Co-op Engineer

Mpr Associates, Inc.•Burlington, MA

3d•$1,000 - $1,450•Onsite

About The Position

MPR Associates, Inc. (MPR), a thriving multi-discipline, specialty engineering services and consulting firm founded in 1964, is seeking talented junior or senior engineering students for paid co-op engineering opportunities. If you have an excellent academic background, desire to grow professionally, seek a rewarding career, and want to be engaged in important and technically stimulating projects which benefit society and make an impact, MPR may be the right company for you. MPR has a wide and growing client base in the fields of electric power (generation, both renewable and nuclear, as well as transmission & distribution), federal services, and health and life sciences. We work throughout the United States as well as internationally. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, we also have offices in East Lyme, Connecticut, Burlington, Massachusetts, and Salt Lake City, Utah. We are actively searching for students excelling in a variety of technical disciplines, including: Electrical (Power), Electrical (Embedded Systems), Mechanical, Chemical, Nuclear, Systems, Materials Science, Instrumentation & Controls, Civil/Structural, Software Engineering.

Requirements

Excellent academic record.
Highly motivated and proactive.
Strong desire to pursue a technical career path.
Robust analytical skills, including the ability and passion to problem solve.
Aptitude to work outside of a single engineering discipline and quickly learn new concepts.
Advanced computer skills preferred, including familiarity with programming languages such as C++ or Python, analysis programs such as Ansys or MATLAB-Simulink®, and design programs such as SolidWorks.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work collaboratively on engineering teams as well as independently to produce high-quality technical deliverables.

Responsibilities

Work and learn across multiple project disciplines.
Help formulate collaboration and deliver technically informed business insights to our clients.
Engage in thermal hydraulic, structural, and electrical analysis, in support of the industries that we serve.
Participate in Product Development (including mechanical and electrical design, software development, printed circuit board design, systems engineering and testing).
Contribute to Asset Management and Business Operations Improvement including data analytics, automation, machine learning, quality assurance, and process development.
Support Capital Project Management and Planning including support of project siting permitting and development, project planning, owner’s engineering, oversight of execution, and risk management.
Assist with Process Control Systems and Communications including, system architecture, design, software development, testing, and risk assessment.
Contribute to advanced nuclear technology design, analysis and deployment.