Aerospace Supplier Engineering Intern: DFx & Quality

Reliable Robotics Corporation; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics Corporation seeks a multi-disciplinary Supplier Engineering Intern to help industrialize and qualify aerospace hardware. You will bridge design engineering with external manufacturers, overseeing avionics, precision machined parts, actuators, and PCBs, applying DFx, GD&T, and SPC to meet airworthiness standards.

You will engage in part qualification, supplier assessments, and on-floor activities, gaining hands-on experience with CMMs, AOI, and metrology while supporting yield

Qualifications

• Display hands-on hardware project experience via student teams or internships.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, wiring diagrams, or schematics.
• Familiarity with GD&T per ASME Y14.5 and tolerance analysis.

Responsibilities

• DFx reviews with design and manufacturing to optimize producibility.
• Support supplier industrialization across machining, plating, SMT, assembly.
• Participate in FMEA, Control Plans, and Gage R&R to mitigate risk.
• Track qualifications via PPAP, FAIs, and line proofing.
• Assist with supplier audits for AS9100 and related standards.
• Draft inspection plans for raw materials, PCBs, and PCBA.
• Support metrology using CMM, AOI, AXI, profilometers.
• Help deploy SPC and traceability across the supply chain.
• Assist root cause investigations for defects and FPY gains.

Skills

Read drawings

CAD modeling

DFx reviews

GD&T

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

Education

B.S. in Mechanical

B.S. in Manufacturing

B.S. in Aerospace

Tools

Altium Designer

Siemens NX

PLM/MES platforms

Job description

Reliable Robotics Corporation seeks a multi-disciplinary Supplier Engineering Intern to help industrialize and qualify aerospace hardware. You will bridge design engineering with external manufacturers, overseeing avionics, precision machined parts, actuators, and PCBs, applying DFx, GD&T, and SPC to meet airworthiness standards.

You will engage in part qualification, supplier assessments, and on-floor activities, gaining hands-on experience with CMMs, AOI, and metrology while supporting yield