Summer 2025 Computer Science Internship
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Job Description
About the Company:
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across 80% of California’s high-voltage power grid, ensuring reliable grid operation for 30 million Californians. As an impartial grid operator, the CAISO provides open access to the wholesale power market, promoting resource diversification and lower prices. It manages 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines, facilitating fair competition among energy providers. The CAISO’s role is analogous to air traffic control, ensuring the safe and timely delivery of electricity to utilities and consumers without favoring any specific entity.
Job Description:
What’s In It For You:
• Impactful Work: Contribute to the reliable operation of California’s energy network, impacting millions of lives.
• Real-World Experience: Gain valuable, paid ($27-$32/hour) internship experience (10-12 weeks, Summer 2025) in the energy industry.
• Skill Development: Work on challenging assignments that enhance your technical abilities and broaden your knowledge of the energy sector.
• Networking Opportunities: Interact with the CEO and executive team, attend industry seminars on topics like renewables, electric vehicles, and microgrids, and participate in social activities with fellow interns.
• Work Environment: Opportunity to work at the LEED-certified Folsom, CA campus (if local).
What You Will Be Doing:
Past intern projects have included:
• Software Development: Building new tools to support grid operation and energy markets, focusing on smart grid technologies, renewable resources, forecasting, and industry advancements.
• Data Validation & Testing: Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT) and managing processes for energy market settlement statements and invoices.
• Systems Integration: Developing enterprise-wide system integration mapping and databases, collaborating with IT architects and QA leads.
• Website Content Creation: Providing technical content and sample code for the ISO’s developer website.
• Documentation & Automation: Documenting archiving solutions for new technologies and developing automation solutions.
• Database Administration: Maintaining Oracle databases and storage task queues, creating automation scripts, generating reports, and performing capacity planning.
• Process Improvement: Working on projects to reduce processing time, enhance transparency, and improve capabilities across the organization.
