Controls Engineering Intern

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Controls Engineering Intern
? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the Panasonic Energy team today!

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What You’ll Do

• Panasonic Energy is seeking ambitious engineering interns to join the world’s largest lithium-ion battery initiative. With superior battery designs and the fastest manufacturing lines in the world, Panasonic is producing millions of batteries per day at the Gigafactory to support Tesla’s electric vehicle and energy storage businesses. Panasonic Energy invites you to join us in this ongoing full-scale effort to electrify our society.
  
  At Panasonic Energy, engineering interns quickly become experts in the fundamentals of lithium-ion cell technology and work to integrate that understanding with high speed, automated manufacturing methods to produce the highest performance and highest quality lithium-ion batteries.

Essential Duties:

• Participate in Programming, installing, and troubleshooting PLC/Vision systems such as Mitsubishi, Keyence and Omron within the manufacturing processes
• Assist with design and programming HMI and communication network systems
• Conducts design and testing work for existing production lines to improve cell manufacturing process on safety, quality and productivity.
• Analyzes and evaluates machine and test data.
• Provides engineering support to production teams to resolve manufacturing process issues.
• Works closely with other team members to increase understanding of failure modes and improve performance of cell manufacturing equipment.
• Applies principles and knowledge of engineering to solve manufacturing problems.
• Other duties may be assigned

• The program will be a fulltime paid summer internship working for Panasonic Energy at the Gigafactory.
• The program will be 12 weeks in length, and is planned to occur between Monday, May 17 and Friday, August 6, 2027. This date range is subject to change.
• Must be able to attend the entirety of the internship.

• The program will be a full time paid summer internship working for Panasonic Energy onsite at the Gigafactory
• Must attend entirety of internship from the indicated start and end date noted above
• Minimum 3.2 GPA
• Must have completed a minimum of 2 years at an accredited university
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis at the time the internship begins and must not require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, O-1, TN, L-1, or other employment-based visas) to participate in the program or for a fulltime role after graduation. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization.

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

What You'll Bring

Education:

• Basic/
  
  Required:
  
  Completion of at least two years of full-time enrollment (minimum 12 credit hours per semester) in a…