Intern - New Product Implementation (NPI) (Summer 2027) (for student graduating in 2028)

ITW • Lake Forest, CA

7d • $27 - $28

About The Position

The Global Tool Unit (GTU), part of ITW’s Construction Segment, develops and manufactures fastening solutions for the global construction market, including nailers, staplers, and other products. Its products combine electromechanical subsystems with pneumatic and cordless technologies. GTU emphasizes customer-back innovation and product performance, reliability, and productivity.

The New Product Implementation (NPI) Intern supports new product development and launch activities while working with project managers, engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, marketing, and operations teams. The internship offers hands-on exposure to the product development lifecycle and opportunities to contribute to project execution, communication, and launch readiness. The intern will also gain experience with project management systems and digital workflow tools, including Monday.com, and help develop workspaces, boards, and dashboards that improve project visibility and cross-functional collaboration.

Potential projects include enhancing Monday.com workspaces and reporting tools; developing KPI dashboards; creating project templates, risk-tracking systems, and launch-readiness frameworks; documenting and improving NPI workflows; analyzing historical project data; and developing lessons-learned repositories or workflow automations. By the end of the internship, the intern will complete and present a capstone project to leadership that delivers a measurable improvement to the NPI process, project management infrastructure, reporting capabilities, or launch readiness framework.

The hourly pay range is $27.25 to $28.00. ITW is an equal opportunity employer and states that qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.

Requirements

• Be a rising senior planning to graduate in 2028.
• Be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Have strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Be able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Have strong attention to detail and willingness to learn new systems, tools, and processes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data analysis, reporting, or visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel.
• Familiarity with project management platforms such as Monday.com, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, or Microsoft Project.
• Interest in product development, manufacturing, operations, project management, or process improvement.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, databases, automations, or workflow solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist project managers with coordinating new product development and launch activities.
• Maintain project schedules, milestone tracking, meeting notes, action items, risks, and key deliverables.
• Participate in project meetings and help cross-functional teams track progress toward project objectives.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Operations.
• Assist with prototype builds, validation activities, launch readiness reviews, and required project documentation.
• Collect, organize, and analyze project data to identify trends, risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Assist with administration, enhancement, and standardization of Monday.com workspaces, boards, dashboards, automations, and reporting tools.
• Partner with stakeholders to design solutions that improve project visibility, communication, accountability, resource planning, and execution.
• Evaluate existing project tracking processes and recommend opportunities to expand use of Monday.com and other digital workflow tools.
• Complete and present a capstone project to leadership that delivers a measurable improvement to the NPI process, project management infrastructure, reporting capabilities, or launch readiness framework.

Benefits

• Exposure to the full product development lifecycle, from concept through product launch.
• Hands-on experience working with cross-functional engineering and business teams.
• Practical experience with project management tools, digital workflow design, reporting, and process improvement.
• Opportunities to design and optimize Monday.com workspaces, dashboards, automations, and reporting solutions.
• Mentorship from experienced engineering, product development, and project management professionals.
• A portfolio of impactful projects demonstrating skills in project management, process improvement, data analysis, and business systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern