Intern - ET Engineer/Engineer Tech Spec
Dominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. If you want to work for a purpose-driven company that values safety and collaboration, we’re looking for you. You won’t just find a job here; you’ll find your career. Review the position below and apply today.
We offer a hybrid 3-2 work schedule (three days in the office, two days of teleworking) to accommodate the need for flexibility.
At this time, Dominion Energy cannot transfer or sponsor a work visa or employment authorization for this position.
Job Summary
Are you ready to power your future? Dominion Energy Virginia’s Electric Transmission (ET) team is looking for motivated and curious engineering students to join us for an exciting, hands-on internship experience in summer 2026!
All internships are on-site and will be located at one of the following office locations: Innsbrook in Glen Allen, VA, Magnolia System Operations Center in Richmond, VA, or Virginia Field Offices in (Petersburg, Midlothian, South Boston, Portsmouth, Fredericksburg, or Herndon.)
Electric Transmission is responsible for the long-term planning, engineering, construction, and operations of the high voltage electric grid system operated from 69kV to 500kV. The grid is accountable for transmitting electricity from state of the art solar and wind facilities, integrating those technologies into the energy portfolio, and delivering the power to our many 2.7 million customers including the world's largest cluster of internet data centers.
The departments that are hiring include, but not limited to:
System Protection – Responsible for the design, modeling, and development of protective relay applications.
Substation Protection & Control Design: You will help create and modify protection and control design documents for substation projects including relay functional drawings, diagrams (logic/wiring), and bills of materials.
Substation Data Communications: You will support substation upgrade projects, operational assistance to in-service substation data communication equipment, and evaluation of emerging technologies including Data Concentrators, I/O processors, and protocol converters.
System Protection Standards: You will help develop, maintain, and support system-wide standards for protection, communications, metering, and control application. This team also tests and recommends new ways to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency.
System Protection Engineering: You will be involved in developing settings for protective relays that detect and isolate electrical faults within the power system.
ET Planning – Responsible for short-term and long-term strategic planning initiatives.
Area Planning: You will assist with ensuring system adequacy in the next 5 years, as well as monitoring conditions developing within the next 15 years. You will learn how to run power flow studies and find solutions to reliability concerns.
System Modeling: You will carry out data mining and analytics on historical data to validate power system models and load forecasts. You should be comfortable with creating, maintaining, and using data/databases.
Strategic Studies: You will learn to perform stability, sensitivity analysis and power flow studies to ensure reliable operation and evaluate future load growth, generation retirements, and integration of renewable energy resources.
Planning & Strategic Initiatives: You will work within the PJM queue process, performing power flow and dynamic analysis to reliably inject new generation into our system. This team works closely with the CVOW and DER projects.
Operational Engineering Support – Responsible for ensuring compliance and maximizing reliability, and for providing operational support during planned and emergent activities.
Operational Support & Reliability: You will help to ensure asset management activities meet the requirements for maximization of reliability.
System Protection Automation & Analysis – You will help to ensure electric grid reliability by analyzing system events 24/7 using a combination of technical skills including data processing, software development, and engineering principles.
Job Summary Cont.
System Operations Center (SOC) – Responsible for supporting DE’s evolving electric transmission grid. Operators at the SOC make real-time decisions that balance electricity supply and demand to keep the lights on.
EMS Modeling/Network Application: You will perform modeling for DE’s transmission system including network topology, equipment ratings and parameter impedances, and maintenance of operator displays. This team also develops tools to improve situational awareness in the operations control room.
SOC Services: You will support operations by providing continuous training to System Operators, maintaining the map board training simulator, ensuring NERC compliance, creating procedures, and developing a System Restoration Plan in the event of an eastern interconnect blackout.
Transmission & Substation Engineering – Responsible for designing transmission lines and substation facilities in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner.
Conceptual Design (Substation): You will create and modify protection and control design documents for substation projects, including relay drawings and various diagrams (logic, elementary, wiring, and communications).
Conceptual Design (Lines): You will provide conceptual analysis, scoping, design, and estimates for high voltage transmission line projects. This could include building new lines, modifying existing lines, installing fiber, or relocating customers.
Physical Design (Substation): You will develop physical design engineering packages by reviewing calculations, performing research, and preparing construction drawings.
Overhead & Underground (Lines): You will design and implement high voltage transmission lines, by managing complex projects and coordinating with engineers to meet cost and schedule requirements.
Substation & Transmission Standards: You will develop standard engineering drawings and design requirements. This team also develops training for groups within Electric Transmission, as well as engages with industry at forums and events.
Field Operations – Responsible for protecting the flow of power and the equipment that drives it.
Field Engineering: This is a hands-on role located in the field. For System Protection, you will work closely with technicians, learning how to install, commission and maintain protective relay and communications systems. For Electrical Equipment, you will participate in commissioning new equipment during construction, maintaining existing equipment, and supporting operational issues.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
- Strong time management skills with the ability to independently plan and organize work assignments.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including technical writing.
- Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems.
- Basic knowledge of engineering concepts, fundamentals and theory;
- Equally effective with working independently or in a team environment.
- Knowledge of basic system protection practices and relays
- Ability to interpret codes, regulations, and practices.
Education Requirements
Candidate must be a full-time student,
- Majoring in ABET accredited Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related program, OR
- Majoring in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Chemical, Engineering Technology or related program (non-ABET-accredited)
Must have an anticpated graduation date of Winter 2026 or later.
Must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA or higher.
Test Description
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Other Information
We offer excellent plans and programs for employees. Employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which may include: health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners, vacation, retirement plans, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and much more.
Dominion Energy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran or disabled status.
Nearest Major Market: Richmond
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