Manufacturing Engineering Intern

About the Role

As an Electrical Engineering intern at Stryker, you will be placed in one of several teams including Advanced Quality, Process Quality, Supplier Quality, Quality, Research & Development (New Product Development, Product Engineering, Test Lab), and Manufacturing. You'll apply classroom knowledge in a fast-paced industry, implement new ideas, develop skills, network with leaders, document complex processes, and contribute to meaningful projects.

Who We Want

• Challengers – People who seek out hard projects and work to find just the right solutions
• Teammates – Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts, and work together to move the business forward
• Charismatic networkers – Relationship-savvy people who intentionally make connections with both internal partners and external contacts
• Strategic thinkers – Interns who propose innovative ideas and consistently exceed performance objectives
• Customer-oriented achievers – Individuals with an unparalleled work ethic and customer-focused attitude who bring value to their partnerships
• Game changers – Persistent interns who will stop at nothing to make healthcare better

Opportunities Available

Advanced Quality (AQE): Work on engineering projects related to new product development, with emphasis on human factors engineering, risk management, statistics, reliability engineering, design verification, and design validation including customer interaction.

Process Quality (PQE): Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product sustainment, perform root cause analysis on non-conforming production issues, implement corrective actions, and use tools including CAD for fixture design, root cause analysis methods, LabView, and validation activities to optimize production, inspection, and quality system processes.

Supplier Quality (SQE): Work closely with suppliers to ensure components and manufacturing processes meet required standards, using technical background and communication skills to influence suppliers while working with internal customers from multiple functions and meeting with suppliers frequently.

Quality: Work with internal cross-functional teams and external sales teams and customers to develop and sustain high-quality products, evaluate risk, ensure customer user needs are met, drive craftsmanship, safety, durability, and reliability into products, and handle complaints and implement design changes for post-market quality issues.

Research & Development – New Product Development: Work with cross-functional teams to identify needs and goals of future products, research new technologies, customer expectations, business requirements, and regulations, and use tools including CAD, FEA, and Test Labs to develop new product concepts from concept to production.

Research & Development – Product Engineering: Work with cross-functional teams to identify improvement needs on current products, research new technologies, customer feedback, and product performance data, and use tools including CAD, FEA, Test Labs, and root cause analysis methods to improve safety and efficacy of existing products.

Research & Development – Test Lab: Partner with Test Engineers and R&D to experiment with early prototypes, vet out product designs, design and build fixtures to simulate real-life situations, and perform design verification – quantitative testing of technical specifications. Team specialties range from sterilization, mechanical, electrical, software, and optics.

Manufacturing: Collaborate with Design and Operations to deliver new products to market, partner with technicians and engineers to improve manufacturing lines through new fixture development, assembly line process enhancement, implementation of lean manufacturing principles, and improving ergonomics and safety.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; must remain enrolled in a degree-seeking program after the internship
• Cumulative 3.0 GPA or above (verified at time of hire)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to collaborate and build relationships
• Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and eagerness to learn in a dynamic environment

Pay

$20 minimum hourly wage – $35 maximum hourly wage, plus sign-on bonus, 11 paid holidays annually, and either paid corporate housing or a living stipend dependent upon hiring location.