Controls Engineering Internship​/Co-Op; Summer

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries.

By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

BW Design Group offers summer internships and 6-month co-ops. Applicants should apply once and will be considered for the option that best aligns with their academic schedule. Internships span 10-12 weeks over the summer. Co-Ops are 6-months long and start in January 2027 or June 2027.

When you join BW Design Group as a Controls Engineer Co-op or Intern, you will become part of a team that will challenge you, support your growth, and give you meaningful, hands‑on engineering experience. You will work alongside experienced controls engineers, technical specialists, project managers, and client teams to help some of the world’s leading companies solve complex manufacturing, automation, and facility challenges.

Depending on the project, your experience may include work in one of our U.S. offices, at a client site, or in a highly technical environment such as a data center. Throughout your six-month co‑op term, you will contribute to real projects while receiving mentorship and exposure to the full lifecycle of controls engineering—from design and programming through installation, start‑up, and commissioning.

Gain hands‑on experience performing responsibilities similar to those of a full‑time Controls Engineer.

• Support the design and development of industrial automation and control systems
• Assist with PLC programming, HMI development, control panel design, and system documentation
• Help create and update electrical drawings, control narratives, I/O lists, and other technical documentation
• Participate in system testing, troubleshooting, installation, start‑up, and commissioning activities
• Work with project teams to integrate controls hardware, software, instrumentation, and equipment
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, contractors, original equipment manufacturers, and cross‑functional engineering teams
• Support controls projects in manufacturing facilities, distribution environments, data centers, and other client locations
• Identify technical issues, help evaluate solutions, and assist with resolving requests for information and engineering changes
• Build your technical, communication, and project‑management skills through meaningful project ownership
• Travel to client sites as needed to support project implementation, testing, start‑up, and commissioning

Current enrollment in an accredited bachelor’s degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or a related technical…