Power Systems Engineering Intern

Summary

Join the California ISO as a summer 2025 intern and gain valuable experience in the energy industry. This paid internship (10-12 weeks) offers opportunities to work on challenging assignments, interact with executive leadership, and attend industry seminars. Interns will contribute to project implementation, learn about new energy management systems, and perform tasks such as outage studies and tool development. The ideal candidate is currently pursuing an undergraduate, master's, or PhD in electrical engineering (power systems focus preferred) and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills. The internship is located at the LEED-certified Folsom, California campus.

Requirements

• Currently in an Undergraduate, Master’s degree (MS) or PhD program in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Graduating December of 2025 or later
• Excellent analytical and problems solving skills
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Participate in project implementation teams to ensure successful implementation of key power systems software applications projects
• Learn about our new Energy Management System (EMS) software and upgrade
• Perform outage studies, application testing, tool development and modeling updates
• Create new tools and other automations to support outage studies and improve efficiencies of processes
• Use engineering models to identify market impacts and present reports subject to industry, regulatory, and peer review

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree program with a Power systems focus
• Previous internships, research or work experience within electric industry
• Research and or studies in energy industry
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite
• Good presentation, oral and written communication skills
• Strong understanding of Power Systems concepts
• Familiarity running power flow studies within PSLF, PSSE, PowerWorld, or MATLAB

Benefits

• Paid intern position for 10 - 12 weeks during summer 2025
• Opportunities to interact with the CEO and the Executive team of the ISO
• Invitations to seminars on the latest energy industry topics such as renewables, electric cars and micro grids
• Social activities with other interns
• Opportunity to work at our "green" LEED certified Folsom, California campus
• The pay range for power systems engineer interns at the CAISO is $28 - $33 per hour