2027 Intern - Industrial Engineer (Lycoming) - Williamsport, PA

About the role

As an intern with Textron, you’ll gain hands-on experience while exploring your interests and building new skills. You’ll be supported and challenged to contribute in meaningful ways – working on real projects alongside experienced professionals to prepare for future success.

Who We Are

We are Lycoming Engines, best known as a world leader in aircraft engines. Here at Lycoming Engines, we produce four-, six-, and eight-cylinder aircraft engines that power 60% of the world’s general aviation fleet. For nearly 100 years, we have earned a reputation for reliability and flexibility with our extensive range of aircraft engines trusted by pilots, owners, and general aviation enthusiasts.

Lycoming Engines takes great pride in being the only U.S. owned and operated aviation piston engine manufacturer, and we build every engine as though we were going to fly it ourselves. All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company — Textron Inc. — which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft. Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow’s technology in the world’s hands today.

Position Summary

The Industrial Engineering intern develops and coordinates the strategies and plans that improve productivity with Manufacturing. Under Management supervision, implements practices to reduce operating expenses, reduce work in progress, and increase production.

Responsibilities

• Learn to summarize, by significant categories, issues that affected manufacturing activity to Production supervisor.
• Learn to develop crew load/shop load plans and reports.
• Learn to estimate time value or standard in appropriate electronic systems.
• Learn to provide schedule variance figures to manufacturing and assist in Performance reports (weekly) explanations.
• Learn to implement cost reduction ideas (Method Improvements).
• Learn to provide Weekly Activity reports.
• Ensure visual factory information is always current.
• Time standards applications.
• Schedule and cost analysis.
• Manpower justification.
• Manufacturing cost savings.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge in the creation of and the ability to read/understand blueprints including a working knowledge of GD&T.
• Knowledge of CAD.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies including machine capability and process control.

Qualifications

• Student should be currently enrolled in a college degree program or certification program.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.

Benefits

• Paid, full-time 10-week summer internship with a prepaid stipend.
• Mentorship, training, and development opportunities.
• Real project work and hands-on experience.
• Service time credited toward 401(k) vesting upon full-time employment.
• Alternative work schedules at select locations.