What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Engineering Internship (Summer 2026) - South Milwaukee position at Eaton?
Do you want to gain enriching experiences and work side by side with experienced engineers to power your career? Apply to our Product Engineering Internship!
Over the course of this twelve-week paid internship based at the South Milwaukee, WI site (about 15 minutes south of Milwaukee), you will gain a firm grasp of our core engineering competencies and a holistic view of our technology-driven solutions that serve our wide range of customers.
The salary for this role ranges from $20.77 - $34.62 per hour (depending on your year in school).
Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work. Are you ready?
What You’ll Do
The Product Engineer Intern is responsible for assisting the Maintenance of Line (MoL) Engineering team in providing sustaining engineering support for overhead and underground medium voltage reclosers, fault interrupters and switches.
Working under the guidance of experienced engineers, the Product Engineer intern performs engineering analysis, creates detailed designs, executes verification tests and contributes to the implementation of product cost savings, product improvement, and engineering process improvement projects.
Our engineering teams are passionate about designing products and services that are more efficient, reliable, safe, and sustainable. With five Eaton facilities and more than 1500 employees located in Wisconsin, Eaton’s local footprint enables our employees with state-of-the-art laboratories and access to manufacturing that allows us to deliver robust solutions to our utility, commercial and industrial customers.
In This Role You Will
Required Qualifications:
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Over the course of this twelve-week paid internship based at the South Milwaukee, WI site (about 15 minutes south of Milwaukee), you will gain a firm grasp of our core engineering competencies and a holistic view of our technology-driven solutions that serve our wide range of customers.
The salary for this role ranges from $20.77 - $34.62 per hour (depending on your year in school).
Your career matters – and we’re here to make it work. Are you ready?
What You’ll Do
The Product Engineer Intern is responsible for assisting the Maintenance of Line (MoL) Engineering team in providing sustaining engineering support for overhead and underground medium voltage reclosers, fault interrupters and switches.
Working under the guidance of experienced engineers, the Product Engineer intern performs engineering analysis, creates detailed designs, executes verification tests and contributes to the implementation of product cost savings, product improvement, and engineering process improvement projects.
Our engineering teams are passionate about designing products and services that are more efficient, reliable, safe, and sustainable. With five Eaton facilities and more than 1500 employees located in Wisconsin, Eaton’s local footprint enables our employees with state-of-the-art laboratories and access to manufacturing that allows us to deliver robust solutions to our utility, commercial and industrial customers.
In This Role You Will
- Develop, sustain, and improve product design and product definition data (bills of materials, 3D models, drawings, and specifications).
- Assist in tasks associated with the introduction of new products and changes to existing products.
- Support production and manufacturing engineering with resolution of production and testing issues.
- Learn and apply methods for Design for Manufacture/ Assembly (DFM/DFA).
- Learn and apply engineering analysis and simulation tools (CAD, FEA, statistical software, etc.).
- Sets aggressive goals, measures performance, and strives to go beyond what is expected.
Required Qualifications:
- Actively enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering at an accredited institution with a graduation date no earlier than December 2026.
- Minimum GPA of 2.8 or above.
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
- No relocation is offered for this role. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of the South Milwaukee, WI site.
- Prior internship or co-op experience
- Minimum GPA of 3.2 or above.
- Experience in 3D modeling.
- Hands-on experience building prototypes or other equipment.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.
You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.
We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Salary : $21 - $35