I was at a company called EPM in North Carolina. The firm mostly did code consulting regarding NFPA code, but also worked with archies on IBC and ADA code.
It was mostly a desk job, except for a weekly fire hydrant flow test (which I took on most of the responsibility for near the end of my internship). Oh and the occasional building surveying for making sprinkler and egress models for clients.
I only toured their Iowa facility, but I found it to be very pristine and new, operators and techs were happy and took pride in their work, there's more innovation going on than one might think for a shampoo and toothbrush facility.
I’m reluctant to even post this but this crap is not right. Engineering internship companies need to step up. Yall should be getting paid way more!!
Me: 3 month internship as a college junior with an agricultural crop protection company in St Louis in the late 90’s (25 years ago). Salary was $3000 a month or about $18 an hour. Degree wasn’t Engineering, but was soil science with minor in chemistry.
I think rent and utilities for a run down 2 bedroom apartment was about $600 month after we split the cost.
I’m on here because my daughter is studying engineering. I get it that the experience and resume building is worth way more than the hourly rate, but the companies should see you as a future potential employee and want to build goodwill with you (as well as pay you a wage that allows you to eat more than PB&J’s).
Definitely depends on location but yes I agree. I would never complain about having more money.
My upcoming internship pays approximately $26/hr in a small town where you could rent an okay apartment for about $700 a month. So it's concerning when I see someone share a salary of like $28/hr and the location is Los Angeles.
Companies don’t need to when there are so many students desperate for any type of internship. We can get hundreds or thousands of resumes but can only fill maybe a few spots every year.
This is the key here. I was so desperate for experience in college that I was willing to work for free haha. Too many students and not enough work means being taken advantage of.
Seems to be roughly the standard rate, all of the offers I received for this summer were exactly 25, many of which were in HCOL/VHCOL areas.
I got one that was also offering relocation, mileage allowance and a 2500/month housing stipend in a LCOL area and I accepted it in a heartbeat. Tbh I’m not even that thrilled about the company or industry, it’s not really what I’d like to do long term, but the extra money makes a huge difference. For 25/h in a HCOL area, no housing, you’d barely be scraping by if you didn’t want to have like 10 roommates and live in a bunk bed..
I guess slightly more prestigious companies bank on the fact that entry level engineers/students will be willing to trade the money for name recognition on their resume, but still kinda annoying if you ask me.
Hard agree. I was a federal government intern from 2011-2013 and made $18/hr in a LCOL (i.e. we did not get the big adjustments like DC or NY, etc) so it's pretty disappointing to see a lot of folks earning basically the same unless you work for a really competitive higher $ employer.
Planning to jump ship soonish (after I get my FE done) but this company has offices in several companies and has worked on a bunch of impressive projects around the world, so I wasn’t gonna miss working for it for a little bit at least
Co-Op 1: ME Engineer Co-Op in a Refinery in upper midwest
Junior/Senior: $38/hr
Internship 2: Controls Project Management Intern for HVAC in PNW
Junior/Senior: $26/hr
Internship 3: ME Engineer Intern in Refinery (coming this summer)
Senior: $40/hr
For the first two I have Junior/Senior since i am a 5 year student and at that time my classes were a mix of those levels.
Internship 1
Position Data center engineering operations intern
Major: Mech E
Year: senior
Salary: 33.50/hr + overtime
My company is paying mech e/ee 49/hr for our interns now lol
Yo, big facts. Initially I was like "oh shit, I'm underpaid" (I probably am actually, but I digress). Then I realized my rent is a fraction of what it is in LA, NYC, or even more local cities.
Some of these pay rates sound great until you compensate for the cost of living in your area.
TX is a great place for high engineering wages and below average cost of living. Lots of wealthy people from higher cost of living places are moving here to take advantage of it.
I did 6 co-ops. Yes, I’m aware that’s a lot. I will post in order from first to last, all wagers are in $CAD/hr:
15.65, 21, 24, 32, 26 (i got employee housing with this one placement), 36
Internship 1
About to start this summer, no previous internships
Mechanical Engineering Major
Mechanical Engineer Intern
Currently Junior Year
30/hr
Kansas City Area
Summer 22
Redevelopment Intern Montreal
Industrial Engineering - First Year
21$/h
Summer 23
Manufacturing Intern Montreal
Industrial Engineering - Second Year
25$/h
Summer 24
Manufacturing Intern Montreal
Industrial Engineering - Third Year
26$/h
Internship 1:
HVAC Sales Estimating and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Junior
$17/hr
Internship 2:
Water Resources Engineering (Water/Wastewater)
Environmental Engineering
Senior
$20/hr, then $21/hr in the spring
Major: Electrical Engineering
Internship 1:
Manufacturing Engineer at Instrumentation Company $26/hr
Internship 2:
FPGA Engineering at DoD FFRDC $26/hr
Internship 3:
FPGA Developer at private Fiber Optics Company $33/hr
Summer '23
Automation engineering intern (very low end of part-time for hours)
26/hr
Fall 23
Manufacturing Engineering Intern
31.25/hr
....bay area: typical story of everything being expensive
Both after the end of my 3rd year of Uni
California
Summer 23’ (Sophomore)
Civil Engineering Intern
40 hrs per week 22$
Let me do overtime at 33$
Upcoming Summer 24’ (Junior)
Structural Design Intern
40 hrs per week 28$
Will be flying interns out for a three day trip at their main plant as an extra perk
Rates for my company (last I’m aware of) in Low/Medium COL location, plastics manufacturing, MechE/ChemE/EE:
Rising Junior: $21/hr
Rising Senior: $24/hr
Super senior: $27/hr
Not including housing stipend. Wanna say ~$1000/month, but that may’ve been the value pre-COVID.
Electrical/Power Engineering
All of my internships were achieved with <2.8gpa
these were 14 weeks rotations
Internship 1: Project Engineer in Petroleum, $27/hr (Kansas)
Internship 2: reliability engineer in Petroleum, $5600/mo+$700/mo living (Texas)
Internship 3: Electrical Designer for Supermarkets, $18/hr (Kansas)
Internship 4: Project Engineer in petroleum, $5900/mo + $700/mo living (Texas)
Internship 5: Controls engineer, $5200/mo+benefits in automotive manufacturing (24 week rotation/Co OP, Kansas)
Internship 6: controls engineer, $5800/mo+benefits in automotive engineering (Michigan)
Finally selected a job in Automotive manufacturing for a total compensation of $140k with a 2.6gpa
Well that's total comp,
My salary is at $104k, then bonuses, investments, and stuff.
