Description
**Job Family:** Buildings
**Req ID:** 495485
**Platform Engineer Internship (VCU Capstone)**
**Location** : Richmond, Virgina
**Undergraduate** : Rising Junior or Rising Senior
**Requirement** : Must be currently enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University
**Program Start Date** : May 18, June 1, June 8 or June 15, 2026
**About the Program** :
This internship is part of Siemens’ strategic partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to launch a next generation corporate-sponsored Engineering Capstone program. Students selected will participate both as Siemens interns and as contributors to a real customer-facing capstone project for VCU Facilities.
The project centers on the development of an application that will ultimately reside on Siemens’ Xccelerator Marketplace, Siemens’ cloud-based platform for smart, autonomous, and sustainable buildings. Interns will gain real-world, hands on experience understanding how the technology is installed, how it operates, and how Siemens delivers digital building solutions.
**About Building X** :
Building X is Siemens’ open, scalable, AI-enabled smart building platform designed to unify building systems, break down data silos, and accelerate the journey toward autonomous, climate neutral buildings.
**Interns in this program will directly explore how Building X** :
• Connects real facility systems (energy, safety, HVAC, operations) into one cloud data environment
• Uses analytics, AI, and digital twins to improve building performance
• Supports real-world customer needs through actionable data
**Key Responsibilities** – Summer Capstone Internship
• Participate in a 10-week summer internship supporting smart building, energy, and sustainability initiatives in partnership with VCU Facilities.
• Gain hands-on exposure to HVAC systems, energy engineering, and building automation, with a focus on how commercial and institutional buildings operate.
• Support facility audits and site visits by gathering field data, reviewing system performance, and identifying operational improvement opportunities.
• Perform basic engineering analysis, including energy calculations, load estimates, and review of mechanical systems and documentation.
• Learn how building automation system (BAS) data is collected, structured, and analyzed using cloud-based platforms such as Siemens Building X.
• Assist with centralizing and contextualizing disparate data sources into a single data warehouse on Siemens Building X.
• Help Siemens software developers improve cloud onboarding efficiency through tooling and process reviews.
• Utilize construction design documents and Siemens Building X platform to create VCU’s digital twin.
• Assist with data analysis, trend review, dashboarding, and reporting to support energy savings, fault detection, and operational decision-making.
• Collaborate with Siemens engineers and mentors to understand how analytics-driven insights are translated into actionable facility improvements.
• Engage directly with VCU Facilities staff, treating the campus as a real-world customer and learning how technical solutions support operational needs.
• Gain exposure to how smart building solutions are delivered by engineering, sales, project management, and service teams.
• Build the technical, organizational, and communication skills needed to serve as a Capstone project leader during the academic year.
**Candidates Must Meet the Following Requirements:**
**Education: Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University**
**Ideal Majors: Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering**
**Earliest Graduation Date: May 2027**
**Availability: Ability to work 40-hours per week for 10-weeks (May-July or June-August)**
**No relocation assistance or housing stipend is provided.**
**Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company or school sponsorship. This program does not support students on a Visa such as F1, J1, M1 and H1B as well as OPT/CPT.**
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**Organization:** Smart Infrastructure
**Job Type:** Full-time
**Category:** Internal Services
