Supplier Quality Internship: Auto Innovations

Mercedes-Benz Group AG; Tuscaloosa, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Visa costs coverage

Housing bonus

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in Alabama seeks a paid internship position aligned with Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering studies.

You will assist in ramping up production at Lear, support quality activities, and coordinate sampling and documentation. The program is open to students with 3+ semesters, offering visa cost coverage and a housing bonus. This role provides hands-on experience in supplier quality, starts January 2027, and includes on-site work with the MBUSI

Qualifications

• Education: Student in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering or related area.
• Necessary Skills, Certifications, etc.: Microsoft Office; Mercedes Quality and Development processes and tools (START, PIA, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Support ramp up of Model year vehicles at seat supplier Lear from Production trials (PT1-3) to start of production (SOP).
• Drive quality related open topic lists to closure, create management summaries and report out on project progress.
• Sample coordination including timing tracking for Product Validation (PV) samples and shipping samples.
• Support Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE) of the Interior department in daily and project tasks.
• Opportunity to improve overall product quality with smaller projects (e.g. Improvement of seat protective foil).
• Support meetings with German counterparts from Research and Development (RD) and supplier.
• KPI creation and follow up on open topics.
• Report creation (Start extracts, PIA overviews, etc.) for supplier quality team

Education

Student in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

START

PIA

Job description

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in Alabama seeks a paid internship position aligned with Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering studies.

You will assist in ramping up production at Lear, support quality activities, and coordinate sampling and documentation. The program is open to students with 3+ semesters, offering visa cost coverage and a housing bonus. This role provides hands-on experience in supplier quality, starts January 2027, and includes on-site work with the MBUSI