Product Engineering Intern

About the Role

Provide support for existing new Product Engineering efforts within the division and specifically at the assigned facility. This internship is designed to provide hands-on experience in research, development, and implementation of new technologies and methodologies that enhance productivity, efficiency, and product quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and Drafting: Assist with mechanical part design, electromechanical design, and assembly design.
• Assembly: Conduct station set-up, lean manufacturing, process validation, mechanical troubleshooting, and electrical troubleshooting.
• Calibration: Perform manual calibrations, work with automated test fixtures, mechanical design and manufacture, and software design and execution.
• Quality: Troubleshoot failure analysis, recommend product improvements, and perform system software verification and validation of product software.
• Update work instructions, control plans, and inspection plans.
• Improve the division training matrix.
• Assist in running problem-solving events.
• Seek out process improvements through the quality function.
• Research and/or identify AI or automated inspection techniques and options.
• Assist in projects or Kaizens as identified by the location Division Engineering Manager.

Goals

• Gain hands-on experience by utilizing inspection equipment.
• Learn the Engineering role within the facility/division and understand how it functions.
• Apply problem-solving techniques.
• Experience an Engineering environment and work under the Engineering Manager to drive improvement through product-related efforts.

Outcomes/Results

• Better understand the relationships between college coursework and real-world engineering.
• Ensure the student is more prepared as they enter the workforce after college.
• Provide IPD with additional support to facilitate completion of projects and business-related activities.

Qualifications

• Sophomore or Junior pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Biomechanical Engineering, or Materials Engineering from an accredited university.
• Familiarity with CAD, Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis tools such as Minitab.
• Leadership desire and experience demonstrated through roles in class, student organizations, work or internships, or extracurricular activities.
• Desire to work in a manufacturing environment.
• GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Geographic mobility preferred.

About Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient. With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway, and transportation. Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities, and create a brighter future. Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation, and growth is encouraged.

This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology, and beyond. By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability. As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Note: U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency, or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

Drug-Free Workplace: In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.