Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Otis • Florence, SC

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Otis Elevator Company is searching for highly motivated candidates interested in starting a career in one of our various areas of engineering! Internships at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop through meaningful projects that drive our business. Our comprehensive internship program will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your skills. You’ll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; and where we empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy and trust. These are full-time, paid summer internships, typically ranging from 10-12 weeks, in May/June 2026. Throughout your internship, we provide continuous training and performance feedback to ensure you develop the necessary skills to succeed. Additional career opportunities are available upon conclusion of a successful internship. The Otis Manufacturing Engineering Intern will assist with multiple projects in the Manufacturing Department that will provide the student with an introduction to Manufacturing Engineering functions and continuous improvement initiatives. The student will engage with a wide variety of stakeholders within the Otis Elevator organization while developing project management & customer service skills. Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company. When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs. Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering
• Ability to work in a highly team-oriented and dynamic environment
• Candidate must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
• Needs to be self-motivated and able to manage several simultaneous projects and responsibilities
• Excellent analytical skills and technical skills are required
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, specifications, and work instructions

Responsibilities

• Support new programs/products through production and ensure products meet cost, delivery, and customer/internal specifications requirements including coordinating efforts with product, manufacturing, and quality engineering
• Identify all tools and fixtures required to manufacture the product to specifications
• Ensure a safe working environment is set and maintained
• Develop, design, acquire or create new equipment for improved productivity, efficiency, and safety
• Develop excellent documentation of processes and follow change management processes when changes occur
• Utilize Lean principles to set up and improve work cell

Benefits

• full-time, paid summer internships
• continuous training and performance feedback
• Additional career opportunities are available upon conclusion of a successful internship
• Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees