What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineering Intern position at Sheridan HR?
Greenidge Generation LLC operates a 106 MW natural gas-fired boiler and steam-driven turbine, integrated with high-performance cryptocurrency mining operations.
Electrical Engineer Intern
Preferred majors: Electrical Engineering (primary); Mechanical Engineering
Location: Dresden, NY
Role summary
Join our Operations team to support our live datacenter and power environments, everything from single-line diagrams and load studies to containerized mining layouts and airflow/thermal analysis. Expect to work on real drawings and calculations for our natural gas power facility in Dresden, NY.
What you'll do
- Produce and revise CAD drawing packages (site plans, one-lines, panel schedules and more).
- Assist on basic load and short-circuit/coordination studies.
- Participate in design reviews.
- Draft installcommissioning procedures; compile BOMs
- Potential to coordinate with vendors and contractors.
- Instrumentation/monitoring support (meters, sensors); help analyze runtime data to improve uptime.
Minimum qualifications
- Must be currently in a Bachelor or Master's program for Electrical Engineering or similar.
- Coursework in power systems and protection.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD (or SolidWorks/Inventor) and basic engineering calculations.
- Comfortable working in industrial environments, including spaces that have hot temperatures, cold temperatures, heights and loud noise.
- Must go through safety training.
- Exposure to Microsoft Suite applications, including Excel and Word.
Nice to have
- Thermal/CFD interest; PLC/SCADA experience.
- Experience with AutomationDirect PLCs is a plus.
- Knowledge of ModBus protocol.
- Industrial, electrical and/or mechanical experience.