Factory Enablement Digital Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
About The Position
The Factory Enablement Intern will support Advanced Operations Engineering in developing and deploying digital tools that modernize aerospace manufacturing. The role offers a hands-on opportunity to explore technologies, solve problems, and learn how digital systems connect with factory operations while working alongside experienced engineers and technologists. The intern will investigate emerging technologies, assist with pilot projects, and help improve the digital capabilities of manufacturing sites. Work may include evaluating technologies for their potential to improve safety, quality, or productivity; gathering data and documenting results; helping configure tools; and preparing successful pilot projects for broader deployment. The intern will also learn how people, processes, and digital systems interact on the factory floor, and help identify workflow or data challenges and practical digital improvements. The role involves creating standardized documentation and templates, collaborating with DT/IT, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, and shop-floor teams to understand needs and translate them into digital requirements, and communicating concepts or results to non-technical audiences. The intern may also assist with troubleshooting digital tools and connectivity issues under the guidance of site engineers or technologists.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, a related field, or another related STEM major.
- Remain actively enrolled through completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Have experience with modern technologies such as Python, Power BI, IoT systems (such as Ignition or Kepware), automation, or industrial software (MES, ERP, or PLM).
- Have experience working with data, including cleaning, organizing, visualizing, or interpreting it.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in manufacturing environments and hands-on digital problem solving; experience may come from on-the-job work, research, coursework, or projects.
Responsibilities
- Research emerging technologies, including AI, IoT devices, and factory software such as CMMS and RTLS.
- Help evaluate whether digital technologies can improve manufacturing safety, quality, or productivity.
- Assist with prototyping and deploying digital solutions in factories.
- Support proof-of-concept projects by gathering data, documenting results, configuring digital tools, and preparing materials to scale successful pilots.
- Help identify workflow or data challenges and propose practical digital enhancements.
- Create standardized documentation or templates to support deployment of new technologies across multiple sites.
- Collaborate with DT/IT, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, and shop-floor technicians to understand needs and translate them into digital requirements.
- Prepare summaries, diagrams, or presentations that explain digital concepts or project results to non-technical audiences.
- Assist with troubleshooting digital tools or connectivity issues under the guidance of site engineers or technologists.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and other factors
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
