Controls Engineer Intern
About The Position
Wunderlich-Malec (WM) Engineering is a 100% employee-owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well-established engineering companies in the United States. As an Intern at WM you become part of a company that is: 100% employee-owned company with 40+ years of industry history A Top 5 Systems Integrator Giant AN ENR top 500 firm Wunderlich Malec has an Automation Engineer Internship available – IIoT & Edge to Cloud Systems to help develop the next generation of our industrial IIoT demonstration. This internship is centered on evolving our existing Whack‑a‑Mole (WaM) IIoT Demo Kit—a live, industrial‑grade system that demonstrates secure edge‑to‑cloud data flow using real automation, networking, and cloud technologies. While the demo presents as a fast‑paced game, it mirrors how modern manufacturing systems collect, process, and analyze data. This game will launch at an industry trade show in Fall 2026. You will work closely with a lead engineer to transform this proven baseline into a more advanced, data‑driven, and visually compelling demo.
Requirements
- Pursuing a degree in Electrical, Computer, Controls/Automation, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Strong interest in automation, IIoT, and edge‑to‑cloud systems
- Comfortable documenting and explaining technical systems
- Willing to work hands‑on with hardware and software
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to PLCs, HMIs, networking, MQTT, or cloud platforms
- Interest in data analytics or visualization
- Comfortable presenting technical concepts to non‑technical audiences
Responsibilities
- Define the next‑generation demo scope
- Review the current WaM system and identify improvement opportunities
- Work with a lead engineer to define requirements and success criteria
- Develop engineering documentation
- Create a Functional Specification describing system behavior and workflows
- Create a Design Specification detailing hardware, edge, network, cloud, and data architecture
- Implement system improvements
- Enhance hardware and software based on requirements and design
- Improve IIoT data flow, reliability, and usability
- Build game‑based analytics
- Use Whack‑a‑Mole game data to create engaging analytics and dashboards
- Translate gameplay metrics into insights that demonstrate real industrial value
- Develop a user guide
- Document setup, operation, analytics interpretation, and basic troubleshooting
- Present at a Fall trade show
- Demonstrate the system live
- Explain edge‑to‑cloud architecture, analytics, and business value to a mixed audience
- Plan what comes next
- Create a maintenance plan
- Propose future enhancements for the next internship cycle
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
