Summer Electrical Engineering Opt Jobs in Portland, OR

Electrical Engineering Internship Program

Hourly Pay: $28-$37

Job Summary

The Avangrid Internship Program is a 10-week paid summer experience designed to provide meaningful exposure to the energy industry through real-world projects, professional development, and mentorship. Interns contribute to business priorities while building technical and professional skills alongside experienced industry professionals. The program follows a 70-20-10 development model, with 70% of learning gained through hands-on project work, 20% through mentoring, networking, and relationship building, and 10% through formal learning opportunities.
Within electrical engineering internship, interns support initiatives that help plan, design, operate, maintain, and modernize Avangrid's electric system. Assignments may involve electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, substations, protection and control systems, system planning, reliability initiatives, or grid modernization programs.

What the Opportunity Includes

• Apply academic learning to real-world business, technical, and operational challenges.
• Contribute to meaningful project-based assignments aligned with business priorities.
• Collaborate with professionals across teams and business functions.
• Develop technical and professional skills through hands-on experience, mentorship, and networking.
• Present project outcomes, recommendations, and key learnings throughout the internship.
• Gain exposure to the energy industry and Avangrid business operations.

Required Qualifications

• Sophomore or Junior pursuing a Bachelor's degree, or first-year Master's student with at least one semester remaining before graduation.
• Pursuing a degree in: Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated interest in the applicable field and the energy industry.
• Ability to analyze information, solve problems, and communicate findings effectively.
• Preferred GPA of 3.2 or higher.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship requirements.

Potential Placement Areas

• Protection & Controls
• Testing & Commissioning
• System Planning
• Transmission Engineering
• Distribution Engineering
• Electric Operations

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee's management.

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