Packaging Engineer Intern

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.; Town of Prairie du Sac (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. in Wisconsin offers a Packaging Engineering Intern role for the summer.

You will work on packaging design, development, and optimization for a diverse product range, collaborating with product teams, manufacturing, and QA to learn practical packaging solutions. The internship covers project planning, material research, regulatory support, and documentation, with opportunities to gain hands-on experience, present findings to leadership, and support cost-reduction

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in packaging engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field.
• Two years of post-high school education and enrolled for fall semester at a technical college or four-year university.
• GPA in good academic standing and interest in packaging design/innovation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in 50% package design and optimization projects with planning, prototyping, evaluation, and presenting findings to executives.
• Support packaging solutions development for new and existing products across the lifecycle.
• Contribute ideas to enhance user experience and reduce costs while collaborating with product development, manufacturing, and QA teams.
• Assist material research/testing and regulatory/compliance activities as part of the packaging program.
• Maintain documentation of specifications, test results, and compliance records; prepare reports and presentations.

Skills

Packaging design

Project management

Team collaboration

Communication

Attention to detail

CAD (Solidworks)

Microsoft Excel

Education

Two years of post-high school education; pursuing a bachelor's degree in packaging/mechanical engineering or related field

Tools

CAD (Solidworks)

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

Position Overview:

Internships usually begin the end of May through early September. Mueller Sports Medicine (MSM) looks for candidates that are academically strong with a passion for their field of study. MSM provides opportunities for internships in marketing, innovation, purchasing, logistics, information technology (IT), finance and accounting, or customer service. An intern can expect to virtually and/or in-person meet with associates, vendors, customers to explore future career opportunities. If the intern chooses to take the internship for credit, MSM is willing to accommodate any recordkeeping or evaluation requirements. This specific internship provides hands-on experience in packaging design, development, and optimization within the sports medicine industry. As a Packaging Engineering Intern, you will collaborate with our team of experienced professionals to support the development of packaging solutions for our diverse range of products.

POSITION FUNCTIONS *

50% Package Design and Optimization

• Complete an assigned project requiring planning, research, prototyping, evaluation, presentation of findings and recommendations to Executive team.
• Support the design and development of packaging solutions for new and existing products.
• Contribute creative ideas to enhance user experience and reduce costs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product development, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to support packaging initiatives throughout the product lifecycle.

10% Material Research and Testing

• Conduct research on packaging materials and technologies to identify potential options for product packaging.
• Assist in material testing and analysis to evaluate performance, durability, and sustainability.

10% Regulatory Compliance Support

• Learn about regulatory requirements governing packaging in the sports medicine industry.
• Assist in ensuring that packaging designs comply with relevant standards for safety, labeling, and environmental sustainability.

30% Documentation and Reporting

• Assist in maintaining accurate documentation of packaging specifications, test results, and compliance records.
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate project updates, findings, and recommendations.

NA Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.

Position Functions for this position consist of all items listed under any category that make up 5% or more of the position duties. This position description is subject to change without notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Completed two years of post-high school education and enrolled for the fall semester at a technical college or four-year university. Pursuing a bachelor's degree in a packaging engineering, mechanical engineering, field of study related to the area of the internship.
• Have a grade point average sufficient to be considered in good academic standing.
• Strong interest in packaging design, development, and innovation within the consumer goods or medical device industry.
• Ability to understand and comply with Mueller Safety Systems and current regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work experience or internships in the field or a related field of the internship.
• Basic knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, and regulatory requirements is preferred.

Required Skills

• Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies.
• Makes sound decisions based on research, analysis, discussion, experience and judgment.
• Demonstrated team player with active participation in meetings.
• Strong planning and project management skills.
• Strong ability to transition efficiently from working independently to working collaboratively.
• Anticipates emerging and future trends accurately based on broad knowledge and perspective.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Develops and maintains interpersonal relationships.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, creative, interest in continuous learning, and the ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Proficient use of Microsoft products, including Word, Outlook and Excel, and related industry applications such as CAD (Solidworks).
• Valid driver's licence.

Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the organization’s systems and data as well as client data.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills; ability to stand or sit, bend or stoop, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light weights of up to 20 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate office equipment and read. The team member frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. Position requires frequent typing. Position may require limited local business travel.

Notice: The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by team members within this classification. This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all tasks, responsibilities and qualifications required of team members assigned to this job. Position functions, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.