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Development Engineering Internship

Southwire Company
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This internship will be hosted for the Summer 2024 semester

Estimated dates: May through August 2024

 

Description

Serving as training Development Project Leader, the ideal candidate shall possess the following skills:

  • Ability to collaborate with different partners within and outside the corporation. For example, manufacturing plants, test laboratories, customers, vendors, consultants, contractors, etc.
  • Ability to lead projects with autonomy and personal accountability in a very fast-paced, time and budget-constrained environment
  • Ability to manage multiple complex projects in parallel to timely completion
  • Ability to take initiative to recommend projects, product improvements, or cost reductions

 

The successful candidate must be:

  • A team player and Comfortable with leading edge research, product enhancement, and process improvement in a time-constrained market-driven research and development environment
  • Creative and analytical problem solver individual
  • Able to adhere to the task at hand and see difficult projects through even when facing setbacks
  • A good project and people manager. He/she will participate in multiple projects with differing priorities, and roles
  • Able to conquer the science necessary to develop a product while being able to plan, visualize project milestones, anticipate lead times, and take the necessary actions for a timely project completion
  • An excellent communicator both verbal and written
  • Self-motivated and results oriented
  • Willing to do hands on work to produce product prototypes and perform required testing

 

Requirements

  • Must be currently enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree in engineering – preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical
  • Product development experience
  • Experience with the process of product certification, for example UL, CSA, and others preferred but not required
  • Experience in statistical analysis preferred but not required
  • Skills in SOLIDWORKS or other CAD software, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and simulations are preferred but not required