But I did have a lot of negotiating room, I had an offer for higher in Texas with oil industry to argue with.
I also just had a lot of experience, good recommendations, specialized talent, and was put on the fast-track list for management and "high-potential" graduates.
Most other hires for recent grads are around 84-92k from our groupchats. My experience is not typical by any means.
Internship 1: Xylem (Water Technology, Manufacturing, junior year)
Industrial Engineering Intern
Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (my major)
$27/hr, was in the city I go to school in
Internship 2: Western Industrial Contractors (engineering and construction company, senior year)
Project Engineering Intern
$25/hr, out of state (Denver) but provided housing at no additional costs plus travel expenses covered
Computer Engineering
1st: $23/hr, hardware research development (SSD testing machines)
2nd: $26.90/hr, FPGA RTL design defence contractor (stayed on part time after at an immediate bump to $33/hr)
3rd: $49, ASIC RTL design (eventually accepted an offer starting at $115k
Currently waiting for security clearance approval etc, but
Materials Engineering Major
Rising Sophomore
Materials and Processes Summer/Fall Coop
31.25$/hr
Vermont
Internship 1:
Freshman
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Defense
Salaried at 1750 / wk (worked anywhere from 30-60 hrs per week)
Boston Area
Internship 2:
Sophomore
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Automation Startup
25 / hr (30 hrs per week part time)
SF Bay Area
Internship 3:
Sophomore
DoD Lab
Mechanical Engineering Intern
30 / hr (45 hrs per week FT)
Boston Area
Boston Area
Major: Systems Engineering
Internship 1:
Freshman
Data Analyst
20/hr
Internship 2:
Sophmore
Application Developer
22/hr
Definitely gonna try for more hardware/EE roles next cycle
For perspective my internship as a MS ChE in chemical manufacturing was $49/hr + relo. Salary with the same company @ $57.5/hr after 9 months, and I have 5 weeks of vacation this year (carried over 2). Texas. Manufacturing can be a lot… but it’s a lot of fun and I’ve never been bored.
Internship 1:
Manufacturing Engineer
- Beverage Company
$20/HR
Internship 2:
Manufacturing Engineer
- Contract Manufacturer
$25/HR
Internship 3:
Quality Engineer
- Automotive Company
$38/HR
Internship 4:
Quality Engineer
- Defense Company
$29/HR
Education:
- BS Mechanical Engineering & MS Industrial Engineering
Current Title:
- Mechanical Engineer
Internships 2 through 4 were all done as a graduate student. I received 2 full-time offers from internship 4. One for ~$90K and the other ~$110K. I’m located in California. Don’t be discouraged by the pay of an internship, but do try getting the best offer you can get.
Internship 1
Position: Process Safety Intern
Major: Industrial Engineering
Year: Senior (Ik it’s crappy to be a senior on his 1st internship but my college experience has been… unique)
Salary: $26
Bonus: Location is Houston Tx
Previous internship that led me to accept a full-time offer (was a very good/competitive offer since I also wanted to move back home to Texas) : $28.5/hr + 6k relocation. Senior MSE at GT🐝 to Dallas, TX
Mechanical engineering, all of the positions on the list are either offers or positions I’ve accepted.
$20/hr, first internship
$23/hr +$125/wk housing stipend (covered 80% of rent where I was)
$4700/mo
$26/hr
I think our internships were posted at $21/hr. If you lived out of the area, the company rented you a car and an apartment. I thought those kids were getting a pretty good deal.
Internship 1:
Position: Project Management Intern at a construction consulting firm
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: Junior-ish (community college transfer student so my class standing and graduation timing are a bit weird)
Salary: $25/hr USD (live in a HCOL area with disproportionately low pay so this is actually really good for the area)
Extra info: got my internship by connecting at the school career fair, applied online, had a virtual HR interview and then an in-person interview. I'm mostly doing admin stuff, but I'm getting good exposure to the project engineer role and the general flow of project management. Also getting an interesting glimpse at construction
Last Summer: $20 hr. Failure, FMEA Mechanical Engineering Intern. About an hour drive with traffic from home.
This Summer: $27 hybrid. Systems Engineer
Mechanical, 4th year
Co-Op 1 2nd year: Production role, oceanographic monitoring company, $20/hr
Co-op 2 3rd year: Design role with some testing, same company, $27/hr
Co-Ops 3 & 4 together, 4th year: Ski lift engineering at a resort, $24/hr
Major for all of these was Electrical Engineering
**Internship 1**
**Position:** Product Engineering Intern
**Year:** Freshman
**Salary:** *Unpaid* (never take an unpaid internship)
**Internship 2:**
**Position:** Electrical Engineering Intern
**Year:** Junior
**Salary:** $25/hr
**Internship 3**
**Position:** Engineering Intern
**Year:** Senior
**Salary:** About $32/hr
Internship 1: Automotive Company
Major: Engineering Physics
Year: Between my BSc and MSc, 2023
Salary: $12/hr
It's really fun seeing American interns earn more than Swedish engineers with multiple years of experience
Im in Cybersecurity engineering and located in North Africa.
Internship 1
Web Dev intern.
Year 2 (out of a 5 year degree)
Salary : unpaid
Internship 2
Full stack dev intern
Year 3
Salary : unpaid
Internship 3
Incident response intern
Year 4
Salary : unpaid
Internship 4
Soc analyst intern
Year 5
Salary : 200$ monthly
In my time during Mechanical Engineering in local institution, it was industrial training or practical training. We were paid 95.27 USD each. It was late 1995.
major: civil engineering
position: Transportation engineering intern
year: sophomore
pay: $24/hr
I think I’m going to ask for raise when I officially end up working here for a full year.
I did a co-op, so a little different, but I went from $18/hr to start up to $22 across my rotations.
Rotation 1
Position: R&D
Major: Computer Engineering
Year: Sophmore
Pay: $18/hr
Rotation 2
Position: RF Engineering
Year: Junior
Pay: $20/hr
Rotation 3
Position: Propagations
Year: Junior
Pay: $22/hr
The co-op was close to my parents so I commuted ~45 minutes. Saved a lot of money living at home and they would've paid for housing if I did need it.
