Mechanical Design Intern — Prototyping & Team Collaboration

Emerson; Shakopee (MN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing allowance (monthly)

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Volunteer time

Job summary

Emerson is seeking a student engineer for our internship program in the United States. The role requires pursuing a bachelor’s in engineering and allows full-time in-person work (40 hours per week). Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

is required. Preferred candidates have a GPA of 3.0+, prior internship experience, and strong communication skills. The internship offers exposure to design across plastics, castings, stamps, and machined parts, with collaboration across global teams, prototype

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s in engineering.
• Zero years of related experience.
• Ability to work full-time (40 hours) per week in-person.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• GPA of 3.0 or above (preferred).
• Prior internship experience (preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Use analytical skills, reasoning, and engineering judgment to develop new and innovative products and technologies.
• Design components including injection molded plastics, die and investment castings, stampings, machined parts, etc.
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional project teams to ensure new designs meet internal requirements and industry standards.
• Support prototype construction, laboratory testing, and agency testing during the product design cycle.
• Apply sound engineering practices to solve quality issues.
• Provide continuation engineering support for existing products.
• Interact with software, electrical, manufacturing, marketing, supply chain, sales, and customers on technical matters.
• Identify and implement product and process cost reductions and improvements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering (pursuing)

Job description

Emerson is seeking a student engineer for our internship program in the United States. The role requires pursuing a bachelor’s in engineering and allows full-time in-person work (40 hours per week). Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

is required. Preferred candidates have a GPA of 3.0+, prior internship experience, and strong communication skills. The internship offers exposure to design across plastics, castings, stamps, and machined parts, with collaboration across global teams, prototype