Transmission Reliability Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Are you an engineering undergraduate eager to apply your academic knowledge to real-world power utility systems? At LCRA Transmission Services Corporation (TSC), our mission is to enhance the quality of life for Texans by ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of high-voltage electricity across the state. As a Reliability Engineering Intern, you will play a crucial role in maintaining our grid's stability by analyzing equipment performance, investigating equipment health, and leveraging engineering principals to prevent equipment failures and outages. This role offers a strong entry point into Reliability Engineering, with opportunities to learn from industry experts, collaborate on impactful projects, and grow your career while making a difference in communities across Texas.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent.
• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited university/college program in junior year or has completed junior year and will be starting senior year.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering
• Previous internship or work experience in reliability or utility engineering
• Personalized cover letter in your voice (No AI), detailing why you are interested in transmission or reliability engineering

Responsibilities

• Leverage data visualization tools (Power BI, SQL) to continuously monitor transmission equipment health, identify trends, and drive condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Investigate equipment failures and system incidents to determine root causes, implementing targeted corrective and preventive measures to eliminate recurrence.
• Partner with maintenance teams to optimize preventive schedules, develop robust procedures, and execute strategies that extend the operational life of critical transmission assets.
• Conduct comprehensive reliability assessments to pinpoint network vulnerabilities, designing mitigation strategies against extreme weather, cyber threats, and other operational disruptions.
• Work seamlessly with operations, maintenance, and construction departments to align asset management strategies and achieve shared corporate reliability goals.
• Identify process inefficiencies and develop innovative technical solutions to proactively enhance overall system reliability and performance.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• 401(k)
• EAP

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED