Transmission Planning Intern — Grid Reliability (Summer 2027)

AES Corporation; Indianapolis, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning opportunities

Networking events

Lunch-and-learns

Speaker series

Job summary

AES Corporation in Indianapolis, IN invites students to join as Transmission Planning Engineer Intern for Summer 2027. You will gain hands-on exposure to power-flow analysis, modeling, and planning studies in the MISO and PJM markets, and contribute to reliability and capacity initiatives under guidance from experienced engineers.

Responsibilities include supporting steady-state and short-circuit studies, assisting with interconnection analyses, maintaining system models, and learning NERC/FERC

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related field.
• Coursework in power systems, circuits, or electric machines.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn.
• Clear communication, verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Support steady-state power-flow and short-circuit studies using industry tools.
• Assist with transmission interconnection and reactive-compensation studies.
• Build and maintain steady-state, dynamics, and short-circuit representations of the AES transmission system.
• Support NERC data processes and model validation against real system performance.
• Gain exposure to transmission operations planning, outage coordination, and regulatory workflows.
• Attend site visits to substations to learn how transmission infrastructure is built and operated.

Skills

Power systems

Analytical skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSSE

TARA

DSA Tools

ASPEN

CAPE

Job description

AES Corporation in Indianapolis, IN invites students to join as Transmission Planning Engineer Intern for Summer 2027. You will gain hands-on exposure to power-flow analysis, modeling, and planning studies in the MISO and PJM markets, and contribute to reliability and capacity initiatives under guidance from experienced engineers.

Responsibilities include supporting steady-state and short-circuit studies, assisting with interconnection analyses, maintaining system models, and learning NERC/FERC