GE Vernova Power Conversion Engineering Intern/Co-Op - Summer 2026

Overview

Energy conversion intern designing power converters for naval, industrial, marine, and oil & gas.

Key Responsibilities

• safety
• control modelling
• technical specs
• engineering docs
• base software
• hmi coding

Tasks

-Ensure that all designs and practices implement and foster a culture of safety, quality, and value. -Learn to create models of the power electronic controls for use by power systems engineers for performing power quality studies and system stability studies. -Learn to prepare/review detailed technical specifications for the control of large industry, marine and naval power converters that meet customer requirements. -Learn engineering artifacts associated with specific power converters on projects including software specifications, control specifications, software, control drawings, software, factory acceptance test procedures, and commissioning instructions. -Develop, define and deliver the base software package (software with list of libraries/system versions, test reports) for use in typical project configuration -Learn the HMI/Control/Process coding. -Learn the principles of power converter software, software specifications, control specifications, real time response models, and control & automation hardware drawings to meet detailed customer requirements.

Requirements

• matlab
• 3.0 gpa
• power converters
• engineering student
• teamwork
• communication

What You Bring

-Experience with development of MATLAB code or similar software (Python, C+, etc) -Minimum 3.0 GPA (without rounding) -Learn to develop test plans in accordance with the Basic Requirements and the electrical power plant -Learn to manage software design process for power converters for specific projects. -Strong team attitude and positive moral. -Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship for an unlimited amount of time. -Strong interpersonal skills and accessible and approachable -Highly motivated, curious, and not afraid to show initiative -Some technical capability within power electronic power converters, controls, computers, or mechanical engineering with an emphasis on applications. -Learn to use the offline and real time models of the overall electrical power electronics plant, propose, and implement model improvements -Excellent communication skills, articulate in simplifying complex problems -Sense of ownership for assigned responsibilities -Familiar with coding, and other computer programming tools. -Currently enrolled in an engineering school from an accredited university with a specialty in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other similar discipline -Ability to multi-task on a variety of projects

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Benefits

-Relocation Assistance: Co-op/Interns will be reimbursed for reasonable, proper, and documented expenditures incurred while initially reporting to work and returning to school/home upon completion of the assignment. Employees with a permanent address greater than 50 miles away from the work location are eligible. -Housing Allowance: Co-op/Interns employees receive a weekly housing allowance to help off-set living expenses when the co-op/Intern’s permanent residence is at least 50 miles away from the work location. -Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services -GE Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) after their accumulated service reaches 90 days, and they meet any other eligibility requirements as defined in the plans. (Eligibility occurs on the 1st of the month following the 90th day.)

About Ge Vernova

-Traces roots back to Edison and Alstom, merging power, renewable, digital & financial wings. -Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, crafts large-scale gas turbines, SMRs, wind turbines, hydro and grid tech to fuel economies. -On the nuclear front, advancing small modular reactors (like BWRX‑300) in partnership with utilities and supporting semiconductor projects. -Wind prowess spans onshore, offshore and blade making—with key sites like Dogger Bank offshore and blade plants in Spain. -Electrification arm tackles grid stability: HVDC, transformers, storage, conversion, plus GridOS software powering smarter infrastructure. -Weaves finance and consulting through energy-infrastructure investments, funding solar farms to pipelines via GE Energy Financial Services.

Sector Specialisms

Visa Sponsorship

-no visa sponsorship; must be able to work in us without sponsorship.

Security Clearance

-offer contingent on successful drug screening.