Job Title:

Generation Sector Student Internship: Data Science and Data Engineering

Location:

Charlotte, NC

Job Summary and Description:

EPRI was ranked the #3 internship program within the Energy & Renewables industry in 2024 according to Vault!

EPRI’s Generation Sector focuses on a wide spectrum of research and development (R&D) across all thermal and renewables sources of power generation. The research supports EPRI’s mission of delivering independent, objective thought leadership and industry expertise to help the energy sector identify issues, technology gaps, and broader needs that can be addressed for the benefit of society. Research may include materials science, water technologies, digitalization, cyber security, turbomachinery, wind, solar, or hydro power (renewables), non-battery energy storage (chemical, mechanical, and thermal), carbon capture and sequestration, hydrogen economies and technologies at-scale, environmental sciences, etc.

Students working in the summer semester will typically work at the EPRI Charlotte location, with some positions specific to a laboratory setting.  Students will take part in the Generation Sector’s summer student internship program experience.

The summer internship experience provides a technical mentor, training, and social and professional networking opportunities in addition to guided project-focused research work. This unique setting will provide students with rare, but essential practical insight to industry problems and issues and improve links to academic coursework. Other development and social activities in prior years have included:

• Lunch and learns with past interns, current EPRI employees

• Team building activities, for example a trip to the National Whitewater Center

• Tours of local power generation facilities

• EPRI lab tours

• Final presentations by summer student internship employees to their peers, mentors and other EPRI technical staff

Students may be hired into one of many research programs in the Generation Sector to work over the timeframe of May to August. Students who demonstrate exemplary skillsets and learning over this ~12-week period may be asked to work part time after the summer period and/or be invited in subsequent years to extend their exposure to the Energy Sector.

Candidates:

EPRI is looking for exceptionally talented science and engineering students wishing to gain additional experience in the power industry. Typical majors could include, but are not limited to the following:

• Engineering / Science – Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar fields

• Information Technology / Cyber Security – Focusing on networking, infrastructure equipment, cloud technologies, or operational technologies.

• Data Science

The typical data science and data engineering summer student employee will meet the following criteria:

• Be in their junior or senior year as an undergraduate or in a graduate school as a master’s or Ph.D. candidate.

• Have completed a group engineering design project in data science or with a data science component.

• Have coding capability in python, R, and/or SQL. VBS, C++, HTML, and other standard languages are a plus.

• Be willing to take on challenges and work with functions, codes, and concepts that are outside of the typical knowledge base.

• Be a thought leader and offer suggestions, ideas, and alternatives, especially around newly exposed techniques, and technologies.

• Be willing to work with other summer student employees to exchange knowledge, answer questions, and learn best practices.

• Must be willing to ask questions and learn from technical mentors and engineers at EPRI.

Desired Skills:

• Out-of-the-box thinking,

• Solutions oriented,

• Inquisitive,

• Not afraid of a challenge,

• Willingness to interact with others,

• Certifications, knowledge of secure coding practices, and affiliation with professional societies.

The hourly rate range for Student positions are:

• Undergraduate: $16-29 per hour
• Masters: $25-31 per hour
• Ph.D: $27-34 per hour

These ranges are an estimate, and the actual hourly rate may vary based on various factors, including without limitation applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and al