Engineering Co-op - Summer 2027
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RoviSys
Peachtree City, GA, US
Summary
The co-op will design and develop automation and electrical control systems while collaborating with experienced engineers on client projects. Responsibilities also include traveling to customer sites for planning, commissioning, and testing of integrated systems.
Job Description
Overview
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
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: $25/hr
- Travel Perks: Travel incentives + per-diem packages for field assignments
- Grow With Us: Ongoing training, certifications, and professional development support
As one of the world's largest independent systems integrators, RoviSys delivers comprehensive automation, digital transformation, manufacturing execution (MES), Industrial AI, discrete manufacturing, and information solutions that help customers improve performance, increase reliability, and accelerate innovation. Our expertise spans process automation, discrete manufacturing, industrial IT/OT, manufacturing intelligence, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise integration.
From concept and design through implementation, commissioning, and lifecycle support, we partner with leading organizations across life sciences, food and beverage, chemicals, energy, oil and gas, metals, consumer products, food and beverage, semiconductor, data center, and other critical industries. Our engineers combine deep industry knowledge with practical experience to solve complex operational challenges and deliver measurable business results.
What sets RoviSys apart is our commitment to vendor independence, technical excellence, and long-term partnerships. We recommend and integrate the technologies that best fit each customer's objectives, creating scalable solutions that protect investments, deliver measurable ROI, and prepare organizations for the future.
RoviSys employs more than 2000 engineers, developers, project managers, and technical specialists serving customers across North America, LATAM, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Our regional offices are supported by global expertise, and we deliver the responsiveness of a local partner with the capabilities of an international automation leader.
For more than 35 years, RoviSys has helped manufacturers connect systems, leverage data, modernize operations, and confidently navigate the future of industrial automation.
Founded
1989
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Automation Machinery Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Aurora, Ohio
As one of the world's largest independent systems integrators, RoviSys delivers comprehensive automation, digital transformation, manufacturing execution (MES), Industrial AI, discrete manufacturing, and information solutions that help customers improve performance, increase reliability, and accelerate innovation. Our expertise spans process automation, discrete manufacturing, industrial IT/OT, manufacturing intelligence, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise integration.
From concept and design through implementation, commissioning, and lifecycle support, we partner with leading organizations across life sciences, food and beverage, chemicals, energy, oil and gas, metals, consumer products, food and beverage, semiconductor, data center, and other critical industries. Our engineers combine deep industry knowledge with practical experience to solve complex operational challenges and deliver measurable business results.
What sets RoviSys apart is our commitment to vendor independence, technical excellence, and long-term partnerships. We recommend and integrate the technologies that best fit each customer's objectives, creating scalable solutions that protect investments, deliver measurable ROI, and prepare organizations for the future.
RoviSys employs more than 2000 engineers, developers, project managers, and technical specialists serving customers across North America, LATAM, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Our regional offices are supported by global expertise, and we deliver the responsiveness of a local partner with the capabilities of an international automation leader.
For more than 35 years, RoviSys has helped manufacturers connect systems, leverage data, modernize operations, and confidently navigate the future of industrial automation.
Founded
1989
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Automation Machinery Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Aurora, Ohio