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Controls Engineering Internship

MDI (Multi-Dimensional Integration)
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Interns are hired all year with students having availability for in-person work with MDI for a minimum of three months. The internships may involve any of the following responsibilities while working with any of the following internal teams:

Job Responsibilities

  • PLC & HMI programming on various platforms
  • SCADA/MES application development on various platforms
  • Drives and motion control on various platforms
  • Microsoft operating systems, office and networking
  • Electrical design
  • Electrical troubleshooting
  • Inductive Automation’s Ignition SCADA/MES Platform

Custom Integration Projects

This Team is the foundation of our company. Folks in this area will have the opportunity to provide custom turnkey hardware and software automation solutions to customer’s industrial manufacturing needs. This includes PLC, HMI, SCADA and MES level solutions. Responsibilities will vary depending on the specific project needs. This may include system hardware/software design, onsite implementation, installation, validation and startup, as well as customer support.

General Team Information

HOME OFFICE OPTIONS: Shrewsbury, PA & Allentown, PA 

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES: Up to 30%, short-term

SCHEDULE: M-F

OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES: Occasional

INDUSTRY: Varied

Custom Software Services

Candidates will have the opportunity to provide custom software automation solutions to customer’s industrial manufacturing needs. This includes SCADA & MES level solutions as well as other custom software applications. Application development would include creating easy to use and understand UI’s, database interaction and development, integration of business level software to production floor software to share data via SQL queries, API calls, etc. Responsibilities will vary depending on the specific project needs including software design, software development, network design, onsite implementation, installation, validation &startup as well as some customer support. Candidates will learn how the development of these data collection software applications can provide our customers with real-time data to monitor and control their manufacturing equipment.

General Team Information

HOME OFFICE OPTIONS: Shrewsbury, PA

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES: Up to 20%, short-term

SCHEDULE: M-F

OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES: Occasional

INDUSTRY: Varied

Commissioning

This work is conducted on customer sites nationwide and Canada assisting with startup of automation in new installations. Duties include configuration, verification, troubleshooting, functional testing and high-volume validation of the equipment. The automation devices/equipment interface with PLCs, HMIs and VFDs. Customer interface and consistent travel are a large component of this work.

General Team Information

 HOME OFFICE OPTIONS: Relocation to home office not required 

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES: 100%

SCHEDULE: Typically, 10 on/4 off. Schedules can vary based on customer needs. Possible night shift.

OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES: Extensive

INDUSTRY: Primarily Logistics/Material Handling

Upgrades

This Team offers a blend of offsite PLC code development as well as onsite startup of automation in older material handling facilities. Duties include reverse engineering of existing automation code to develop new controls networks and PLC/HMI code for upgrade. Onsite work often happens during the weekends when the customer allows us to take the existing system offline so we can implement new hardware and software solutions.

General Team Information

HOME OFFICE OPTIONS: Shrewsbury, PA & Allentown, PA 

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES: Up to 30%, short-term

SCHEDULE: Varied schedule, weekend requirements, possible night shift

OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES: Frequent

INDUSTRY: Logistics/Material Handling 

  • Internships are supervised by senior engineers and paid hourly with a rate of $25.00 per hour and do not include benefits. 
  • Housing assistance is available for those who do not live within a commutable distance from one of our offices. 
  • All applicants must hold a valid driver's license and be willing to complete a background check required by most of our clients to be on-site.  

Please note that we DO NOT screen candidates through Handshake. If you would like to apply for this or any other position, please send a copy of your resume along with your video interview availability to recruiter@mdiadvantage.com.