Interns are great. Some of them are PhD candidates or even post-docs. Just because they are looking for short-term employment doesn't make them underqualified

Interns are great. Some of them are PhD candidates or even post-docs. Just because they are looking for short-term employment doesn't make them underqualified. They also lack any responsibilities that are heaped on full-time engineers, like managing or mentoring junior engineers (and interns), attending meetings, etc. They focus on their projects.