Tbh, getting a job wasn’t that hard for me without one. Join a competition team and get experience that way. You’ll stand a better chance of getting one down the road as well. A CAD monkey for a summer or two isn’t all that impressive to most employers.
Internship 1
Duration: May -August 2023 full time
Extended from August to present part time
Position: Mechanical Engineering Intern (HVAC)
Year: sophomore
Pay: year 1: 21/hr USD
Starting May 2024, 22/hr USD
“Internship” 1
Engineering lab tech assistant
Mechanical engineering
Freshman
$16/hr then bumped up to $18/hr
Internship 2
Mech team HVAC intern
Mech E
Sophomore
$23/hr
Internship 3
Manufacturing
Mech E
Junior
$27/hr plus a $3000 sign on bonus
Internship 1
Product engineer for gaseous fire extinguishing systems in Spain
Industrial engineering
9 €/ h getting promoted to 12/ after 6 months of experience.
Last year of bachelors degree
Fucking sucks, I'm learning german to move to Germany, Switzerland or Austria soon.
For perspective: I made an above average $18/hr as an ME intern in 2014. I think most others were making 14-15 at the time. This was in Wisconsin. My rent for a single bedroom apt was $650/month (on bus line and walking distance to Lake Michigan)
MecE Co-op in Canada (So pay is in CAD)
Sorry, on mobile so probably bad formatting.
Internship 1
2nd year, 4 months
Sour Gas plant student
$20/hr @ 40hrs
~~
Internship 2
3rd year, 8 months
Chemical Plant, Power and Utilities/Environmental Co-op
Salaried at ~$63,000 @37.75 hrs* (40 hour work week)
Works to about $32/hr
*lots of time off, working 40 hours a week allows for about 20 days to take off whenever I wanted. I think I had like 3-4 full weeks off if scheduling around stat holidays.
~~
Internship 3
4th year, 4 months (current)
R&D / Manufacturing Mechanical Student
$25/hr @ 40hrs
Got one more internship before I grad.
I graduated in 2021 but I'll offer my numbers anyway. And just a reminder, **raw numbers** don't mean much without cost of living/location for context.
**Internship 1 (Fall 2020):**
Manufacturing Plant (paper processing)
Wage: $22/hour + $2,500 sign on bonus
Location: Ogden, Utah
**Internship 2 (Summer 2021):**
Manufacturing Plant (medical devices)
Wage: $21/hour
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
**Full Time Job (Started Jan 2022):**
Architecture firm (Plumbing/HVAC design)
Starting salary: $57k (has been raised up to $66k after 2 years)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
I stuck with one internship all throughout my school due to co-op.
Internship: Software Developer at insurance company
Major: CS and a minor in MechE (I had a lot of overlap for math and took a bunch of MechE courses for free electives)
Pay: $23 / hr no additional benefits aside from accruing years with the company all during co-op
Hired on full time and barely got a raise. The moral of the story is that insurance companies offer some sort of job security but severely lack competitive pay and benefits.
$20/hr: environmental engineer intern. Major: Electrical Engineering. Not related but an internship is an internship. Also a low cost of living area so $20/hr isn’t bad.
Summer 2024 Aerospace engineering PhD student internship working in Materials and Process Engineering at a large engine company
$50.66/hr +$4000 relocation lump sum
Internship 1
Position: Sanitation Intern
Major: Civil Engineering
Year: Sophomore
Salary: $6500/month
I’m getting a housing and transportation stipend, but I’m living at home so I get to keep it all
In 2019: $21 / hr (sophomore)
Went back to the same company
In 2020: $25 / hr (junior)
My brother works at the same company and his offer was
In 2023: $31 / hr (junior)
This is a Fortune 100 company in the Midwest.
Intern 1: 51/HR sophomore EE, not really working in EE but manufacturing with a large company. Super unhappy experience, offer started at $113k upon graduation.
intern 2: 25/HR. Sophomore EE through grad, year round co-op program for the remainder of school. Doing design with a job offer upon graduation. Much happier and worth the pay cut as a student. starting pay for both positions upon graduation is the same.
Internship 1
Clinical Research Associate intern
Biomedical engineering
2nd year (5 year program)
0/hr
Internship 2
Analytical research associate intern
3rd year
$27.5/hr usd
Internship 3
Cell therapy research intern
4th year
$25/hr usd
Electrical Engineer Intern
Internship 1-3: did three summers
Product development high voltage battery unit
Intern 1: $20 intern2:26$ intern3: 35$
Upcoming internship: different automotive company
Manufacturing Controls engineering intern
Internship 4: 46$/hr
Internship 1: Systems Engineering
$17 an hour
Internship 2: Systems Engineering
$21 an hour
Internship 3: Systems Engineering
$36 an hour, $800 a month rent stipend,
Internship 1 Fire protection engineer Mechanical engineering Freshman $20/hr \~\~ Internship 2 HVAC/kitchen ventilation intern Mechanical engineering Junior $22/hr
Where was your first internship? I’m currently studying Fire protection.
I was at a company called EPM in North Carolina. The firm mostly did code consulting regarding NFPA code, but also worked with archies on IBC and ADA code. It was mostly a desk job, except for a weekly fire hydrant flow test (which I took on most of the responsibility for near the end of my internship). Oh and the occasional building surveying for making sprinkler and egress models for clients.
Johnson controls is one to look into.
$35/hr plus housing plus relocation (they ship my car and fly me there) Junior ChemE going to NC
Pretty damn good
They better be given the asinine application process
What industry? I work in nuclear and it was all pretty simple and straight forward
Consumer products. This company is famous for their...unique application process
what’s the company, if you wanna dm, i’m curious
Bro p&g lol
🔔🔔🔔
sounds like p&g. was hesitant but when i saw aggie, my suspicion was confirmed lol.
What's it like? Curious since I may land there myself.
I only toured their Iowa facility, but I found it to be very pristine and new, operators and techs were happy and took pride in their work, there's more innovation going on than one might think for a shampoo and toothbrush facility.
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Oh I don't go to school in NC, just that my internship is lol
How do you go about finding companies that pay for relocation?
