Current Opportunity Posting: We are actively hiring for 2 openings. Applications submitted through this posting will be considered for the current vacancies and may also be considered for future opportunities that align with a candidate's experience and interests.
🌍 About UsNPX partners with nuclear utilities and new reactor projects to unlock performance through innovation. We combine decades of nuclear expertise with AI, digital tools, and lean processes, to help plants run safer, smarter, and more cost-effectively. Our Design Engineering team scales this expertise through advanced electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation & control (I&C) design practices to clients across Canada.
🧠 The RoleA Design Engineering Intern will gain hands on experience across a variety of nuclear design engineering projects. You’ll help resolve emergent issues, perform engineering calculations and analyses, support maintenance and procurement activities, and assist with minor design changes. You will gain meaningful, real-world experience, while applying classroom knowledge to practical challenges in the nuclear industry. You’ll bring curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving skills to a team that values fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.
Depending on your background and areas of interest, the role may align with either the Mechanical Design team or the Electrical & I&C Design team.
📝 LogisticsLocation: Hybrid
Start: Winter Term (January Start)
Duration: 8-, 12-, or 16 – month
Salary Range: $26-31/hour (depending on the academic level)
Travel Requirements: Occasional travel to the client site in Bruce County, as required by project needs.
Collaborate with design engineers and stakeholders to develop high‑quality designs and review supporting documentation, technical specs, codes, standards, and test/implementation plans.
Participate in plant walk‑downs to assess equipment and gather design inputs.
Prepare and present technical information to internal and external audiences.
Support daily project activities, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet quality expectations.
Contribute to innovation and technical advancement projects, including research into new technologies and their potential applications in the nuclear industry.
Incorporate lessons learned into processes to strengthen future design work.
A background in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering.
Results & Impact: you deliver measurable outcomes and business value.
Leadership & Influence: you elevate team performance and create influence without being asked.
Adaptability & Growth: you thrive in dynamic environments and embody a growth mindset.
Initiative & Innovation: you proactively identify and solve problems.
Cultural Amplification: you strengthen our culture and role model our values.
To do great work, you need to be well in mind, body, and soul. At NPX, we design our environment around the whole person, not just the job they do.
🧠 Mind: Tools and support for mental wellness, professional growth, and financial security.
🧘♀️ Body: Health coverage, a spending account, and the freedom to rest and recharge.
🌀 Soul: Meaningful work, alignment with your values, and time to refresh with time off.
💰👀 Financial wellbeing? Covered. That means competitive pay and recognition for the impact you make.
NPX provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
💬 Pssst. Just a heads up that we use AI to help in the filtering of candidates based on job-specific criteria. Humans decide who to move forward, and this way we're able to spend more of our time supporting our candidates directly.
Nuclear Promise X Whitby, Ontario, CAN Office
250 Water Street, Whitby, Canada, L1N 0G5
