(Summer 2026) - Student, Intern-Relay/Substation Design Admin (CP-Project Delivery)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Operations, Inc.-EOI 

Job Title: Student, Intern-Relay Settings Design Engineering (Summer 2026)

Posting End Date:  

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

“Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position.  Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.”

Entergy’s Project Delivery Engineering Department is responsible for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining and operating over 16,000 miles of transmission lines and over 2,700 substations across the four-state territory.

Intern Job Description: 

Working in a team environment to assist engineers in day to day activities including but not limited to:

• Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets
• Support and participate in project scoping activities for substation projects. Review existing relay settings. Coordinate with design and construction organizations to develop project scope and estimate sheets.
• Support project schedules and processes by using activity tracking applications such as Primavera.
• Model power systems using APA (previously known as PSS CAPE). Maintain master model for relay fault analysis. Support wide area coordination. Occasionally use additional tools such as ETAP, EMTP and Hypersim.
• Develop relay settings for substation protective relays. This includes performing fault studies and developing relay settings for transmission protection equipment related to capital projects and asset maintenance projects.
• Works with field groups, distribution engineers and plant engineers to ensure coordination of downstream distribution devices for the system.
• Oversee, review, and approve settings developed by professional consultant engineers. This includes awarding projects to contractors and reviewing invoices.
• Support activities pertaining to SERC/NERC standards compliance and other utility relations as required with focus around PRC and CIP standards.
• Establish and improve relay testing laboratory. Develop and support relay test plans for planned projects.
• Support development of configurations for non RTU assets such as DFR and PQ meters.
• Participate in substation visits. Provide technical support and protection system expertise in response to operational/commissioning requests from field personnel.
• Manage documentation via Documentum (WebTop and IPS-TRAMS) for transmission system protection and other records according to company and departmental policies.
• Assist with storm/emergency restoration efforts as necessary.
• Support protection standard development and implementation as required.
• Investigate impact of relay firmware and software changes to Entergy system applications. Develop and update templates as appropriate.
• Supports activities to comply with applicable industry standards (i.e. NERC, SERC) and other utility regulations, as required.
• Travel may be required for the position

Education Requirements:

Seeking Electrical Engineering major.

Junior and Senior candidate with graduation dates of May 2027 and beyond preferred.

Must be actively pursuing a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree as indicated above and at minimum classified as a sophomore or beyond.

Minimum 3.0 GPA

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans 
Job Function: Students / Early Careers
FLSA Status: Nonexempt 
Relocation Option: Level III
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT