The board
- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- Irvine, California
- Apply by
- End Date: December 31, 2026
- Posted
- 4 days ago
Job Summary
The Manufacturing Engineer Co-op will join the Manufacturing Engineering team and support initiatives that improve manufacturing processes, product quality, operational efficiency, and documentation compliance. Working alongside Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, and R&D teams, the intern will gain hands-on experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment while contributing to meaningful engineering projects.
This role offers exposure to process improvement, engineering investigations, validation, technical documentation, and manufacturing operations. The intern will apply engineering fundamentals to real-world challenges while developing technical, analytical, and professional skills through mentorship and project-based learning.
What you'd do
- Support validation activities, process studies, and engineering experiments by gathering data, documenting results, and preparing summaries.
- Observe manufacturing operations and identify opportunities to enhance safety, quality, efficiency, and standardization through data-driven recommendations.
- Draft, review, and update manufacturing protocols, reports, work instructions, and standard operating procedures including data collection, analysis, and documentation of findings
- Support manufacturing engineering projects focused on process optimization, yield improvement, cost reduction, and operational efficiency.
- Collect, organize, analyze, and present manufacturing and quality data to support engineering decisions and project objectives.
- Use SolidWorks to create/update designs
- Work is primarily performed in a manufacturing and/or office environment
- May require occasional time on the production floor
What they want
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Availability for Spring Co-op (January 11 – June 30, 2027)
- Full-time (40 hours per week, Monday through Friday)
- Minimum sophomore standing with plans to return to an accredited degree program following the internship/co-op.
- Starts
- 2026-09-30