Wafer Manufacturing Analytics Intern

Seagate Technology; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

12 paid holidays

Paid sick leave (48 hours)

Job summary

Seagate Technology invites motivated students to join our Bloomington, Minnesota campus as a manufacturing analytics intern. You will collect and analyze factory data, observe production floors, and interact with operators, technicians, engineers, and managers to understand data-driven barriers.

The role emphasizes Lean methods, data visualization, and actionable recommendations. You will map processes, develop metrics and dashboards, prototype solutions with stakeholders, and present findings

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering or science with enrollment continuing after Summer 2027.
• Willing to work on-site in Bloomington, Minnesota and follow cleanroom, safety, information-security, and manufacturing procedures.
• Experience or professional interest in manufacturing systems, operations, statistics, Lean methods, process improvement, or data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Collect, clean, and analyze manufacturing data from appropriate factory reports and systems.
• Observe work in the wafer factory and interview operators, technicians, engineers, and managers to understand barriers that are not visible in the data.
• Map current processes, decision points, ownership, and information flow.
• Use Lean methods, time studies, Pareto analysis, trend analysis, and other appropriate engineering tools.
• Develop new metrics, dashboards, analytical methods, or process concepts that make performance losses visible and actionable.
• Prototype and test solutions with stakeholders, incorporating feedback and documenting limitations.
• Estimate the potential benefits of recommendations in output, cycle time, labor efficiency, or avoided loss.
• Provide clear documentation and present findings, conclusions, and recommendations to manufacturing leadership.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Minitab

Job description

Seagate Technology invites motivated students to join our Bloomington, Minnesota campus as a manufacturing analytics intern. You will collect and analyze factory data, observe production floors, and interact with operators, technicians, engineers, and managers to understand data-driven barriers.

The role emphasizes Lean methods, data visualization, and actionable recommendations. You will map processes, develop metrics and dashboards, prototype solutions with stakeholders, and present findings