Intern, Manufacturing Engineering

Knorr-Bremse; Grain Valley (MO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

KB Signaling Inc. offers a Summer 2026 Internship in Grain Valley focused on Manufacturing Engineering. The internship provides hands-on exposure on the shop floor to support daily needs and continuous improvement projects from concept to completion over the summer.

Interns will work on operators instructions, work order reviews, and tool selection, calibration, and support, gaining experience in process evaluation and refinement as part of an international engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Operators work instructions
• Work order efficiency reviews and evaluations
• Tool selection, calibration and support
• Process evaluation and refinement
• Daily shop floor tactical needs (Gemba walks, quality issues, 5S needs)

Skills

Work instructions

Gemba walks

5S

Project management

Process improvement

Job description

ON-SITE/REMOTE:On-site

KB Signaling delivers unparalleled end-to-end wayside and onboard conventional signaling platforms and solutions, supporting our Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) global business unit. A trailblazer, we are driven to provide the best solutions for improved safety, performance, and lower overall operating cost for today’s transit and freight railway systems and operators in North America and beyond. Our team is fueled by innovation and grounded in solid values, like giving back to the communities where we do business and embracing sustainability to help protect our planet. KB Signaling is part of a global, high-tech company that will challenge you and help you grow. Discover your potential.

KB Signaling Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Scope of work: Summer 2026 Internship, Grain Valley Manufacturing Engineering

The intent of this internship is to provide a wide variety of real-world experiences directly in manufacturing supporting the shop floor needs. These experiences involve typical day to day tasks for hands on exposure in manufacturing engineering. Internship will also lead at least one core project to help the business improve (continuous improvement), giving the intern a chance to apply their time management, project management and engineering skills taking a project from concept to completion over the summer.

These key exposures include:

• Operators work instructions
• Work order efficiency reviews and evaluations
• Tool selection, calibration and support
• Process evaluation and refinement
• Daily shop floor tactical needs (Gemba walks, quality issues, 5S needs, etc)

Become part of our team!

Join us in shaping the mobility of the future!

We - that's around 32,000 employees worldwide. At over 100 locations in more than 30 countries, we are committed to progress on rail and road through technological excellence, sustainable management and social responsibility. Our most recent turnover was 7.8 billion euros. With us, you can expect an exciting and varied job in an international environment as well as an attractive package.