Design Engineering Intern

🌍 About Us

NPX partners with nuclear utilities and new reactor projects to unlock performance through innovation. We combine decades of nuclear expertise with AI, digital tools, and lean processes, to help plants run safer, smarter, and more cost-effectively. Our Design Engineering team scales this expertise through advanced electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation & control (I&C) design practices to clients across Canada.

🧠 The Role

A Design Engineering Intern will gain hands on experience across a variety of nuclear design engineering projects. You’ll help resolve emergent issues, perform engineering calculations and analyses, support maintenance and procurement activities, and assist with minor design changes. You will gain meaningful, real-world experience, while applying classroom knowledge to practical challenges in the nuclear industry. You’ll bring curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving skills to a team that values fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.

Depending on the candidate’s background and areas of interest, the role may align with either the Mechanical Design team or the Electrical & I&C Design team.

🎯 What You’ll Drive

• Collaborate with design engineers and stakeholders to develop high‑quality designs and review supporting documentation, technical specs, codes, standards, and test/implementation plans.

• Participate in plant walk‑downs to assess equipment and gather design inputs.

• Prepare and present technical information to internal and external audiences.

• Support daily project activities, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet quality expectations.

• Contribute to innovation and technical advancement projects, including research into new technologies and their potential applications in the nuclear industry.

• Incorporate lessons learned into processes to strengthen future design work.

📝 Logistics

Location: Hybrid

Start: Spring/Fall Term (May or September)

Duration: 8-, 12-, or 16 – month

Salary Range: $26-31/hour (depending on the academic level)

Travel Requirements: Occasional travel to the client site in Bruce County, as required by project needs.

Condition of Employment: All NPXers are required to obtain a nuclear security clearance as a condition of employment. We'd help you every step of the way but wanted to let you know!

✨ What You Bring

• A background in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.

• Results & Impact: you deliver measurable outcomes and business value.

• Leadership & Influence: you elevate team performance and create influence without being asked.

• Adaptability & Growth: you thrive in dynamic environments and embody a growth mindset.

• Initiative & Innovation: you proactively identify and solve problems.

• Cultural Amplification: you strengthen our culture and role model our values.

🌿 What You’ll Find Here

To do great work, you need to be well in mind, body, and soul. At NPX, we design our environment around the whole person, not just the job they do.

• 🧠 Mind: Tools and support for mental wellness, professional growth, and financial security.

• 🧘‍♀️ Body: Health coverage, a spending account, and the freedom to rest and recharge.

• 🌀 Soul: Meaningful work, alignment with your values, and time to refresh with time off.

• 💰👀 Financial wellbeing? Covered. That means competitive pay and recognition for the impact you make.

💬 Pssst. Just a heads up that we use AI to help in the filtering of candidates based on job-specific criteria. Humans decide who to move forward, and this way we're able to spend more of our time supporting our candidates directly.