Product Development Engineer Intern — Build & Innovate

Southwire Company; Carrollton (GA); On-site; USD 57,308,000 - 65,904,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with Matching & Pension Plan

Flexible Work Schedules

Job summary

Southwire’s College Programs offer internships and co-ops to help early career professionals bridge classroom learning with real-world projects in electrical and mechanical engineering. Interns join a Core Team Leader/Project Manager and work on diverse tasks, timelines, and milestones within a Stage Gate framework.

Interns typically participate in a 10–12 week period and co-ops for 16–18 weeks, with opportunities to present work and explore full-time employment after graduation.

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree in any engineering discipline.
• Reliable transportation to and from work.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organization, planning, and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) or other relevanttools.

Responsibilities

• Function as principal investigator or lead a group of engineers investigating problems, developing solutions, and preparing related recommendations and reports.
• Execute Research & Development projects including planning, timeline forecast, budget management, logistics coordination using the Stage Gate process.
• Collaborate with different partners within and outside the corporation.
• Lead projects with autonomy and personal accountability to conquer the science necessary to develop a product while being able to plan, visualize project milestones, anticipate lead times, and take the necessary actions for a timely project completion.
• Comfortable with leading edge research, product enhancement, and process improvement in a time-constrained market-driven research and development environment.
• Take initiative to recommend projects, product improvements, or cost reductions.
• Represent the group in meetings and conferences; interact with customers to provide training seminars as well as resolve significant technical issues and develop related action plans.
• Make formal technical presentations to customers and to industry forums and at conferences.
• As required, be responsible for technical direction and minor administrative guidance of a small group of engineers and assistants.
• Support manufacturing throughout the production cycle. This includes, but is limited to, creating testing plans, design handover meetings and solving problems on the manufacturing floor.

Skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Written and verbal communication

MS Office skills

Education

Currently enrolled in engineering program

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Southwire’s College Programs offer internships and co-ops to help early career professionals bridge classroom learning with real-world projects in electrical and mechanical engineering. Interns join a Core Team Leader/Project Manager and work on diverse tasks, timelines, and milestones within a Stage Gate framework.

Interns typically participate in a 10–12 week period and co-ops for 16–18 weeks, with opportunities to present work and explore full-time employment after graduation.