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Job Description

Overview

The Baker Hughes Internship Program offers students pursuing a Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree the chance to gain hands-on work experience in field engineering. Interns will engage in challenging projects within a global energy company, focusing on customer needs and innovative technology.

Responsibilities

  • Completing internal projects to deliver customer outcomes and identify business improvements.
  • Collaborating alongside experienced engineers to assist in various field operations, such as drilling, well testing, or equipment maintenance.
  • Collecting data from field activities and assisting in analyzing it to identify trends or issues.
  • Inspecting and maintaining equipment to ensure it is in proper working order.
  • Keeping detailed records and documentation of field activities, equipment inspections, and safety measures.
  • Applying Health, Safety, and Environment (HS&E) standards and procedures in all situations.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a Bachelors’ or Masters’ level degree in Engineering, Technology, Mechanics, or other STEM-related program.
  • Maintained a GPA greater than or equal to 2.75 out of 4.0 or the equivalent.
  • Fluent in oral and written English with effective communication skills.
  • Able to relocate for the duration of the internship.
  • Authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.

Additional Information

  • Start Date: January 2027
  • Duration: 24 weeks
  • Hourly rate range: $22-$44
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$37/hr middle band drawn from 85 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 193 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Baker Hughes currently has 7 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Intern/Co-op - Field Engineering - Spring 2027 Opportunities figures were last recalculated when this page was built.