Title:  Intern, Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Intern, Manufacturing Engineer 

Job Code: 43139

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Job Description: 

The Manufacturing Intern will assist in supporting the production of high-reliability electronic hardware for Tactical Satellite equipment, including SMT(Surface Mount Technology) solder assembly, mechanical integration, and environmental testing. Responsibilities include establishing work instructions, developing process procedures, qualifying new tools/equipment, overseeing non-conformance reviews, implementing engineering changes, maintaining labor standards, and process controls. Additionally, the engineer will assist senior engineers with new product introductions, root-cause investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Essential Functions:  

• Implement and analyze manufacturing plans and projects.
• Design, develop, and transfer manufacturing and engineering tools, strategies, and systems.
• Develop manufacturing strategies for specific products and processes.
• Interface with engineering to coordinate the release of new products.
• Estimate manufacturing costs, determine time standards, and recommend tooling and process requirements for new or existing product lines.
• Maintain records and reporting systems to coordinate manufacturing operations.
• Work closely with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to oversee the development and transfer of new products from Engineering to Production.
• Create work instructions, assembly routings, and establish labor/cycle time standards.
• Perform economic analyses to identify and address variances in planned labor and cycle times.
• Maintain manufacturing processes and oversee process equipment.
• Develop/procure manufacturing tooling and qualify materials required for new product introduction (NPI).
• Attend daily shift huddles and support product line key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Support root cause analyses and implement corrective actions to address product non-conformances.

Qualifications:

• To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical Engineering, chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field  

Preferred Skills: 

• Experience with soldering and/or basic electronic manufacturing processes
• Experience with basic CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Creo, etc. etc.)
• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Yellow or Green Belt
• Experience with Minitab, JMP, or other statistical software