Manufacturing Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

RTX•Largo, FL

3d•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer intern supports production and manufacturing processes in a team-based environment at Collins Aerospace. The individual drives process improvements across multiple manufacturing and transactional processes by designing, improving, and implementing integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment. The individual draws upon the specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. What You Will Do: Directly work with our manufacturing production floor employees including operators, inspectors, quality, and test technicians to solve day to day issue as well as proactively working longer term projects to eliminate reoccurring issues. Involved in the analysis of best layout, flow, building, testing, troubleshooting, repairing and modification of electronic or electro-mechanical devices, assemblies, subsystems, and systems. Design, control, and improve the manufacturing process and system design through a collaborative effort with the value stream team. Involved in all phases of product life cycle and advanced manufacturing initiatives, continuing through production implementation and extending to support of our customer and supply chain. What You Will Learn: Working side by side with our Manufacturing Engineers (and other engineering functions), you will gain firsthand Manufacturing engineering experience and learn broad aspects of engineering in a manufacturing environment. Gain the ability and know how to resolve manufacturing issue of all aspects including safety, ergonomics, quality, flow, and cost You will develop and strengthen your ability to both work independently and work with cross functional teams through various day to day task and projects. Learn critical time management and prioritization skills necessary to be effective in the Manufacturing engineering field. Learn about planning the sequence of operations for procedures, manufacturing documents, standard work, and product routings.

Requirements

Must be pursuing Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
Experience with Lean Six Sigma
Experience with AutoCAD or other CAD Program Experience
Experience with Visio
Experience may be obtained through on‑the‑job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Responsibilities

Directly work with our manufacturing production floor employees including operators, inspectors, quality, and test technicians to solve day to day issue as well as proactively working longer term projects to eliminate reoccurring issues.
Involved in the analysis of best layout, flow, building, testing, troubleshooting, repairing and modification of electronic or electro-mechanical devices, assemblies, subsystems, and systems.
Design, control, and improve the manufacturing process and system design through a collaborative effort with the value stream team.
Involved in all phases of product life cycle and advanced manufacturing initiatives, continuing through production implementation and extending to support of our customer and supply chain.