests on equipment in our fabrication facility and at customer sites.
• Maintain quality customer and vendor relationships.
• Perform onsite startup and validation of equipment.
• I/O checkout and troubleshooting.
• Calibrate instrumentation.
• Validate programming.
• Tune PID loops.
• Obtain, review, and report on equipment quotations, proposals, and technical submissions.
• Solicit bids, review bids, specify, and purchase electrical and controls equipment for projects.
• Work to meet client deadlines including balancing multiple priorities and responding to changes in deadline, scope, and design as they occur.
• Ability to diagnose and perform hands on repair of all types of equipment and instrumentation (mechanical and electrical test equipment, measurement devices, actuators, control systems, motor drives, pumps, valves, regulators, etc.)

Skills

Mechatronics

Python

LabVIEW

Teamwork

Electrical measurement

Education

Electrical/Mechatronic/Robotics Engineering student

Tools

AutoCAD

LabVIEW

Python

NI hardware

Job description

Software Development Engineering Intern

ACS is looking for a Software Development Engineering Intern to join our team.

The Software Development Intern will work with teams of engineers of varied disciplines to design, build and commission various test systems for automotive and aerospace applications. This position is located in our Verona, WI for the summer of 2027.

Essential job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Generate or review 2D schematics and shop drawings for DAQ and control systems (AutoCAD)
• Program and integrate HMIs, data acquisition systems, and control systems (LabVIEW, Python, NI, etc.)
• Create software functional specification, control sequences, design specifications, panel layouts, and wiring diagrams
• Design, set up, and perform system functionality tests on equipment in our fabrication facility and at customer sites
• Maintain quality customer and vendor relationships
• Perform onsite startup and validation of equipment
• I/O checkout and troubleshooting
• Calibrate instrumentation
• Validate programming
• Tune PID loops
• Obtain, review, and report on equipment quotations, proposals, and technical submissions
• Solicit bids, review bids, specify, and purchase electrical and controls equipment for projects
• Work to meet client deadlines including balancing multiple priorities and responding to changes in deadline, scope, and design as they occur
• Ability to diagnose and perform hands on repair of all types of equipment and instrumentation (mechanical and electrical test equipment, measurement devices, actuators, control systems, motor drives, pumps, valves, regulators, etc.)

Basic requirements include:

• Students in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronic or Robotics Engineering with 3rd and 4th year preferred
• Experience with measuring devices (DMMs, oscilloscopes, sensors, etc.)
• LabVIEW experience would be a plus but not required
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Highly effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel to customer facilities for design meetings, equipment installation supervision, and commissioning
• Expected to meet client deadlines, including balancing multiple tasks and responding to changes in deadline, scope and design as they occur
• Ability to work well in project team environment, including: team player, takes initiative to improve personal and interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with all internal and external levels and groups

ACS specializes in the engineering, integration and construction of technically complex R&D and production equipment, controls, and facilities. Working across multiple industries and markets, including automotive, aerospace, energy, chemical, laboratories and manufacturing, ACS offers a unique mix of experience in control systems, custom machines, testing solutions, automation, process and discrete production systems as well as turnkey integrated buildings. ACS is based in Verona, Wisconsin, with a regional office in Troy, Michigan, and serves customers across North America and around the world.

For a full overview of our organization, visit our website at: www.acscm.com

EOE/AA