Engineering Intern

Vantive • Mountain Home, AR

1d

About The Position

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities. The Engineering Intern supports process improvement, troubleshooting, and documentation for medical device manufacturing operations at Vantive's Mountain Home site. The facility includes injection molding (40+ presses) producing plastic components for the kidney dialysis market and cleanroom assembly lines producing Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) sets. The intern will work hands-on with engineers, technicians, and production teams to improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Electrical, Controls, Automation Engineering (or closely related field)

Responsibilities

• Assist Manufacturing Engineers with process monitoring, data collection, and analysis on injection molding and assembly operations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives (Lean/6σ) including cycle time reduction, yield improvement, scrap reduction, and ergonomics/safety improvements.
• Participate troubleshooting on automated and semi-automated assembly equipment by helping document symptoms, collect evidence, and validate fixes.
• Help create/update manufacturing documentation: work instructions, visual aids, standard work, process flow diagrams, and basic equipment checklists.
• Assist with time studies and capacity assessments to support staffing and line balancing recommendations.
• Support quality investigations (e.g., nonconformances, defect Pareto analysis) by compiling data, summarizing trends, and supporting corrective actions under engineer guidance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering to communicate findings and support implementation.
• Apply good documentation practices in a regulated environment and follow cleanroom and safety requirements.

Benefits

• Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future.
• The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently.
• The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern