Project Manager Intern - Global Partnerships & Engineering Business Development

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. is seeking a full-time Project Manager Intern for the Global Partnerships & Engineering Business Development team at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area for summer 2027.

The role provides hands-on project management experience from concept through mass production, collaborating with multiple departments. You will learn to define objectives, create schedules, track milestones, and support change control in a fast-paced environment while developing

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, Software or related field.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across teams.
• Demonstrated project management knowledge or experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist project management with defining objectives, timelines and milestones.
• Learn to create and adjust project schedules with milestones and dependencies.
• Support weekly project status meetings and documentation.
• Understand market commitments and align product schedules accordingly.
• Collaborate with program managers across functional areas on complex projects.
• Facilitate communications for the core development team with other teams.
• Assist with bill of materials, product release procedures and component tracking.
• Participate in change control management and priority setting.

Skills

Project coordination

Verbal/written communication

Team collaboration

Detail-oriented

Education

Pursuing degree in EE/ME/CE/Software or related

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Project Manager Intern for our Global Partnerships & Engineering Business Development team at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area for summer 2027. In this role, you will be responsible for providing project management and coordination between project team and other departments in the development of Garmin products from initial concept through mass production.

Essential Functions

• Assist project management team with providing guidance and leadership through definition of clear objectives, requirements, timelines and milestones to internal and external project staff


• Learn to create and adjust project schedules with well-defined milestones within subsystem dependencies


• Assist with management, facilitation, and documentation for weekly project status meetings


• Learn and understand market commitments and ensure product schedules can meet those commitments


• Work with program managers as required on complex projects across multiple functional areas, managing ongoing action items while tracking and reporting progress


• Work with project management to facilitate communications for core development team with other teams


• Learn to create and manage bill of materials, execute procedures for product release and track the development of project components


• Participate in management of change control and understand project priorities

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software or other related field


• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)


• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills


• Proven project management experience and/or demonstrated knowledge in project management concepts/processes


• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize work in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment.


• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with keen attention to detail


• Ability to deal with confidential company matters


• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desired Qualifications

• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)


• Experience working with MS Project


• Relevant knowledge, experience and/or training in one or more of the specialization areas: Automotive OEM, Handset Development, Handset Software, Consumer Automotive Development, Consumer Automotive Software

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability. This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Intern Benefits