Your Role
Key responsibilities include:
- Applying classroom knowledge to real manufacturing challenges alongside engineers, operators, quality professionals, and maintenance teams.
- Taking ownership of a meaningful engineering project with guidance from an experienced team.
- Investigating quality issues, reducing scrap, improving processes, supporting automation, developing designs, or evaluating material performance depending on assignment.
- Learning and following facility safety practices in office and manufacturing areas.
- Collecting and analyzing engineering or production data to identify opportunities and measure results.
- Using relevant tools and methods such as CAD, testing equipment, data analysis, root cause analysis, or lean manufacturing techniques.
- Contributing to improvements in safety, quality, productivity, cost, or product performance.
- Documenting work, communicating progress, incorporating feedback, and presenting project findings and recommendations to facility leadership.
About You
The company is looking for candidates who meet the following:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a closely related field, including mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, electrical, or materials engineering.
- Interest in applying engineering skills to manufacturing challenges.
- Willingness to work with data, learn new tools, and ask questions.
- Collaborative approach and respect for production equipment operators and support staff.
- Ability to organize work, communicate progress, and take ownership of a project with guidance.
- Availability to work full time and on site for the full 10-week program starting May 25, 2027, with limited start-date flexibility for academic calendars.
- Authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Preferred qualifications include a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, hands-on technical projects, experience with data analysis tools, familiarity with CAD software, exposure to quality methods or lean manufacturing, and previous manufacturing or internship experience.
Compensation & Benefits
- Pay rate of $28.00 per hour.
- One-time $3,000 taxable housing allowance for eligible interns requiring temporary housing more than 50 miles from the worksite.
Training & Development
Interns receive guidance and feedback from experienced engineers and manufacturing professionals, practice managing projects, solving problems with data, collaborating across functions, and gain experience explaining technical findings to diverse audiences.
Career Progression
Interns gain a clearer understanding of engineering career paths and the work they enjoy through hands-on experience and project ownership.