Engineering Co-op - Fall 2026

RoviSys · Thousand Oaks, CA

  • Internship

About the role

RoviSys employees work on exciting projects in a collaborative environment. Our engineers are intelligent, talented, enthusiastic teammates who use technology to provide innovative solutions for complex client challenges. Our innovative solutions make a difference in industry and society every day.

Responsibilities Co-op Position: College Student

RoviSys offers a broad opportunity to grow your career while working under the guidance of experienced Engineers and Developers with any of the following duties:

  • Design and develop automation systems
  • Design and develop electrical control systems that will interface with process lines, manufacturing equipment and sensors
  • Architect solutions using the appropriate technologies from database to AI to User Interface tools.
  • Provide our clients with real time, actionable information reports about their process
  • Develop quality code in accordance with established RoviSys and client standards
  • Work in team environment with engineers and designers from RoviSys, partners and clients
  • Travel to customer sites for planning meetings, commissioning and testing
  • Grow into position leading a team of engineers and technicians to provide automation and information solutions.

Below are the co-op paths we currently offer.

Systems

Success Factors:

  • Understanding of Process or Manufacturing Systems Co-op Experience
  • Electrical or Process Knowledge

Technologies Used: DCS, PLCs, Rockwell, Siemens, Emerson, Schneider, Inductive, Aveva

Duties:

  • Design and develop automation systems
  • Travel to client plants to assess and document existing systems and connected equipment
  • Use P&ID, Equipment Lists, I/O Lists and Process Descriptions to define control schemes for clients.
  • Network customer systems, Controllers, HMI PC's, Field mounted instruments and Process Skids to provide fully integrated control systems

Information Systems

Success Factors:

  • Ability to understand Information System architectures

Technologies Used: Relational Databases and Historians (MS SQL Server, Oracle, OSIsoft, etc.) Python, VBA/VBscript/C# syntax, Linux shell scription (Bash,make), PowerShell scripting

Duties:

  • Design and implement industry software applications to aggregate manufacturing systems information and provide reports to support business decisions
  • Manually configure technical solutions and identify optimization opportunities by leveraging scripting and automation to increase process efficiency
  • Install and commission systems connected to the plant floor devices onsite and support operations personnel through effective use and maintenance of the deployed solutions

Scripting and light programming

Industrial IT

Success Factors:

  • Passion for networking
  • Virtualization
  • Cybersecurity in a manufacturing or office setting

Technologies Used: Virtualization, Networking Cybersecurity, Windows, Wireless

Duties:

  • Map and Design Network Architectures
  • Configure and Test Infrastructure components
  • Install and Commission equipment at customer sites, per design
  • Communicate with customer and project team to define needs and design/implement solutions

Pay Scale

$21.00/hr Your base pay will depend on several factors including Automation related skills and experience, and individualized knowledge base.

Qualifications

  • Full-time student status
  • Strong academic achievement, maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or above
  • Enrollment in a Bachelor's program in a Technical Field, related to Engineering, or Control Systems
  • Passionate about problem solving and developing solutions
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without RoviSys sponsorship

Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Competitive Hourly Rate: $24/hr
  • Travel Perks: Travel incentives + per-diem packages for field assignments
  • Grow With Us: Ongoing training, certifications, and professional development support

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