• Job Description

  Req#: SYSTE002809

  This is a paid internship, range of $19/hr - $35/hr (depending on role and qualifications) for those currently pursuing undergraduate degrees and higher rates for those currently pursuing graduate level degrees.

  Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

  • Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Paid Time Off: An accrual of up to 4 hours per pay period. Up to 2 floating holidays.
  • Full-time interns will receive an ORCA card at no cost. This card can be used on buses, trains, water taxis in the Puget Sound region, along with the Monorail and Seattle Streetcar.
  • In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

  Tentative 2024 Internship Dates:

  • Semester students: May 20th to July 26th
  • Quarter students: June 24th to August 30th

  DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

  Sound Transit’s Systems Engineering and Integration division oversees design, integration and expansion of Systems related to multiple transportation modes throughout the Puget Sound region — Link, Sounder, ST Express, and Tacoma Link. The Systems Engineering Intern — Controls will have an opportunity to be a part of the team that oversees our control and data acquisition services and learn how a large regional transit system is managed.

  PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

  JOB DUTIES:

  • Analyze data being acquired and collected from various stations related to Mechanical/Electrical and Communication equipment.
  • Participate in technical and soft skills with the Systems Engineering and Integration team.
  • Collaborate with staff across the agency to ensure continuous improvement and best practice is applied to engineering criteria, policies, and procedures
  • Champion and model Sound Transit's core values and demonstrates values-based behaviors in everyday interactions across the agency
  • Contributes to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion in alignment with Sound Transit’s Equity & Inclusion Policy
  • It is the responsibility of all employees to follow the Agency safety rules, regulations, and procedures pertaining to their assigned duties and responsibilities, which could include systems, operations, and/or other employees

  POTENTIAL PROJECTS:

  • Develop alarm techniques based on pattern recognition and anomaly detection
  • Develop an alarm generation tool to calculate key performance indicators at specified intervals, including charts and graphs to present data in an informative matter

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  Applicants must be a current college student in good academic standing, enrolled in an accredited associate, bachelor's or graduate degree program in electrical engineering, computer science or other technical discipline or relevant two-year certificate.

  ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

  • Basic understanding of principles and practices in electrical engineering discipline
  • Basic troubleshooting, diagnostics and root cause analysis ability
  • Time management - ability to control workload, prioritize effort, and manage commitments
  • Collaboration - ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other agency staff, consultants, contractors, authorities having jurisdiction, and other stakeholder groups
  • Communication - ability to communicate clear and accurate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences in verbal and written form
  • Meeting management - Able to plan, conduct and record effective meetings
  • Systems thinking - ability to understand the whole problem, seek different perspectives, and decompose complex problems into solvable elements

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • Work is performed in a standard office environment.
  • The Agency promotes a safe and healthy work environment and provides appropriate safety and equipment training for all personnel as required.

  Sound Transit is an equal employment opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment action based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or other protected class.

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  Sound Transit, officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the US state of Washington.

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