Early Career Internship Program: Information Technology

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Job description

We make what matters work.
You want to make an impact in the world. At Eaton, we're solving some of the toughest challenges on the planet. Our Early Career Programs open up an exciting world of opportunities for you to make a difference on a global scale. Your assignments are more than tasks and busy work, they're your chance to drive innovation in intelligent power management and shape the future of our company. You'll team up with seasoned leaders, gaining diverse experiences that'll drive you forward to define and reach your career goals.

What sets our Early Career Programs apart:

• Personalized Program Experience: We're committed to energizing your career and empowering your impact. No two participants share the same experience or set of responsibilities.
• Global Perspectives: Our Development Program spans diverse businesses and locations. Relocating to an endorsed Eaton site is a required part of the adventure, enhancing your learning and maximizing program benefits.
• Role Exploration: You'll explore various roles early on and participate in our LDP Core Learning Series. These experiences allow you to build your functional expertise and leadership capabilities to maximize your potential for future roles.
• Strategic Networking: Collaborate with senior leaders with mentorship programs woven into your experience. Directly shape peer engagement, learning, development, and the overall participant experience by serving on LDP advisory boards.
• In our Information Technology Program: You'll work on high-impact functional projects, driving technology improvements and innovation for our business units and manufacturing sites.

• Working with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality and IT to map an end-to-end business process and the supporting data and systems
• Supporting the implementation and scaling of digital tools to improve production execution, shop-floor visibility, traceability and connectivity
• Building or improving data pipelines, models and analytics that connect information across business processes
• Testing applications, workflows, integrations or AI-enabled capabilities that solve a defined business problem

• Actively enrolled or received a bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM field or business major from an accredited institution
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8
• Must be geographically flexible to relocate within the United States
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

• Degree in management information systems, computer science/engineering, data analytics, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, supply chain, business analytics or a related field
• Overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
• Previous internship or co-op experience in manufacturing operations, systems integration, data, AI, product ownership, application delivery, process improvement or business-facing technology roles
• Experience through internships, co-ops, projects, research or leadership activities that demonstrate problem solving, collaboration and execution
• Demonstrated leadership experience within campus and/or the community

• Passion for how products are designed, built, and delivered, with enthusiasm for partnering directly with operations teams and business leaders in a dynamic manufacturing environment where ideas become reality
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to listen first, collaborate effectively, and work across technical, operational, and business functions
• Hands-on problem solver who seeks to understand the work, identify root causes, and connect business needs with practical technology solutions, including data, AI, applications, and digital tools
• Process-oriented thinker with strong prioritization skills, a focus on measurable outcomes, and the ability to improve how work gets done through execution and continuous improvement
• Highly adaptable and learning agile, with openness to relocation, travel, changing business needs, and fast-paced environments that require ownership, follow-through, and credibility through results
• This role may include travel (up to 25%) within a local region as determined by the assignment manager
• Transportation to and from the worksite and for incidental business travel is the responsibility of the intern; however, expenses for required and approved business travel (not including the worksite) will be reimbursed
• The summer internship culminates with a formal presentation where students showcase their success stories to leaders of the organization and receive feedback on their performance
• Demonstrate geographic flexibility to relocate within the United States for the duration of the Internship Program including the ability to relocate to an Eaton facility including (but not limited to): Beachwood, OH: Raleigh, NC; Greenwood, SC; Sumter, SC; Milwaukee, WI and El Paso, TX

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The city

The job is in Raleigh, NC. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Raleigh compares. Among the 100 largest places in North Carolina, Raleigh is #2 by population, #20 for remote work (#1 = most), #22 for college degrees (#1 = most), #75 for rent (#1 = cheapest). Its county, Wake County, is #4 of 100 counties for average pay ($76,807).

The place in numbers

Raleigh has 481,031 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.5% of the population of North Carolina. It covers 151 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 3,187 people per square mile. The median age is 34.7, 11% younger than the state median (34.7 against 39.1).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,572 a month (rent plus utilities), 28% above the state median ($1,572 against $1,228). Over a year that is 22.1% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $415,800, which is 4.9 times the median household income ($85,395). 50.8% of households own their home, 24% below the state average (50.8% against 66.6%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan area has 743,120 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $51,990 a year, about the same as the national median ($51,990 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (79,180 jobs, median $47,310); sales and related (74,800 jobs, median $42,450); food preparation and serving related (66,380 jobs, median $30,480). The area is most specialised in computer and mathematical (1.7 times) and life, physical, and social science (1.5 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($132,650) and computer and mathematical ($107,760). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Wake County was 2.8%. 70.8% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Wake County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 62.3% drive alone, 1.4% use public transit, 1.6% walk, 25.8% work from home. 9.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 35% below the state average (9.0% against 13.9%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.

People and education

54.0% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 51% above the state share (54.0% against 35.6%). 13.8% of residents were born outside the United States, 52% above the state share (13.8% against 9.1%). The poverty rate is 11.9%, 9% below the state rate (11.9% against 13.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 80°F (26.7°C), and the coolest is Jan at 38°F (3.4°C). About 1,187 mm (47 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Aug is the wettest month (127 mm) and Jan the driest (72 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Knightdale (9 miles, rent 6% higher); Garner (10 miles, similar rent); Cary (11 miles, rent 11% higher); Morrisville (11 miles, rent 18% higher). Rent differences are against Raleigh; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Raleigh, NC.

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Median rent in Raleigh is $1,572 a month and median household income $85,395 (ACS 2020–2024).

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• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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