Design Engineering Intern

Oatey Company • Shakopee, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Oatey is seeking a college student for its 12-week summer 2027 internship program, The Oatey Intern Experience. The program offers meaningful project work, one-on-one mentorship, developmental feedback and coaching, learning and development, peer mentoring, challenging team projects, community involvement, networking events, lunch series, and weekly forums. Interns work in a diverse, collaborative team environment, develop their skills with guidance from experts, and gain exposure to leadership levels across Oatey. Strong-performing interns may be considered for post-graduation employment, based on outstanding performance and organizational needs.

The Design Engineering Intern creates CAD models of parts and assemblies and production drawings using SolidWorks and industry-standard practices. The intern may also modify or convert AutoCAD drawings into SolidWorks files, create models and sketches for conceptual designs, and communicate drawing updates to the relevant departments.

Requirements

• Experience using SolidWorks to create parts, assemblies, and drawings.
• Working knowledge of office tools such as Word and Excel.
• Behavioral maturity, demonstrated trust and integrity, high ethical standards, and interpersonal competence.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks while generating results.
• Discretion and good judgment.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in SolidWorks.
• Research and development (R&D) exposure.
• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Two or more years of manufacturing work experience.

Responsibilities

• Create CAD models of parts and assemblies using SolidWorks and industry-standard practices.
• Create production drawings using SolidWorks and geometric dimensioning standards such as ISO and ASME.
• Modify and/or convert AutoCAD drawings into SolidWorks files.
• Create CAD models and sketches for conceptual designs.
• Distribute and communicate drawing update information to required departments.

Benefits

• One-on-one mentorship, developmental feedback, and coaching.
• Learning and development.
• Peer mentoring.
• Challenging team projects.
• Community involvement.
• Networking events, lunch series, and weekly forums.
• Potential post-graduation employment based on outstanding performance and organizational needs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed