Internship - Mechanical Engineer

Lumentum Operations LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum Inc. in San Jose, California, invites students to join the Module Package Engineering Team as an internship to help develop structural solutions for new Cloud Module products, from chip components to transceiver levels.

Interns will work on prototypes, thermal analyses, GD&T, and DFM activities, applying classroom knowledge to real-world packaging challenges and gaining exposure to manufacturing and R&D processes.

Qualifications

• Enrollment in undergraduate or graduate engineering program (mechanical or related).
• Ability to apply classroom learning through coursework, projects, lab work, or research.
• Availability for the full internship period.

Responsibilities

• Provide genuine ideas for new chip, component, and Module design.
• Build product prototypes.
• Perform thermal stress analysis for new or existing package designs.
• Perform GD&T analysis.
• Involve DFM activities.

Skills

Academic project experience

Analytical thinking

Enrollment in engineering program

Education

Undergraduate or graduate engineering (mechanical)

Tools

SolidWorks

MS Office

Agile

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Lumentum Inc. San Jose, California, United States It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Team Overview

Module Package Engineering Team plays key roles to develop structure for all new Cloud Module products from chip and component level up to transceiver level. They have been facing great challenges to offer sound mechanical structure, thermal performance, and stable signal integrity for many market-first products.

Responsibilities

• Provide genuine ideas for new chip, component, and Module design
• Build product prototypes
• Perform thermal stress analysis for new or existed package design
• Perform GD&T analysis
• Involve DFM activities

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate engineering, mechanical or related technical programs.
• Foundational knowledge of concepts, tools, or methods relevant to the internship.
• Demonstrated ability to apply classroom learning through coursework, projects, laboratory work, research, or other relevant experience.
• Available for the full internship period.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of FEA software such as ANSYS is a plus.
• Experience in opto-mechanical designs
• Experience with production development
• Abilities in mechanical design, drafting, tolerance analysis, and familiar with tools like: SolidWorks, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Agile.

Pay Range

Disclaimer: Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.