Engineering Co-op - Spring 2027
RoviSys · Houston, TX · 1 wk ago
Engineering$24/hrInternship
About the role
RoviSys employees work on exciting projects in a collaborative environment. Our engineers are intelligent, talented, enthusiastic teammates who use technology to provide innovative solutions for complex client challenges. Our innovative solutions make a difference in industry and society every day.
Responsibilities
Co-op Position: College Student. RoviSys offers a broad opportunity to grow your career while working under the guidance of experienced Engineers and Developers with any of the following duties:
- Design and develop automation systems
- Design and develop electrical control systems that will interface with process lines, manufacturing equipment and sensors
- Architect solutions using the appropriate technologies from database to AI to User Interface tools
- Provide our clients with real time, actionable information reports about their process
- Develop quality code in accordance with established RoviSys and client standards
- Work in team environment with engineers and designers from RoviSys, partners and clients
- Travel to customer sites for planning meetings, commissioning and testing
- Grow into position leading a team of engineers and technicians to provide automation and information solutions
Co-op paths
Systems:
- Success Factors: Understanding of Process or Manufacturing Systems Co-op Experience, Electrical or Process Knowledge
- Technologies Used: DCS, PLCs, Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Schneider, Inductive, Aveva
- Duties: Design and develop automation systems; travel to client plants to assess and document existing systems and connected equipment; use P&ID, Equipment Lists, I/O Lists and Process Descriptions to define control schemes for clients; network customer systems, Controllers, HMI PC's, Field mounted instruments and Process Skids to provide fully integrated control systems
Information Systems:
- Success Factors: Ability to understand Information System architectures
- Technologies Used: Relational Databases and Historians (MS SQL Server, Oracle, OSIsoft, etc.), Python, VBA/VBscript/C# syntax, Linux shell scripting (Bash, make), PowerShell scripting
- Duties: Design and implement industry software applications to aggregate manufacturing systems information and provide reports to support business decisions; manually configure technical solutions and identify optimization opportunities by leveraging scripting and automation to increase process efficiency; install and commission systems connected to the plant floor devices onsite and support operations personnel through effective use and maintenance of the deployed solutions; scripting and light programming
Industrial IT:
- Success Factors: Passion for networking, virtualization, cybersecurity in a manufacturing or office setting
- Technologies Used: Virtualization, Networking, Cybersecurity, Windows, Wireless
- Duties: Map and Design Network Architectures; Configure and Test Infrastructure components; Install and Commission equipment at customer sites, per design; Communicate with customer and project team to define needs and design/implement solutions
Qualifications
- Full-time student status
- Strong academic achievement, maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or above
- Enrollment in a Bachelor's program in a Technical Field, related to Engineering, or Control Systems
- Passionate about problem solving and developing solutions
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without RoviSys sponsorship
Pay
- Competitive Hourly Rate: $24/hr
- Travel Perks: Travel incentives + per-diem packages for field assignments
Benefits
- Grow With Us: Ongoing training, certifications, and professional development support