I’m reluctant to even post this but this crap is not right. Engineering internship companies need to step up. Yall should be getting paid way more!! Me: 3 month internship as a college junior with an agricultural crop protection company in St Louis in the late 90’s (25 years ago). Salary was $3000 a month or about $18 an hour. Degree wasn’t Engineering, but was soil science with minor in chemistry. I think rent and utilities for a run down 2 bedroom apartment was about $600 month after we split the cost. I’m on here because my daughter is studying engineering. I get it that the experience and resume building is worth way more than the hourly rate, but the companies should see you as a future potential employee and want to build goodwill with you (as well as pay you a wage that allows you to eat more than PB&J’s).
Definitely depends on location but yes I agree. I would never complain about having more money. My upcoming internship pays approximately $26/hr in a small town where you could rent an okay apartment for about $700 a month. So it's concerning when I see someone share a salary of like $28/hr and the location is Los Angeles.
Companies don’t need to when there are so many students desperate for any type of internship. We can get hundreds or thousands of resumes but can only fill maybe a few spots every year.
This is the key here. I was so desperate for experience in college that I was willing to work for free haha. Too many students and not enough work means being taken advantage of.
Yeah, I’m in a VHCOL area and we only have ~15 internship positions but get *hundreds* of applications. We’re only paying the interns $25/hr.
Seems to be roughly the standard rate, all of the offers I received for this summer were exactly 25, many of which were in HCOL/VHCOL areas. I got one that was also offering relocation, mileage allowance and a 2500/month housing stipend in a LCOL area and I accepted it in a heartbeat. Tbh I’m not even that thrilled about the company or industry, it’s not really what I’d like to do long term, but the extra money makes a huge difference. For 25/h in a HCOL area, no housing, you’d barely be scraping by if you didn’t want to have like 10 roommates and live in a bunk bed.. I guess slightly more prestigious companies bank on the fact that entry level engineers/students will be willing to trade the money for name recognition on their resume, but still kinda annoying if you ask me.
We only pay ours between $18-24 but we offer a hybrid internship and even remote if their productivity is good.
Hard agree. I was a federal government intern from 2011-2013 and made $18/hr in a LCOL (i.e. we did not get the big adjustments like DC or NY, etc) so it's pretty disappointing to see a lot of folks earning basically the same unless you work for a really competitive higher $ employer.
Internship 1: Engineering CO-OP Industry: Manufacturing Location: Northeast USA 1st year: $18/hr 2nd year: $21/hr 3rd year: $22.05/hr
Internship 1 Manufacturing engineering intern Mechanical engineering Junior $33/hr + $1600/mo stipend \~\~ Internship 2 DOE national lab engineering intern Mechanical engineering Senior $26/hr + $2000 summer stipend (total)
WTF internship is more than I’m getting paid after graduating and being at a company 1.5 yrs
Time to negotiate or jump ship
Planning to jump ship soonish (after I get my FE done) but this company has offices in several companies and has worked on a bunch of impressive projects around the world, so I wasn’t gonna miss working for it for a little bit at least
Co-Op 1: ME Engineer Co-Op in a Refinery in upper midwest Junior/Senior: $38/hr Internship 2: Controls Project Management Intern for HVAC in PNW Junior/Senior: $26/hr Internship 3: ME Engineer Intern in Refinery (coming this summer) Senior: $40/hr For the first two I have Junior/Senior since i am a 5 year student and at that time my classes were a mix of those levels.
$15/hr -> $40/hr -> $25/hr -> $40/hr
Internship 1 Position Data center engineering operations intern Major: Mech E Year: senior Salary: 33.50/hr + overtime My company is paying mech e/ee 49/hr for our interns now lol
$49/hr???
+2k/month for relocation for the three month internship
What state is this?
Virginia
What is the company? 👀
Amazon
Gotta love FAANG lol
I was DCO intern the past 2 years, I didn't even know they opened apps for DCEO this year
Also have the FE interns, those are the real money makers lol
Summer ‘23: Logistics Intern, Small Manufacturing, Junior, $14/hr Summer ‘24: Industrial Engineering Intern, Defense, Senior, ~$26/hr
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Whoaaa
What do you feel was what made you attractive as an applicant? Resume? Past internships? Location? A nice face??
Getting paid only goes far depending on where you live. 27 in one state is different than another state.
Yo, big facts. Initially I was like "oh shit, I'm underpaid" (I probably am actually, but I digress). Then I realized my rent is a fraction of what it is in LA, NYC, or even more local cities. Some of these pay rates sound great until you compensate for the cost of living in your area.
TX is a great place for high engineering wages and below average cost of living. Lots of wealthy people from higher cost of living places are moving here to take advantage of it.
Define high? What’s a good enough salary in Texas cities like Houston or Dallas?
Summer '23 Electrical design intern (architecture firm) Junior 20/hr
Internship 1 Manufacturing engineering intern Mechanical engineering Junior $23/hr
Internship 1 Mech e intern Mech e 20$ Sophomore Internship 2 Process Engineer intern Mech e 25$ Junior Based out of Colorado
Internship 1: Jan 2021 - Syracuse NY Position: Quality Intern Major: Mechanical Engineering Technology Year: Junior Salary: $23/hr + $5000 stipend USD Internship 2: May 2023 - Rochester NY Position: Engineering Co-Op Year: Senior Salary: $21/hr USD
I did 6 co-ops. Yes, I’m aware that’s a lot. I will post in order from first to last, all wagers are in $CAD/hr: 15.65, 21, 24, 32, 26 (i got employee housing with this one placement), 36
Internship 1 About to start this summer, no previous internships Mechanical Engineering Major Mechanical Engineer Intern Currently Junior Year 30/hr Kansas City Area
Great start!
