Electrical Engineering Co Op, Intersect
Hourly rate: $35 CAD
Clean energy company
Open for applications
Clean energy company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Hourly rate: $35 CAD
201-500 employees
Company mission
To preserve our planet for future generations through low-carbon energy and infrastructure solutions.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering (or a closely related discipline)
- Strong foundation in Python, VBA, Matlab, or similar scripting languages
- Understanding of energy system modeling, data analysis, or optimization principles
- Familiarity with tools such as PVsyst, SAM, PVWatts, Google Earth Pro, or GIS platforms
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, cross-functional, and remote-forward environment
- Strong academic aptitude, attention to detail, and collaborative mindset
- Interest in a career in power infrastructure following graduation will help you succeed
What the job involves
- As part of Intersect’s Engineering team, you’ll gain hands-on experience designing, analyzing, and optimizing large-scale energy systems across solar (PV), battery storage (BESS), and wind technologies. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers to develop system models, automate workflows, standardize processes, and help deliver reliable, efficient project designs
- This Co-Op position will rotate across the various Engineering Departments (PV, BESS, Wind, HV, etc) and will report to Engineering Team Leads within each discipline within Intersect’s Engineering Team. The role is planned to start in May 2026, with a 3-month training period designed to build technical and professional skills ahead of full project engagement by August 2026
- The Engineering team is at the heart of how Intersect turns complex ideas into real, scalable projects that move the energy industry forward. As the technical backbone of the EPC organization, the team is responsible for ensuring every project we build is designed to perform—safely, efficiently, and with long-term value in mind. We work closely with Development, Procurement, and Project Delivery teams to translate project concepts into optimized designs that balance performance, cost, and reliability
- Our engineers thrive on solving big, technical challenges while maintaining a spirit of collaboration and curiosity. Joining this team means contributing to work that defines what’s next for large-scale energy infrastructure and building the foundation for a cleaner future
- Assist in the design and performance modeling of PV, BESS, and wind power systems
- Conduct energy yield estimates to forecast system output and optimize design configurations
- Participate in technical design reviews and contribute to the creation of engineering documentation and specifications
- Support evaluation of new product offerings from technology suppliers
- Develop and automate analysis and reporting tools using Python, VBA, or other scripting languages
- Contribute to database creation for early-stage project designs and energy modeling
- Improve workflow tracking, data organization, and version control within engineering processes
- Engage with cross-functional teams to gain insight into commercial, project management, and technical decision-making
- Identify and raise potential design challenges, proposing data-driven solutions
- Support GIS analyses for site buildability and resource assessment
- Partner with commercial teams to run performance and optimization studies across different offtake structures and technologies
- Use simulation tools (such as PVsyst, PVWatts, or SAM) to evaluate system efficiency and performance trade-offs
- Hours: 40 hours a week
Our take
Intersect is expanding access to clean electricity to help drive broad-based decarbonization. The company develops some of the world's largest clean energy resources and delivers these low-carbon solutions to customers around the globe.
Intersect is redefining what it means to be a clean power developer by constantly looking at new industries that it could vertically integrate into, to get closer to its goal of deep decarbonization. The company was born from innovation, conceived as an alternative to the traditional selling of electricity under long term PPA, which is demonstrative of the company’s determination to challenge the status quo and approach projects at scale without destroying value.
Excitingly, Intersect has partnered with Google and TPG Rise Climate (TPG) to drive the expansion of renewable power and storage solutions for data centers across the US. This collaboration is set to deliver gigawatts of new capacity and catalyze a $20B investment in renewable energy infrastructure by the decades end. With its first co-located clean energy project already in the works and expected to be operation by 2026, Intersect is very much paving the way for a sustainable future in the data center industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
91% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Greenway, Beaverton, OR
Leadership
Sheldon Kimber
(Founder & CEO)Previously acted as COO for Recurrent Energy. Also spent 9 years at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business as a Lecturer.
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