Field Services Intern

Job Description Summary

Are you passionate about innovation and excited about the opportunity to electrify and decarbonize the world?

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear offers selected students an internship with our business, starting in January 2026. Interns will be exposed to our GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy business, a chance for us to learn about your interests and for you to learn about GE and a career with us.

What impact you'll make

Field Engineering interns work onsite with and for customers operating legacy fleet reactors. You will add immediate value as part of the outage team, servicing customers' reactors safely, effectively and efficiently so they can return to service.

What you'll do

Candidates will work with experienced Field Service Engineers in a fast-paced, challenging environment, performing maintenance and inspection activities on Boiling Water Reactors. Interns will attend entry-level technical training, travel to domestic nuclear refueling outages and be assigned shorter projects at the Wilmington, NC site when not at outages. During outages, interns will work as part of high-performance teams to perform safe, error-free work for customers.

Qualifications and Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate program with an engineering or engineering technology discipline as the primary major.

What will make you stand out

• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (without rounding).
• Strong mechanical aptitude and/or hands-on work experience.
• Prior internship or co-op in manufacturing, industrial or field engineering environments.
• Strong team and interpersonal skills, with ability to work in project teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical problems in clear, simple terms.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Strong customer service mindset.
• Analytical approach to problem solving and learning agility.
• Ability to use basic hand tools.
• Basic computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office.

Other Eligibility Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 70% to domestic plant sites, including during the internship period.
• Must be able to be granted unescorted access at a commercial nuclear power plant.
• Must hold a valid US driver's license.
• Must be willing to submit to a comprehensive background investigation as part of selection.
• Ability and willingness to work 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week when needed for project delivery.
• Basic mechanical aptitude, with ability to read and understand equipment manuals, procedures and work instructions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to climb 10 flights of stairs twice per day.
• Ability to pass a respirator fit test and physical.
• Ability to pass Fitness for Duty and site security requirements to obtain unescorted access.
• Ability to work under high-stress conditions.
• Ability and willingness to work in radiation-controlled and radioactively contaminated areas.

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. To be considered, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident or protected individual as defined by 8 USC § 1101(a)(2) and 8 USC § 1324b(a)(3).

Benefits

This position is also eligible for relocation assistance for reasonable, documented expenses when reporting to work and returning to school or home at the end of the assignment, for employees whose permanent address is more than 50 miles from the work location. A weekly housing allowance is also provided when the permanent residence is at least 50 miles away.

• Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) after 90 days of accumulated service, subject to plan eligibility requirements (eligibility begins the 1st of the month following the 90th day).

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers are contingent on obtaining authorization for that access from the U.S. Government.

Inclusion

At GE Vernova, we value each person's unique identity, background and experiences. We are committed to an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to do their best work, accepted, respected and like they belong.

GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.