Mechanical Engineering Intern
About the role
As a family-run, high-tech company with nearly 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive to join our team. Our company culture, which values collaboration and mutual trust, creates the ideal framework for boldly trying new things and questioning the status quo. Our technologies inspire people to develop and produce things that are currently unimaginable. Whether lasers, machine tools, EUV or electronics - TRUMPF is building technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?
Internship details
Onsite in Farmington, CT from January 2027 - August 2027. At least 32 hours weekly.
Responsibilities
- Work with Mechanical Design Engineers on new product design concepts
- Create technical documentation (drawings and BOMs) for assigned parts and units
- Ensure that units and parts are designed for efficient series production and assembly
- Implement defined requirements for units and parts
- Ensure that units and parts are designed according to specifications and cost targets
- Support assembly and testing designed units
- Optimize designed units according to assembly and test results
- Continuous improvement of functionality and reliability of TRUMPF products
- Support production and assembly on mechanical design related issues
- Create design changes
Qualifications
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail is required
- Strong inter-personal communication skills and ability to work as a team player
- Experience and knowledge of 3D CAD software, such as SolidWorks, preferred but not essential
Education
Must be a student enrolled in an accredited university or institution pursuing an undergraduate's degree in a related field. All science, research and engineering activities that combine engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.