Internship Intelligent Systems Engineering Jobs in Tennessee

Job Summary:
Standard Nuclear is fueling America’s nuclear renaissance at industrial scale. The Automation Engineer develops, maintains, and improves software tools, data systems, dashboards, and automated workflows that support manufacturing operations, focusing on manufacturing systems and operational visibility in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities:
• Develop, maintain, and improve software tools and automated workflows that support manufacturing operations
• Build scripts, integrations, and system automations to reduce manual work, improve data accuracy, and increase operational visibility
• Support manufacturing systems used for production tracking, inventory management, material movement, reporting, and process monitoring
• Troubleshoot system issues, workflow failures, user access problems, data discrepancies, and reporting gaps
• Support deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement of internal tools used by operations and technical teams
• Maintain and improve systems used to track inventory, materials, equipment status, and operational workflows
• Support systems used for nuclear material tracking, ensuring data integrity, traceability, access control, and reliable reporting
• Develop automation tools that improve inventory visibility, reduce manual data entry, and support compliant material management
• Partner with operations, NMCA, quality, engineering, and IT teams to ensure system changes are controlled, documented, and aligned with operational requirements
• Help identify and resolve data quality issues related to material tracking, system records, and operational reporting
• Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualization tools for manufacturing, engineering, quality, and leadership teams
• Translate manufacturing and operational data into clear, actionable views of production status, inventory, yield, throughput, and process performance
• Automate recurring reports and reduce spreadsheet-based or manual reporting workflows
• Work with users to understand reporting needs and develop practical tools that support decision-making
• Support development of metrics that improve visibility into manufacturing performance and operational constraints
• Integrate data from manufacturing systems, equipment, databases, spreadsheets, ERP/MRP systems, and other operational sources
• Develop and maintain data pipelines, queries, and structured datasets for analysis, reporting, and automation
• Improve data reliability, accessibility, and usability across manufacturing and engineering teams
• Support data architecture, naming conventions, and documentation practices for manufacturing data
• Work with incomplete or evolving data sources and develop practical solutions that improve over time
• Support data integrity, role-based access, change control, and documentation practices for manufacturing systems
• Coordinate with IT to ensure tools and systems align with cybersecurity, access control, and company technology requirements
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for scripts, workflows, dashboards, integrations, and user-facing tools
• Support software quality assurance practices for internal tools and automation workflows
• Ensure systems and data practices support audit readiness, traceability, and regulated manufacturing expectations
• Work closely with intelligent manufacturing, operations, engineering, quality, NMCA, EH&S, supply chain, and IT teams
• Gather requirements from technical and operational users and translate them into practical software and data solutions
• Communicate technical issues, data limitations, system needs, and improvement opportunities clearly to non-software stakeholders
• Support troubleshooting and continuous improvement of systems used in day-to-day manufacturing operations
• Help build a culture of disciplined, data-driven manufacturing decision-making
Preferred:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 2–6 years of experience in software development, systems automation, data engineering, manufacturing systems, IT systems support, or a related technical role
• Strong programming or scripting skills, preferably in Python, SQL, or similar tools
• Experience working with SQL databases, data pipelines, APIs, dashboards, and structured data
• Experience building reports or dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, Grafana, Plotly, or similar platforms
• Experience supporting regulated inventory, material tracking, access-controlled systems, or compliance-sensitive operational software preferred
• Familiarity with data integrity, role-based access control, change control, or software quality assurance practices preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot software, data, workflow, reporting, and user access issues
• Comfort working with incomplete, messy, or evolving data sources in a manufacturing or operational environment
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems, manufacturing systems, equipment data, sensor data, or industrial systems is a plus
• Familiarity with machine learning, statistical modeling, or advanced analytics is a plus
• Experience in manufacturing, nuclear, DOE, energy, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, chemical processing, or other technical industries is a plus
Company:
Standard Nuclear manufactures advanced nuclear fuel for next-generation reactors and high-temperature applications. Founded in 2024, the company is headquartered in Oak Ridge, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.