What You’ll Do:
As our System Planning Engineering Co-op, you’ll support efforts to improve how new energy resources and large electrical loads connect to the grid. You’ll collaborate with the team to improve interconnection and transmission service processes, develop tools, automate workflows, and find better ways to manage data.
Your work will support a grid undergoing major change. Across the energy industry, older generating resources are retiring, new resources are connecting, and large new loads are creating additional demand on the transmission system. You’ll help a team working to ensure those changes happen while maintaining grid reliability.
You’ll gain hands-on experience with:
A Great Day in This Role Means:
You’re collaborating with engineers to improve how resources connect to and use the transmission system. You might be writing a new script to automate a manual process, developing a better way to organize and manage data, or building a tool that gives engineers greater visibility into an interconnection or transmission service request.
You’ll also see how those efforts connect to bigger reliability decisions. The team helps evaluate the retirement of existing power plants, the addition of new resources, and the transmission needed to reliably serve growing electrical demand. Your work could help engineers determine whether resources remain deliverable as grid conditions change or support interim solutions for resources coming online before planned transmission facilities are complete.
Your impact is real. Improving these processes helps new resources connect more efficiently while supporting a reliable electric grid for the millions of people and businesses that depend on it every day.
This is a unique opportunity because:
You’ll join a growing team that includes former MISO interns who successfully transitioned into full-time roles. They know what it’s like to be in your shoes and have helped create a supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn quickly, ask questions, and make meaningful contributions early.
You’ll also get a front-row seat to one of the biggest transformations happening in the energy industry. The generation fleet is changing, large electrical loads are being connected at a rapid pace, and the transmission system must evolve with them. You’ll see how engineers balance those changes while making sure resources can connect, customers can be served, and the grid remains reliable.
What You’ll Be Proud to Share:
Qualifications at a Glance:
Term: January 13 – April 30, 2027 | Full-time | Paid
Location: Carmel, IN | Housing available for qualified students
Academic Level: Undergraduate (Juniors or Seniors) or Graduate
Degree: Electrical Engineering
Required Technical Skills:
Preferred Skills:
By the End of Your Co-op, You’ll Walk Away With:
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MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. Through groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure that power flows reliably to 47 million customers. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future – it’s what our immensely talented and dedicated team does every day. Plug into your future career.
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MISO is a non-profit, member-based organization that operates the electric transmission grid and wholesale energy markets across the central United States and parts of Canada.