Electrical Engineering Intern
At I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc, A Salas O’Brien Company we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.
Building for the long-term means that all our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.
About Us:
Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.
We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.
Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.
Job Description:
We welcome rising college sophomores, juniors, and seniors to apply to be a summer intern at ICT. Our interns are embedded into our teams and get the opportunity to work on real projects under the supervision and education of our experienced engineers.
Job Duties:
- Work with licensed engineers to develop skills and knowledge
- Do photometrics and work with the software for preliminary lighting layouts.
- Encouraged to try to solve engineering problems using their education.
- Lay out equipment in spaces to meet project needs (lighting, fire alarm, and receptacles, etc.)
- Work with mechanical engineers to pick up power for their equipment.
- Assists in the preparation or modification of reports, specifications, plan, construction schedules, studies, permits, and designs for assigned projects.
- Uses computer assisted engineering and design software and equipment to prepare engineering and design documents.
- Operates engineering software to solve specific problems, and inputs the data required by the program.
- Familiarize themselves with state-of-the-art design and various state and local regulations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics
- Accepts direction and supervision well
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
- ACAD/Revit experience a plus
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
Top Skills
What We Do
Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm focused on advancing the human experience through the built environment.
Our team is engineered for impact™, helping clients achieve critical goals, advancing our team members through growth and opportunity, and operating at the center of important global issues, including sustainability and decarbonization.
We are a top firm as ranked by Engineering News-Record and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and we have appeared for over a decade on the Inc. 5000 list of North America’s fastest-growing private companies.
