Engineer Intern - Quality (Summer 2027)

About Pierce, An Oshkosh Company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineered pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal—from innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

About the role

This job includes overall process and product quality responsibility. This may include our supplier base, test, manufacturing, sales floor, control test, exercising, pre-ship, deprocessing, customer fielding and service/warranty. Everyone is responsible for the level of quality, exceeding customer expectations, of the product. Quality interns work with Quality department staff while exhibiting a professional and cooperative attitude.

Your impact

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned:

• Maintain a positive, professional working relationship with all customers.
• Responsible for supporting Quality Department staff.
• Review and update quality documentation.
• Actively participate in group and team meetings.
• Communicate with suppliers and internal teams to correct and prevent quality issues.
• Assist in problem solving and implementing solutions to quality-related problems.
• Assist staff with the disposition of defective material.
• Participate in quality audits internally and externally.
• Assist in supplier quality and process control.
• Report and respond to quality process nonconformance issues in an expedient manner.
• Work inter-functionally with Quality and Manufacturing to resolve quality-related issues.
• Must exhibit the ability to proactively complete assigned tasks.
• Travel as required.
• Must be willing to complete additional advanced training/educational courses as required.
• Accurately maintain company records and documents in accordance with policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Student working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Engineering, Operations Management/Business Administration, or a related field for the entire duration of the internship.

Standout Qualifications

• GPA of 3.0 or greater.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Pay Range

$18.00 – $37.00

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions.