Control Systems Engineering (CSE) Intern Summer 2026

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KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies differentiated advisory services deep technical domain expertise energy transition solutions high-end design capabilities and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

KBR is looking for a Control Systems Engineering (CSE) Intern that will contribute to the Control System Engineering (CSE) department by learning technical skills required for a CSE engineer while assisting in providing valuable deliverables for our customers projects.

What to expect: In the CSE department as an intern you will gain practical experience to understand what a day in the life of a CSE engineer looks like and perform tangible meaningful work to reinforce your skills as a CSE engineer while making an impact on real world customers.

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Functional job responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for compliance with Safety Health and Environmental plan; must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all of the Companys safety policies and rules and must be willing to report safety violations and potential safety violations to appropriate supervisory or management personnel

• Responsible for compliance with the Quality Assurance Plan policies and procedures
• Attend customer site meetings and field walk downs
• Validate and mark up P&IDs to validate CSE engineering work
• Write and support control narrative development
• Assist in Functional Acceptance Testing
• Support commissioning efforts either in Houston or on location at customer site
• Develop I/O lists
• Develop network layouts
• Develop organizational savvy and relationship building skills to influence both internal and external resources producing tangible results
• Work with internal and external engineering resources to develop the required deliverables for the Engineering Stage Gate Process
• Communicates and resolves technical issues as related to project assigned tasks
• Successfully communicates with leadership engineers designers document control and all other departments
• Ensures all project documentation for his/her own work is completed

Examples of work rotations:

• Work routinely at a customer site assisting with site walk downs verification of scope of work by walking down P&IDs in the field and marking up any discrepancies and support lead engineer to complete other project deliverables.
  • You will learn project engineering methodology stage gate process and what deliverables are specific to control systems engineering.
• Assist senior designer in the development of network design for control systems. This will require use of AutoCAD and potentially Visio.
  • You will learn physical requirements and how to design a control system network
• Support commissioning and start up at a customer site by walking the site and validate engineering deliverables are complete by performing field verifications and updating documentation to reflect the As-Build state or highlight inconsistencies and work to resolve them.
  • In this rotation you will gave real world hands on site commissioning experience.
• Support development of engineering deliverables ss part of the FEED (front end engineering and design) process including developing I/O lists control narratives and FAT test plans. This rotation could include attending and assisting with an FAT.
  • You will learn how to create deliverables for each stage of the FEED process.

Required Education Experience & Skills:

• EDUCATION: working towards 4-year Bachelors degree in Engineering (Chemical Engineering Electrical Mechanical preferred)
• Completion of all discipline specific curriculum through Sophomore/2nd year
• Strong knowledge of and use of Word Excel PowerPoint and AutoCAD
• Nice to Have: exposure to programming (any language)
• Nice to Have: exposure to Emerson DeltaV Honeywell Experion
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal to interact with team members clients and stakeholders.
• Problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to addressing project challenges.
• Attention to detail and the ability to ensure project documentation is accurate and up to date.

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KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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