CPT Electrical Engineering Jobs
Electrical engineering CPT roles align closely with core curriculum requirements in circuits, signal processing, embedded systems, and power electronics, making it straightforward for students to demonstrate the direct connection DSOs require for CPT authorization. Students at both the undergraduate and graduate level regularly secure part-time positions during the semester and full-time roles during summer and winter breaks.
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Get Access To All JobsWe believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.
For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.
Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?
Generac Home combines the speed and excitement of a technology startup with the resources and market power of an S&P 500 industry leader. Our careers offer boundless opportunity for energetic, mission-driven applicants who seek challenge and impact in a fast-paced culture of teaching, learning, and professional growth, developing solar+storage products and software for the clean energy revolution.
This is a 1st shift position located on-site in Reno, NV.
Job Summary:
Generac Home is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Electrical Engineering Intern to help develop next-generation residential energy products. In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of disciplines, including analog, digital, test setup design, product firmware, power electronics, high-voltage battery systems, and battery management systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Actively enrolled in a 4-year electrical engineering program
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute large-scale long-term test setups and procedures for electrical systems, focusing on power conversion, high voltage, inverters, PV Optimizers, electronics and IoT devices.
- Perform functional and performance testing of electrical components, subsystems, and complete systems.
- Help to improve test setup design processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of basic electrical concepts
- Read and interpret electrical and electronic schematics
- Background in working with programming languages that communicate with electronic hardware
- Attention to detail and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Proven technical experience through academic or passion projects
- Engaged, proactive, and positive attitude
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven self-starter: takes initiative and adapts to changes to bring projects to completion
- Desire to work and grow to the dynamic needs and priorities of a fast-growing company
- Engineer at heart; uses intuition for engineering principles to identify issues and solutions
- Understanding of AC and DC power
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job include are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.
For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.
Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?
Generac Home combines the speed and excitement of a technology startup with the resources and market power of an S&P 500 industry leader. Our careers offer boundless opportunity for energetic, mission-driven applicants who seek challenge and impact in a fast-paced culture of teaching, learning, and professional growth, developing solar+storage products and software for the clean energy revolution.
This is a 1st shift position located on-site in Reno, NV.
Job Summary:
Generac Home is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Electrical Engineering Intern to help develop next-generation residential energy products. In this role, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of disciplines, including analog, digital, test setup design, product firmware, power electronics, high-voltage battery systems, and battery management systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Actively enrolled in a 4-year electrical engineering program
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute large-scale long-term test setups and procedures for electrical systems, focusing on power conversion, high voltage, inverters, PV Optimizers, electronics and IoT devices.
- Perform functional and performance testing of electrical components, subsystems, and complete systems.
- Help to improve test setup design processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding of basic electrical concepts
- Read and interpret electrical and electronic schematics
- Background in working with programming languages that communicate with electronic hardware
- Attention to detail and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Proven technical experience through academic or passion projects
- Engaged, proactive, and positive attitude
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven self-starter: takes initiative and adapts to changes to bring projects to completion
- Desire to work and grow to the dynamic needs and priorities of a fast-growing company
- Engineer at heart; uses intuition for engineering principles to identify issues and solutions
- Understanding of AC and DC power
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job include are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Get Access To All JobsElectrical Engineering CPT: Frequently Asked Questions
How does electrical engineering coursework qualify a student for CPT?
CPT must be an integral part of your established curriculum, which electrical engineering programs satisfy readily. Coursework in circuits analysis, control systems, power systems, or digital signal processing maps directly to roles in hardware design, embedded systems, and power engineering. Your DSO will review the job description alongside your academic plan to confirm the connection. The stronger the overlap between your current courses and the role's technical requirements, the smoother the authorization process.
What types of electrical engineering roles are typically available for CPT students?
Hardware engineering internships, embedded systems development, power systems analysis, PCB design, RF engineering, and semiconductor testing are among the most common CPT-eligible roles for electrical engineering students. Defense contractors, semiconductor companies, utilities, and consumer electronics manufacturers all hire CPT students in these capacities. Graduate students specializing in power electronics or communications systems often find research and development roles that map tightly to their thesis work, which strengthens the CPT justification considerably.
Should electrical engineering CPT students choose part-time or full-time authorization?
Part-time CPT, capped at under 20 hours per week, is the practical choice during active semesters when you are carrying a full course load. Full-time CPT is reserved for breaks or cooperative education semesters your program has designated for work. The critical consideration is that accumulating 12 or more months of full-time CPT across your enrollment permanently eliminates OPT eligibility, so students planning to work in the U.S. after graduation should track full-time hours carefully.
What does the CPT authorization process look like for an electrical engineering internship?
The employer provides a formal offer letter describing the role, start and end dates, and hours per week. You submit that letter to your DSO along with any required departmental approval, which at most schools means a faculty sponsor or academic advisor confirming the role connects to your curriculum. The DSO then issues an updated I-20 with CPT authorization. The entire process typically takes a few business days and requires no USCIS filing and no cost to the employer.
Where is the best place to find electrical engineering CPT positions?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international students and filters roles by work authorization type, so you can browse electrical engineering positions where employers are already open to CPT candidates without sorting through listings that require citizenship or permanent residency. University career centers and engineering department co-op coordinators are also valuable because they maintain employer relationships specifically structured around CPT. Reaching out directly to semiconductor, defense, and utilities companies known to run co-op programs can surface roles before they are broadly advertised.