Mechanical Engineering Intern

UL Solutions External Career Site; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

UL Solutions in the United States is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Intern for Spring 2027. You will assist Laboratory staff with improving quality and customer satisfaction for UL Retail products, including reducing returns and improving online ratings.

Responsibilities cover ensuring process controls meet specs and laws, complying with SOPs and contracts, and supporting data validation, analysis, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• ABET-accredited Mechanical Engineering program; junior or senior student in ABET program.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to interface with clients.
• Eager to learn, team player, and ability to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Assist Laboratory staff with improving the quality and customer satisfaction of UL Retail products; including returns reduction, damage markdown reduction, improving online reviews and ratings, and reducing customer care complaints.
• Ensure optimal execution of process controls so that factories meet product specifications and laws.
• Ensure compliance to SOPs, contracts, supplier buying agreements, and purchase orders.
• Monitor the implementation of continuous improvement / corrective / preventive actions across each process.
• Resolve quality issues by identifying problems and providing feedback to the UL Retail customer.
• Assist in developing FMEA, control plans and MSA.
• Assist in development/validation of test and inspection plans to assure quality of products.
• Support the Retail Customer in reviews with suppliers and related supply chain components.
• Analyze and interpret assessment results to determine root causes and drive improvements.
• Assist in defining and deploying data, analytics and reporting products and services.
• Conduct data validation, statistical analyses, and data mapping.
• Knowledge of hand tools and measuring equipment.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer service

Team player

Autonomous

Willing to learn

Education

ABET-accredited Mechanical Engineering program

Tools

Hand tools

Measuring equipment

Job description

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help themdeliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.

This internship will pay $24/hour.

2027 Spring Internship dates are from: Monday, January 11th - Friday, May 7th

Responsibilities

The Mechanical Engineering Intern will assist Laboratory staff with improving the quality and overall customer satisfaction of a UL Retail customers private branded products; including returns to store reduction, damage or damage markdown reduction, improving online reviews and ratings, and reduce customer care complaints. Ensure optimal execution of process controls for the customer and its related companies so that the factories being used and the products being manufactured meet or exceed product specifications and relevant national, state, and local laws. Ensure compliance to all relevant requirements from Standard Operating Procedures, contracts, supplier buying agreements, and purchase orders. Monitor the implementation of continuous improvement / corrective / preventive action plans throughout each process.

These responsibilities will include tasks such as:

• Resolve quality issues by identifying problems, examining solutions and providing feedback to the UL Retail customer, including issues of capability, tolerancing, and materials/handling related issues.
• Effectively communicate and reinforce the UL commitment to quality improvement efforts
• Assist in the development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Control plans and Measurement system analysis.
• Assist in the Development / validation of test and inspection plans designed to assure quality of products based on a review of UL, ANSI, industry trends, and historical performance data.
• Support the Retail Customer in the review and resolution of issues with suppliers, factories, service providers, merchandising, store operations, distribution, safety, customers, and other related supply chain components as required.
• Analyze and interpret assessment, test, and inspection results, determine root cause of failures and non-conformities, and drive continuous improvement and best practices.
• Assists in defining, developing and deploying data, analytics and reporting products and services.
• Conducts data validation, statistical analyses, and data mapping.
• Knowledge of Hand tools and Measuring Equipment.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• University Student (Junior or Senior level) with a major in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or related field from an ABET accredited program.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Strong customer service skills with the ability to interface effectively and professionally with clients
• Eager to learn, team player, and ability to work autonomously

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

About the Team

From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we’re involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We help customers ensure that not only are their products themselves safe, but their supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships, providing advice and expertise to help themdeliver safer products that meet the latest requirements and manufacture them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people’s lives.

Job Info

• Job Identification 11182
• Job Category Intern
• Posting Date 10/12/2026, 03:09 PM
• Degree Level Some College/University Education