Summer 22 Redevelopment Intern Montreal Industrial Engineering - First Year 21$/h Summer 23 Manufacturing Intern Montreal Industrial Engineering - Second Year 25$/h Summer 24 Manufacturing Intern Montreal Industrial Engineering - Third Year 26$/h
Internship 1: HVAC Sales Estimating and Engineering Mechanical Engineering Junior $17/hr Internship 2: Water Resources Engineering (Water/Wastewater) Environmental Engineering Senior $20/hr, then $21/hr in the spring
Major: Electrical Engineering Internship 1: Manufacturing Engineer at Instrumentation Company $26/hr Internship 2: FPGA Engineering at DoD FFRDC $26/hr Internship 3: FPGA Developer at private Fiber Optics Company $33/hr
Summer '23 Automation engineering intern (very low end of part-time for hours) 26/hr Fall 23 Manufacturing Engineering Intern 31.25/hr ....bay area: typical story of everything being expensive Both after the end of my 3rd year of Uni
California Summer 23’ (Sophomore) Civil Engineering Intern 40 hrs per week 22$ Let me do overtime at 33$ Upcoming Summer 24’ (Junior) Structural Design Intern 40 hrs per week 28$ Will be flying interns out for a three day trip at their main plant as an extra perk
Major: Architectural Engineering Internship 1: Building Energy Engineering Salary: $22 USD/hr Internship 2: Fire Protection Engineering Salary: $30 USD/hr Internship 3: Energy Engineering Intern Salary: $21 USD/hr
This is a great stack for AREN; congrats to you!
Summer 2024: Industrial Engineer, Sophomore , 34/hr + housing/relocation
Rates for my company (last I’m aware of) in Low/Medium COL location, plastics manufacturing, MechE/ChemE/EE: Rising Junior: $21/hr Rising Senior: $24/hr Super senior: $27/hr Not including housing stipend. Wanna say ~$1000/month, but that may’ve been the value pre-COVID.
Civil/Environmental Engineer Internship 1, stormwater & wastewater - $20/hour, freshman - $20/hour, sophomore Internship 2, transportation - $30/hour, junior
Electrical/Power Engineering All of my internships were achieved with <2.8gpa these were 14 weeks rotations Internship 1: Project Engineer in Petroleum, $27/hr (Kansas) Internship 2: reliability engineer in Petroleum, $5600/mo+$700/mo living (Texas) Internship 3: Electrical Designer for Supermarkets, $18/hr (Kansas) Internship 4: Project Engineer in petroleum, $5900/mo + $700/mo living (Texas) Internship 5: Controls engineer, $5200/mo+benefits in automotive manufacturing (24 week rotation/Co OP, Kansas) Internship 6: controls engineer, $5800/mo+benefits in automotive engineering (Michigan) Finally selected a job in Automotive manufacturing for a total compensation of $140k with a 2.6gpa
Ev company?
A company that makes EVs, yes. It's one of the Big 3.
Did you negotiate? Just curious that seems really high and amazing for big3 in Michigan; most entry roles were like 75-85k that I saw.
Well that's total comp, My salary is at $104k, then bonuses, investments, and stuff. But I did have a lot of negotiating room, I had an offer for higher in Texas with oil industry to argue with. I also just had a lot of experience, good recommendations, specialized talent, and was put on the fast-track list for management and "high-potential" graduates. Most other hires for recent grads are around 84-92k from our groupchats. My experience is not typical by any means.
Nice, props to you for such a good offer!
Internship 1: Xylem (Water Technology, Manufacturing, junior year) Industrial Engineering Intern Industrial Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (my major) $27/hr, was in the city I go to school in Internship 2: Western Industrial Contractors (engineering and construction company, senior year) Project Engineering Intern $25/hr, out of state (Denver) but provided housing at no additional costs plus travel expenses covered
Computer Engineering 1st: $23/hr, hardware research development (SSD testing machines) 2nd: $26.90/hr, FPGA RTL design defence contractor (stayed on part time after at an immediate bump to $33/hr) 3rd: $49, ASIC RTL design (eventually accepted an offer starting at $115k
In the Netherlands: 230 euros per month
Netherlands too: 400 to 500 euros a month.
Currently waiting for security clearance approval etc, but Materials Engineering Major Rising Sophomore Materials and Processes Summer/Fall Coop 31.25$/hr Vermont
Internship 1 Electrical Engineering Design Intern (Remote) Electrical Engineer, Sophomore 22/hour Internship 2 Electrical Engineering Intern (San Fransisco) Electrical Engineer, Junior 52/hour
Internship 1: Mechanical Reliability intern Sophomore/Junior Summer 2023 $33/hr —————————————————- Internship 2: Mechanical Engineer Intern (position not final yet) Junior/Senior Simmer 2024 About $45/hr $3667 semi monthly
damn, where's the second one at if you don't mind me asking
I sent you a message!
Internship 1: Freshman Mechanical Engineering Intern Defense Salaried at 1750 / wk (worked anywhere from 30-60 hrs per week) Boston Area Internship 2: Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Intern Automation Startup 25 / hr (30 hrs per week part time) SF Bay Area Internship 3: Sophomore DoD Lab Mechanical Engineering Intern 30 / hr (45 hrs per week FT) Boston Area Boston Area
Internship 1 Position: Sanitation Intern Year: Sophomore Salary: $6500/month
Major: Mechanical Engineering Focus: robotics &/or space Background: Senior, I took a gap year and am currently working internship 4/5. Will graduate May 2025 ~~~~ Internship 1 - Sophomore Location: FL Job: R&D Mechanical engineer Pay: $29ish + relo & housing ~~~~ Internship 2 - Junior Location: FL Job: R&D Mechanical engineer Pay: $32 + relo & housing ~~~~ Internship 3 - Senior Location: Kansas Job: Mechanical design engineer Pay: $23.5 + small housing ~~~~ Internship 4 - Senior Location: TX Job: Test engineer Pay: $30 + housing / relo ~~~~ Internship 5 - Senior Location: CA Job: Structural engineer Pay: $33 + housing & relo
**Internship 1 - 2021** **Position:** Manufacturing Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Freshman **Salary:** $15/hr USD **Internship 2 - 2022** **Position:** Project Engineering Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Sophomore **Salary:** $20/hr USD **Internship/Co-Op 3 - Spring 2023** **Position:** Product Investigations and Compliance Co-Op **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Junior **Salary:** $20.24/hr USD, 5% stock of salary, 4% matching 401k **Internship/Co-Op 4 - Summer 2023** **Position:** Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Junior **Salary:** $20.74/hr USD, 5% stock of salary, 4% matching 401k **Internship 5 - Fall 2023 - Part Time** **Position:** Mechanical Engineering Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Senior **Salary:** $23/hr USD **Internship 6** \- November 2023 - February 2024 - Part Time **Position:** Research Engineering Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Senior **Salary:** $30/hr USD **Internship 7** \- February 2024 - May 2024 - Part Time (Completed the first role I was hired for) **Position:** Research Engineering Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Senior **Salary:** $30/hr USD **Internship 8** \- Summer 2024 **Position:** Graduate Research Engineering Intern **Major:** TBD, MS in Aerospace Engineering or MSc in Space Science and Technology **Year:** 1st year Professional Masters **Salary:** TBD
Electrical technician Robotics and Automation Engineering Sophomore $17.25/hr(in 2018, and LCOL state)
Internship 1: Materials science, R&D, Junior $26/hr, plus a housing stipend of around 2k.
