Mechanical Engineering Intern
About The Position
As a mechanical intern on our engineering team, you will play a critical role on our team, increasing production rate, quality, and safety by: Evaluating potential solutions for product and process inefficiencies with technical analysis and prototyping, and validating economic feasibility through business principles with management. Designing and managing large assembly models, overseeing configuration management, and document control in accordance with ASME standards. Implementing design-build improvements and carrying change implementations through Engineering Change Order Processes on a live production line. Operating cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, and industrial systems teams for cohesive engineering execution. Maintain Bill of Materials (EBOM, MBOM, PBOM) and alignment with ERPsystems. Work alongside Supply Chain with contracted manufacturers/suppliers. Coordinating design solutions with various Architectural, Structural, MEP, Inspection Teams and following through with submittals to city and state government agencies. Undergoing Root Cause Analysis to elevate the current production process and design features to identify possible pain points. Apply industry-standard Automotive and Aerospace Manufacturing principles to an antiquated construction industry. Identifying and fixing product and process inefficiencies Fabricating and integrating precision tooling into the production line Solving difficult technical problems to optimize for our ultimate goal of reducing the cost of housing in Southern California Program Details: Duration: (Jan-March) three months Location: 800 E 111th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90059 Compensation: $20.00 per hour Schedule: 8:30 am-4:30 pm Monday to Thursday. ABOUT MODEL/Z Model/Z was started in 2024 to design and build affordable housing at a rate, cost, and quality unknown to the industry. The Model/Z product and process is designed to produce a high-quality, low-cost, net-zero ready, and most importantly, standardized, modular housing product. Model/Z is a Black-owned and operated business based in Southern California that will deliver between 1,000 – 1,500 modular housing units per year by 2025. We offer a rapidly growing, fast-paced environment which is intellectually challenging and extremely rewarding and fulfilling as we collectively aim to solve Model/Z’s affiliate, SoLa Impact is a real estate private equity firm with a double bottom line strategy focused on preserving, rehabbing, and building high-quality affordable housing in Black and brown communities. SoLa is Southern California's largest for-profit affordable housing developer and is currently in construction on over 2,000 affordable housing units across Southern California. SoLa currently owns and manages over $1.2 billion of multifamily assets, almost all of which are in low-income, black and brown communities.
Requirements
- Pursuing B.S. in mechanical engineering or similar discipline
- Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals
- Basic machine shop build/fabrication experience
- 1+ year of experience in mechanical design or build (internship and project experience counts)
- Experienced using 3D mechanical design, analysis, and drafting tools (Autodesk Inventor, NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, ANSYS, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Passion for reducing homelessness in Southern California
Nice To Haves
- Pursuing advanced degree in mechanical engineering
- Advanced fabrication experience (CNC machining, welding, precision assembly)
Responsibilities
- Evaluating potential solutions for product and process inefficiencies with technical analysis and prototyping
- Validating economic feasibility through business principles with management
- Designing and managing large assembly models
- Overseeing configuration management and document control in accordance with ASME standards
- Implementing design-build improvements and carrying change implementations through Engineering Change Order Processes on a live production line
- Operating cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, and industrial systems teams for cohesive engineering execution
- Maintain Bill of Materials (EBOM, MBOM, PBOM) and alignment with ERPsystems
- Work alongside Supply Chain with contracted manufacturers/suppliers
- Coordinating design solutions with various Architectural, Structural, MEP, Inspection Teams and following through with submittals to city and state government agencies
- Undergoing Root Cause Analysis to elevate the current production process and design features to identify possible pain points
- Apply industry-standard Automotive and Aerospace Manufacturing principles to an antiquated construction industry
- Identifying and fixing product and process inefficiencies
- Fabricating and integrating precision tooling into the production line
- Solving difficult technical problems to optimize for our ultimate goal of reducing the cost of housing in Southern California
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
