Industrial Engineer Intern (Fall 2026)
About Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high-performance computing, and software-defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
About the Role
We are hiring an Industrial Engineer Intern to join our growing manufacturing team at the NCSC Whitsett site. This onsite internship offers hands-on experience supporting production layouts, process flow, capacity planning, headcount analysis, and manufacturing-data analysis. You will have the opportunity to apply industrial engineering concepts to real operational challenges while supporting a site that is expanding its production lines and introducing new automation.
Responsibilities
- Support the analysis of production layouts, process flow, and material flow.
- Assist with headcount, capacity, labor-utilization, and manufacturing-data analysis.
- Collect and analyze production data to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Support layout changes, workstation balancing, and workflow improvements.
- Assist with time studies and other manufacturing-performance evaluations.
- Participate in process-improvement and process-standardization activities.
- Support the development of reports, dashboards, and manufacturing-performance measures.
- Collaborate with production, quality, manufacturing, and engineering teams.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or a related discipline.
- Basic knowledge of AutoCAD.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate findings clearly and work collaboratively with others.
- Ability to work onsite at the NCSC Whitsett site 40 hours a week and support the assigned first- or second-shift schedule.
Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework or project experience involving production layouts, process flow, capacity, data analysis, or manufacturing operations.
- Previous manufacturing, operations, internship, or academic project experience.