Internship: Embedded Software Engineering (Summer 2026) - Franksville, WI

What you’ll do:

Do you want to gain enriching experiences and work side by side with experienced engineers to power your career? Apply to our Embedded Software Engineering Internship! 
 

Over the course of this twelve-week paid internship based at the Franksville, WI site (about 20 miles south of Milwaukee), you will gain a firm grasp of our core engineering competencies and a holistic view of our technology-driven solutions that serve our wide range of customers. 

Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work. Are you ready? 

Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates who qualify. Participants will be connected with our relocation vendor and provided a lump sum payment to give you the flexibility to address your specific relocation needs. 
 
Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The salary for this role ranges from $20.77 - $34.62 per hour (depending on your year in school). 
 

Position Overview: 
 

The Embedded Software Engineering Intern is an integral part of multi-disciplined new product engineering team at Eaton’s Thomas A. Edison Technical Center in Franksville, WI. Working alongside experienced engineers, you will perform engineering analyses, create designs, and develop unit tests – all contributing to the overall execution of New Product Development (NPD) projects and functional initiatives. 

Our engineering teams are passionate about designing products and services that are more efficient, reliable, safe, and sustainable. With five Eaton facilities and more than 1900+ employees located in Wisconsin, Eaton’s local footprint enables our employees with state-of-the-art laboratories and access to manufacturing that allows us to deliver robust solutions to our utility, commercial and industrial customers.   
 

In this role you will: 
 

•    Work with hardware drivers and embedded applications, networking and related areas primarily using C, C++, and Python, as well as other programming languages.
•    Collaborate with a global multi-discipline engineering teams (software, embedded software, hardware, power systems, systems, product and test) to deliver products and features for the Utility Iltelligent Devices team.
•    Set aggressive goals, measures performance, and strive to go beyond what is expected.
•    Effectively work and communicate within a global team environment.
 

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications: 
 

•    Actively enrolled in or received a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science at an accredited institution with a graduation date no earlier than December 2026.  
•    Minimum GPA of 2.8 or above.
•    Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
 

Preferred Qualifications
 

•    Prior internship or co-op experience.
•    Junior or higher standing.
•    Minimum GPA of 3.2 or above.
•    Experience developing using C / C++, Python or other programming languages.
•    Familiarity with Agile Scrum concepts (or other iterative development methodology).