Product Engineer Intern

Direct Supply, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefit package

Job summary

Direct Supply in Milwaukee offers a Product Engineer Intern position focused on hands-on development and launches across an expanding healthcare technology portfolio. You’ll gain practical engineering experience by researching products, supporting testing and prototypes, and contributing to cross-functional development projects.

You’ll build skills in Quality Management Systems, business planning, and patent research while applying AI tools to research and development, and producing technical

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a technical degree program in Engineering, Quality, Sciences, Technology, or related field.
• Strong attention to detail and effective written/verbal communication.
• Ability to work 20–25 hours per week during the school year and ~40 hours in the summer.
• Interest in hands-on prototyping, product testing, and engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Research products, components, and emerging technologies to develop specs for new product introductions.
• Support development projects led by senior engineers and accelerate from concept to launch.
• Assist cross-functional teams in identifying high-value opportunities for new and innovative products.
• Review business plans and recommend technologies to support outcomes.
• Apply AI tools to research, simplify processes, and improve insights.
• Develop product comparison testing and establish standards for evaluating performance.
• Create concept sketches, engineering drawings, diagrams, and documentation for prototypes.

Skills

Learn & Adapt

Systems Thinking

Influence & Collaborate

AI curiosity

Education

Technical degree program (Engineering/Quality/Sciences/Technology)

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

In the Product Engineer Intern position, you’ll support new product development and launches across a growing portfolio of innovative products. You’ll gain hands-on engineering experience by researching products and technologies, supporting product testing and prototypes, and contributing to cross-functional development projects while building your skills in areas such as Quality Management Systems, business planning, and patent research. Direct Supply is building the future of healthcare technology with industry-leading products, solutions and platforms to help improve the lives of millions of seniors and those who care for them. What You’ll Do and Impact: Research products, components, and emerging technologies to develop specifications for new product introductions that create value for customers. Contribute to product development projects led by senior engineers, helping accelerate development from concept through launch. Support cross-functional project teams in identifying and evaluating high-value opportunities for new and innovative products. Review business plans and recommend technologies that support desired product and business outcomes. Apply technology and AI tools to research and development activities to simplify processes, strengthen insights, and improve products. Develop and perform product comparison testing and establish standards for evaluating product performance. Create concept sketches, engineering drawings, logic diagrams, and other technical documentation to support prototypes and new product concepts. Skills Needed: Learn & Adapt - Continuously grow and adapt as technology, customer needs, roles, and work systems evolve. Stay curious, learn beyond your core specialty, experiment with new approaches, use AI to accelerate learning, and improve through feedback and setbacks. Systems Thinking & Problem Solving - Identify the right problems to solve by understanding the broader system – customers, stakeholders, processes, data, technology, and AI. Connect root causes, dependencies, tradeoffs, and upstream and downstream effects to develop practical, scalable solutions that improve the whole. Influence & Collaborate - Build trust, communicate clearly, and work across boundaries to drive action and shared outcomes. Seek and integrate different perspectives, contribute ideas, work through dependencies, and help teams make progress together through change and ambiguity. Strong curiosity and motivation to explore AI capabilities such as natural language processing, computer vision, or generative models. Experience: Currently enrolled in a technical degree program in Engineering, Quality, Sciences, Technology, or a related field. 3 or more semesters remaining before graduation. Strong attention to detail and precision with effective written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently, take accountability for assignments, and adapt to changing priorities. Strong mechanical aptitude and interest in hands-on work approximately 10–20% of the time. Eagerness to learn and apply new software, technologies, and engineering tools. Ability to work approximately 20–25 hours per week during the school year and approximately 40 hours per week during the summer. Additional Items of Interest: SolidWorks experience. Exposure to product development, prototyping, product testing, Quality Management Systems, or related engineering processes. Interest in applying AI and emerging technologies to engineering and product development. Job to be performed in the location listed. Generous benefit package available. © 2013 to 2026 Direct Supply, Inc. All rights reserved. Direct Supply delivers solution-driven platforms, products and services to help solve the toughest challenges facing Senior Living and Healthcare. For more than 35 years, we’ve grown consistently while expanding our offering of innovative solutions for virtually every critical area of senior health across the continuum of care. If you asked our 1,200+ Partners what separates Direct Supply from other applied technology companies, it’s that we are 100% employee owned and driven to work with a purpose. Every day, we strive to honor our mission of enhancing the lives of millions of seniors and healthcare professionals in a results-oriented agile environment that gives our Partners the necessary tools and flexibility to truly bring what’s next to Healthcare. Ready to make a difference?