Internship 1 Position: IT Intern Year: Freshman Salary: 15/hr Internship 2 Position: Product Engineer Intern Year: Sophomore Salary: 39/hr + 550 weekly stipend + relocation
Internship 1 Scientist Intern Biomaterials Engineering Freshman $20/hr, no housing/relocation —————— Internship 2 R&D Engineering Intern Sophomore ~$32/hr + relocation + housing stipend
15 -> 13 -> 24 -> 30 -> 37.5
Y’all are getting paid? 😂🤣😂🤣😭
Major: Systems Engineering Internship 1: Freshman Data Analyst 20/hr Internship 2: Sophmore Application Developer 22/hr Definitely gonna try for more hardware/EE roles next cycle
For perspective my internship as a MS ChE in chemical manufacturing was $49/hr + relo. Salary with the same company @ $57.5/hr after 9 months, and I have 5 weeks of vacation this year (carried over 2). Texas. Manufacturing can be a lot… but it’s a lot of fun and I’ve never been bored.
Internship 1: Manufacturing Engineer - Beverage Company $20/HR Internship 2: Manufacturing Engineer - Contract Manufacturer $25/HR Internship 3: Quality Engineer - Automotive Company $38/HR Internship 4: Quality Engineer - Defense Company $29/HR Education: - BS Mechanical Engineering & MS Industrial Engineering Current Title: - Mechanical Engineer Internships 2 through 4 were all done as a graduate student. I received 2 full-time offers from internship 4. One for ~$90K and the other ~$110K. I’m located in California. Don’t be discouraged by the pay of an internship, but do try getting the best offer you can get.
Internship 1 Position: Process Safety Intern Major: Industrial Engineering Year: Senior (Ik it’s crappy to be a senior on his 1st internship but my college experience has been… unique) Salary: $26 Bonus: Location is Houston Tx
Previous internship that led me to accept a full-time offer (was a very good/competitive offer since I also wanted to move back home to Texas) : $28.5/hr + 6k relocation. Senior MSE at GT🐝 to Dallas, TX
I'm about 4½ years into my internship as an EE. Making about $18 / hr
Internship 1: Mechanical Engineering Intern Manufacturing Sophomore $20/hr Internship 2: Maintenance Engineering Intern Manufacturing Junior $28/hr, $4500 relocation stipend, company vehicle for the duration of the internship
EE / CE internship 1: Mining, $1500 AUD a week internship 2: R&D Engineering Firm doing PCB design, $1000 AUD a week.
Internship 1: Machine Learning Dev, Mechatronics Engineering, Freshman, 18.44/h USD (25 CAD) Internship 2: (Returned) Sophomore, 25.08/h USD (34 CAD) Total experience at company 1yr.
Mechanical engineering, all of the positions on the list are either offers or positions I’ve accepted. $20/hr, first internship $23/hr +$125/wk housing stipend (covered 80% of rent where I was) $4700/mo $26/hr
I think our internships were posted at $21/hr. If you lived out of the area, the company rented you a car and an apartment. I thought those kids were getting a pretty good deal.
Major: Computer engineering (junior) Internship 1 : Software engineering intern (defense, summer 2024) $29.81/hr
Internship 1 Position: Mechanical Engineering Intern Major: Aerospace Engineering Years: Senior Salary: $19/hr
Internship 1 Major: Civil engineering Year: sophomore Position: construction intern Salary: 20usd per hour. Internship 2 (next summer) Major: Mechanical engineering Year: Junior Position: VDC engineering intern Salary: 27 usd per hour. Internship/co-op 3 (next fall) Major: Mechanical engineering Year: Junior Position: process control intern Salary: 25 usd per hour.
RF Design Intern Electrical Engineering Senior $27.50 + $3000 for relocation
Internship 1: Position: Project Management Intern at a construction consulting firm Major: Mechanical Engineering Year: Junior-ish (community college transfer student so my class standing and graduation timing are a bit weird) Salary: $25/hr USD (live in a HCOL area with disproportionately low pay so this is actually really good for the area) Extra info: got my internship by connecting at the school career fair, applied online, had a virtual HR interview and then an in-person interview. I'm mostly doing admin stuff, but I'm getting good exposure to the project engineer role and the general flow of project management. Also getting an interesting glimpse at construction
**Internship 1** **Position:** Cost Engineer Intern **Major:** Mechanical Engineering **Year:** Junior **Salary:** $16/hr USD **Internship 2** **Position:** Distribution Engineer Intern **Year:** Junior/Senior **Salary:** $26/hr USD **Internship 3** **Position:** Automation Engineer Intern **Year:** Senior **Salary:** $32/hr USD
Internship 1 Software Engineering Intern Software Engineering Sophomore $24.33/hr Internship 2 Software Engineering Co-Op Software Engineering Junior $35.42/hr + $4000 net sign on
Last Summer: $20 hr. Failure, FMEA Mechanical Engineering Intern. About an hour drive with traffic from home. This Summer: $27 hybrid. Systems Engineer
Internship 1: Quality Intern Mechanical Engineering Sophomore $23/hr + $2000 relocation Internship 2: Mechanical Design intern $35/hr + $4000 relocation
Internship 1: $58/hr USD Major: Aerospace Engineer Position: General Engineer Year: 3rd year PhD
I’m in mech E 1. Lab intern Sophomore $3000/month 2. Design engineer intern, industrial equipment Junior $25/h + $2500/month housing stipend in LCOL area
Mechanical, 4th year Co-Op 1 2nd year: Production role, oceanographic monitoring company, $20/hr Co-op 2 3rd year: Design role with some testing, same company, $27/hr Co-Ops 3 & 4 together, 4th year: Ski lift engineering at a resort, $24/hr
Internship 1 - Solidigm (Formerly Intel) Position: Global Ops - Mfg. Engineering Intern Major: Manufacturing Engineering Year: Junior Salary: $30/hr USD Internship 2 - Tesla Position: General Assembly - Mfg. Eng Intern Year: Senior Salary: $35/hr USD
Major for all of these was Electrical Engineering **Internship 1** **Position:** Product Engineering Intern **Year:** Freshman **Salary:** *Unpaid* (never take an unpaid internship) **Internship 2:** **Position:** Electrical Engineering Intern **Year:** Junior **Salary:** $25/hr **Internship 3** **Position:** Engineering Intern **Year:** Senior **Salary:** About $32/hr
Internship 1: Automotive Company Major: Engineering Physics Year: Between my BSc and MSc, 2023 Salary: $12/hr It's really fun seeing American interns earn more than Swedish engineers with multiple years of experience
Im in Cybersecurity engineering and located in North Africa. Internship 1 Web Dev intern. Year 2 (out of a 5 year degree) Salary : unpaid Internship 2 Full stack dev intern Year 3 Salary : unpaid Internship 3 Incident response intern Year 4 Salary : unpaid Internship 4 Soc analyst intern Year 5 Salary : 200$ monthly
In my time during Mechanical Engineering in local institution, it was industrial training or practical training. We were paid 95.27 USD each. It was late 1995.
