Manufacturing Engineering Internship

About the role

Allient Milwaukee builds TCI branded product and is a dynamic, growing Milwaukee area manufacturer of industry leading products for AC and DC drives. This position requires on‑site part‑time work in Germantown, WI during the school semester and offers full‑time work in the summer. It is not a winter‑break or summer‑only internship.

Responsibilities

• Shop floor layout analysis to improve product flow, eliminate WIP, and implement new machines as needed on the floor.
• Creating assembly documentation including but not limited to work instructions, exploded drawings, and wiring documentation.
• Assembly of prototype products on the shop floor and working with the construction of prototype circuits and test fixtures as needed by the engineering team.
• Develop and maintain shop floor layout to include all equipment locations, electrical requirements, pneumatic, and data locations.
• Controlling processes to improve the consistency and quality of products.
• Observing product assembly and implementing process improvements to reduce time and labor.
• Ability to think of and design fixtures and tools to improve operations on the shop floor.
• Working with engineers to improve manufacturability of new and existing products.
• Exposure to all or some of the following tools and technologies: AutoCAD, Inventor, Epicor (ERP), project documentation WIKIs, power electronic active filter circuits, passive filter circuits, and production test equipment.

Schedule

On‑site part‑time work in Germantown, WI during the school semester; full‑time during the summer.

Qualifications

• Previous work in a manufacturing environment.
• Current accredited college or university enrollment making progress towards an undergraduate degree in…

Skills

• Strong skills in mechanical design, with some knowledge of electrical or electronic products a plus.
• Desire to work in the factory with manufacturing associates solving problems, providing fabrication guides, and improving assembly documentation.
• Ability and willingness to take independent action and complete job tasks.
• Willingness to seek out additional assignments.
• Desire to take full ownership of all assigned tasks and complete them in an efficient, timely manner.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of 3D solid modeling design tools including Autodesk Inventor.
• Knowledge of assembly level hand tools, hands‑on experience assembling products.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning tool use for item creation, bill of material creation, and engineering change documentation.