CAD Design Intern - Summer 2027

MAHLE; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

MAHLE invites applications for an IT internship in Troy, MI, focusing on CAD-driven design and PLM data flow for automotive engine components. You will collaborate with the CAD Coordinator and use NX/CATIA to contribute to intake manifolds, air intake systems, and other plastics-focused components.

Exposure to Windchill and other PLM tools like SAP, Teamcenter, or 3D Experience, plus GD&T and drawing releases, are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Experience with CAD software and a strong interest in product design and engineering.
• Working knowledge of CATIA and/or NX design software.
• Understanding of automotive powertrain systems and component functionality.
• Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles and practices.
• Exposure to PLM systems such as Windchill, SAP, Teamcenter, or 3D Experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated, organized, and results-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the activities of the CAD Coordinator.
• Work with CAD software NX and Catia to design automotive engine products, including intake manifolds, air intake systems, cylinder head covers, canisters, particularly related to plastics design.
• Assist with file transfers.
• Work with the MAHLE PLM system: Windchill.
• Work with customer PLM systems such as Team Center, 3D Experience.
• Assist with the release of drawings, drawing layout, GD&T on part drawings.

Skills

CAD software

CATIA NX

GD&T

PLM familiarity

Team collaboration

Tools

Windchill

SAP

Teamcenter

3D Experience

Job description

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Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility. MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

Your Contribution:

Support computer aided design activities for the Design Department in North America relating to the design and release of automotive engine components. This position supports the CAD Coordinator.

• Support the activities of the CAD Coordinator.
• Work with CAD software NX and Catia to design automotive engine products, including intake manifolds, air intake systems, cylinder head covers, canisters, particularly related to plastics design.
• Assist with file transfers.
• Work with the MAHLE PLM system: Windchill.
• Work with customer PLM systems such as Team Center, 3D Experience.
• Assist with the release of drawings, drawing layout, GD&T on part drawings.

Your Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience with CAD software and a strong interest in product design and engineering.
• Working knowledge of CATIA and/or NX design software.
• Understanding of automotive powertrain systems and component functionality.
• Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles and practices.
• Exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, such as Windchill, SAP, Teamcenter, or 3D Experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated, organized, and results-driven, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com

Facts about the job

Entry level: Internship

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: IT

Department: BU2 Thermal and Fluid Systems

Location: Troy, MI, US, 48083

Company: MAHLE Filter Syst.(US)

Closing date for applications

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Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.

Shape the future with us.

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