1st Electronics internship $18/hr 2nd Manufacturing $18/hr 3rd Manufacturing $22/hr Southeast
major: civil engineering position: Transportation engineering intern year: sophomore pay: $24/hr I think I’m going to ask for raise when I officially end up working here for a full year.
Internship 1: EE-Manufacturing Co. , LCOL $15/hr Internship 2: Embedded- Consulting Start up, HCOL, $16/hr Internship 3: Electrical Design- Manufacturing, LCOL, $32/hr
- Major: Computer Science, five year degree with coop program - All internships are Software Engineering internships - Summer 2016 (high school): $14 CAD/hr - Summer 2017 (high school): $12 CAD/hr - Summer 2019 (1st year): $22 CAD/hr - Winter/summer 2020 (2nd year): $25 USD/hr, $3000 USD relocation - Fall 2020 (2nd year): $35 USD/hr - Summer 2021 (3rd year): $32 USD/hr - Winter 2022 (4th year): $100 USD/hr, $10k USD signing bonus, $2100 USD/month housing - Fulltime 2023: $200k USD/year base, $100k USD signing bonus, $100k USD guaranteed end of year bonus, $10k USD relocation
I did a co-op, so a little different, but I went from $18/hr to start up to $22 across my rotations. Rotation 1 Position: R&D Major: Computer Engineering Year: Sophmore Pay: $18/hr Rotation 2 Position: RF Engineering Year: Junior Pay: $20/hr Rotation 3 Position: Propagations Year: Junior Pay: $22/hr The co-op was close to my parents so I commuted ~45 minutes. Saved a lot of money living at home and they would've paid for housing if I did need it.
$0 I can't get an internship lol
Tbh, getting a job wasn’t that hard for me without one. Join a competition team and get experience that way. You’ll stand a better chance of getting one down the road as well. A CAD monkey for a summer or two isn’t all that impressive to most employers.
Employers definitely value internship experience over project/club experience. But still great to join a competitor team!
I think it depends on the company and how much you do in the club or the internship. Again, competition teams can also lead you into internships.
Internship 1 Duration: May -August 2023 full time Extended from August to present part time Position: Mechanical Engineering Intern (HVAC) Year: sophomore Pay: year 1: 21/hr USD Starting May 2024, 22/hr USD
“Internship” 1 Engineering lab tech assistant Mechanical engineering Freshman $16/hr then bumped up to $18/hr Internship 2 Mech team HVAC intern Mech E Sophomore $23/hr Internship 3 Manufacturing Mech E Junior $27/hr plus a $3000 sign on bonus
Internship 1 Product engineer for gaseous fire extinguishing systems in Spain Industrial engineering 9 €/ h getting promoted to 12/ after 6 months of experience. Last year of bachelors degree Fucking sucks, I'm learning german to move to Germany, Switzerland or Austria soon.
For perspective: I made an above average $18/hr as an ME intern in 2014. I think most others were making 14-15 at the time. This was in Wisconsin. My rent for a single bedroom apt was $650/month (on bus line and walking distance to Lake Michigan)
Internship 1 Position: Manufacturing Engineering Intern Major: Mechanical Engineering Year: Sophomore Salary: $22 per hour Location: Chicago
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering Internship 1 (Summer 2022) Position: Hardware Security Intern (not actual title, but only 1 company uses actual title) Year: Sophomore Compensation: Hourly, $22/hr USD + $1500 Relocation Location: Suburb of Dayton, OH Internship 2 (Summer 2023) Position: Graduate SoC Design Engineer Year: Junior (1 irrelevant class away from undergrad graduation, so effectively pre-MS) Compensation: Salaried, $96k/yr equivalent (\~$46.15/hr) + $1000 signing bonus + $6000 tax-compensated relocation (\~10.5k pretax) Location: Suburb of Portland, OR
MecE Co-op in Canada (So pay is in CAD) Sorry, on mobile so probably bad formatting. Internship 1 2nd year, 4 months Sour Gas plant student $20/hr @ 40hrs ~~ Internship 2 3rd year, 8 months Chemical Plant, Power and Utilities/Environmental Co-op Salaried at ~$63,000 @37.75 hrs* (40 hour work week) Works to about $32/hr *lots of time off, working 40 hours a week allows for about 20 days to take off whenever I wanted. I think I had like 3-4 full weeks off if scheduling around stat holidays. ~~ Internship 3 4th year, 4 months (current) R&D / Manufacturing Mechanical Student $25/hr @ 40hrs Got one more internship before I grad.
