Intern Electrical Engineer

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

For decades Itron has been delivering critical energy and water infrastructure services to customers around the globe--and were just getting started. Join us and help design the future of resource management.

This Electrical Engineer Intern will support Itrons lab team in Raleigh working on site with experienced engineers to maintain lab operations.

In this role youll help develop automation solutions that improve lab efficiency while maintaining high standards for engineering quality safety and documentation. Success comes from applying sound technical judgment communicating effectively with the team leveraging AI-powered engineering tools responsibly and creating organized reproducible work that others can build upon.

• Identifyand debug issues across Itron mesh networks smart-city RF communications lab computers and connected test equipment.

• Set up and run engineering tests verify data quality analyze results and compile clear test reports.

• Collaborate with senior lab engineers on Raleigh lab projects prototypes investigations and process improvements.

• Support lab maintenance equipment organization calibration tracking and safe operation of electrical test setups.

• Develop Python-based automation tools for test execution data processing equipment control and reporting.

• Use AI coding agents toassistwith code generation refactoring debugging unit-test creation documentation and repetitive development tasks.

• Write clear task specifications and prompts for coding agents define acceptance criteria and provide the context needed for reliable results.

• Review test andvalidateAI-generated code beforeuse;identifyincorrect assumptions security concerns unsafe behavior and maintainability issues.

• Use source control and issue-tracking practices to document changes preserve traceability and collaborate with engineers.

• Enrolled in an accredited electrical engineering computer engineering computer science or related degree program with at least two years of college-level coursework completed.

• Ability to program in Python and read troubleshoot andmodifyexisting code.

• Basic understanding of software development practices including modular design debugging testing and documentation.

• Practical ability to use AI coding assistants or agents while independently reviewing andvalidatingtheir output.

• Ability to translate an engineering task into clear requirements constraints test cases and completion criteria for an AI coding agent.

• Experience organizing cleaningmaintaining or calibrating lab equipment.

• Awareness of electrical hazards and ability to follow established safety procedures when working around energized or high-voltage equipment.

• Available to work approximately40 hoursper week during the summer on site in a lab environment in Raleigh North Carolina.

• Professional written and verbal communication skills.

• Related internship research laboratory or project experience.

• Coursework or hands-on experience in RF systems analog and digital electronics embedded systems or data acquisition.

• Experience with Linux and command-line tools.

• Experience with Git pull requests code reviews issue tracking or CI/CD workflows.

• Ability to program in C C C# Rust or another compiled language.

• Experience using AI coding agents in an IDE or development workflow including prompt iteration context management tool use and multi-step task execution.

• Experience creating unit tests integration tests test fixtures or automated validation scripts.

• Familiarity with APIs serial communications network troubleshooting or instrument-control interfaces.

• Experience working safely with hand tools and power tools.

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This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial social health and wellbeing programs paid vacation 401k matching employee stock purchase program and more!

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Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences dont perfectly align with every requirement we encourage you to apply the end you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidates starting wage will be determined based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

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