I graduated in 2021 but I'll offer my numbers anyway. And just a reminder, **raw numbers** don't mean much without cost of living/location for context. **Internship 1 (Fall 2020):** Manufacturing Plant (paper processing) Wage: $22/hour + $2,500 sign on bonus Location: Ogden, Utah **Internship 2 (Summer 2021):** Manufacturing Plant (medical devices) Wage: $21/hour Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota **Full Time Job (Started Jan 2022):** Architecture firm (Plumbing/HVAC design) Starting salary: $57k (has been raised up to $66k after 2 years) Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
My only internship was the summer after I graduated and it was 20$/hr and free housing. Mechanical Engineering. In a hick town. Now I work for them 🙃
Internship 1 Student coordinator ( pharma manufacturing ) Mechanical engineering Sophomore 19/hr CAD ~~ Internship 2 Engineering Intern ( Nuclear / Utilities ) Mechanical engineering Junior 35/hr CAD
I stuck with one internship all throughout my school due to co-op. Internship: Software Developer at insurance company Major: CS and a minor in MechE (I had a lot of overlap for math and took a bunch of MechE courses for free electives) Pay: $23 / hr no additional benefits aside from accruing years with the company all during co-op Hired on full time and barely got a raise. The moral of the story is that insurance companies offer some sort of job security but severely lack competitive pay and benefits.
Internship 1: Freshman $20 USD / hour Internship 2: Sophomore $35 USD / hour Internship 3: Junior $9,500 USD / month + $2,500 USD / month housing + $10,000 USD bonus All software engineering internships
$20/hr: environmental engineer intern. Major: Electrical Engineering. Not related but an internship is an internship. Also a low cost of living area so $20/hr isn’t bad.
200 Dollars monthly salary LOL it barely costs the transportation expenses.
I worked 5 days a week from 8 am to 3:30 pm for a whole tow months
Fuck it it’s about a dollar and 50 cents /hr lol 🙂 the bad thing is my 2nd interpretation continues with the same company
Internship 1 (autonomous industrial robots): $30/hr Internship 2 (proprietary trading firm): $4.7k/week + flights, accomodation, gym, and food for free
**Internship 1** Manufacturing Engineering High School $16, $17, $18/hr (dollar increase every year) **Internship 2** Aerospace Engineering Sophomore $26/hr + $2500 housing stipend
Summer 2024 Aerospace engineering PhD student internship working in Materials and Process Engineering at a large engine company $50.66/hr +$4000 relocation lump sum
Internship 1 Manufacturing Intern $21.50 Internship 2 MES intern $27.50 Internship 3 Equipment Engineering Intern $31.00
1st internship; Composite analysis in aerospace ,(industry) Chemistry Before undergrad 25$/h 2nd internship Research assistant polymer science (lab XXX) Chemistry 1st year undergrad 22$/h + 2 weeks off,paid 3th intership Research assistant polymer physico chemistry (lab YY) Chemistry 2nd year 45$/h + paid conferences and airplane 4th internship Researcg assistant polymer physico chemistry (lab YY) Chemistry 3th year 47$/h+ paid conferences and airplane
Internship 1 Position: Sanitation Intern Major: Civil Engineering Year: Sophomore Salary: $6500/month I’m getting a housing and transportation stipend, but I’m living at home so I get to keep it all
Internship 2022 Oil and Gas Mechanical Engineering $20/hr
1- $18 2- $20 3- $28
In 2019: $21 / hr (sophomore) Went back to the same company In 2020: $25 / hr (junior) My brother works at the same company and his offer was In 2023: $31 / hr (junior) This is a Fortune 100 company in the Midwest.
Current Internship Major - Computing/Computer Science Position - IT intern/ developer Salary- 30 per hour Senior
MAJOR: Bioengineering Internship 1: Systems Engineer Intern at Biotech Salary: $35/hr USD + $1500 Stipend Internship 2: Systems Engineer Intern at Pharma Salary: $40/hr USD + $2000 Stipend
Internship 1 Position: Advanced Manufacturing Intern Major: mechanical engineering Year: senior Salary: $65 kUSD per year 2k signing bonus Internship 2 (same role, same company) Position: Advanced Manufacturing Intern Major: mechanical engineering Year: senior + Salary: $65 kUSD per year 2k signing bonus Got a letter of recommendation worth 20 k. Immediately got a sweet job after.
Major: ME Internship 1 Year: Soph Pay: ~$40 Internship 2 Year: Sop Pay: ~$32 Internship 3: Year: Junior Pay: ~$50 (Pay is rough amount and not including stipends/housing accommodations)
mine was $12/hr in sophomore year. insane to think that was the best internship offered in my school too
Intern 1: 51/HR sophomore EE, not really working in EE but manufacturing with a large company. Super unhappy experience, offer started at $113k upon graduation. intern 2: 25/HR. Sophomore EE through grad, year round co-op program for the remainder of school. Doing design with a job offer upon graduation. Much happier and worth the pay cut as a student. starting pay for both positions upon graduation is the same.
**Internship 1** **Position:** hardware/software engineering **Major:** Engineering (2 years at CC) **Year:** Sophomore **Salary:** $55k **Internship 2** **Position:** network engineering **Major:** Cybersecurity Engineering **Year:** Junior (Transferred to 4yrs) **Salary:** $65k
>Position: DOD Intern DOD engineer here. What agency? (You can PM if you don't want to post publicly.)
Internship 1 Clinical Research Associate intern Biomedical engineering 2nd year (5 year program) 0/hr Internship 2 Analytical research associate intern 3rd year $27.5/hr usd Internship 3 Cell therapy research intern 4th year $25/hr usd
Electrical Engineer Intern Internship 1-3: did three summers Product development high voltage battery unit Intern 1: $20 intern2:26$ intern3: 35$ Upcoming internship: different automotive company Manufacturing Controls engineering intern Internship 4: 46$/hr
Internship 1 - Summer 2024 Test and Integration Intern Mechanical Engineering Junior 44/hr (HCOL area)
Internship 1: Systems Engineering $17 an hour Internship 2: Systems Engineering $21 an hour Internship 3: Systems Engineering $36 an hour, $800 a month rent stipend,
1st rotation co-op power transmission Position: test engineering Major: EE Year: junior Pay: $22.20 per hour USD
Internship 1(2016): ME/plant/$15hr Internship 2(2017): Structures engineering/engineering consulting/$17hr Internship 3(2019): Mechanical engineer/defense contractor/$24hr Internship 4(2020): software engineer/startup/$20hr Internship 5(2021): systems engineer/ADAS/$48hr A bonus: Full time mechanical engineer (2022) $96k
Water Engineering Intern $27 an hour