Process Engineering Intern
Sarah Cannon Research Institute•Nashville, TN
•Hybrid
About The Position
We’re seeking a Process Engineering Intern to support analysis and improvement of regulatory workflows. This internship focuses on identifying inefficiencies, reducing cycle time, and improving compliance, traceability, and stakeholder experience through data-driven process design.
Requirements
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial, Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Process Engineering (or related field).
- Interest in regulated environments and process governance (e.g., ISO, FDA/EMA concepts, SOX, privacy, or internal controls).
- Strong analytical skills; able to organize data and draw practical conclusions.
- Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable documenting processes and presenting findings.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalent tools).
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Lean / Six Sigma tools (DMAIC, 5 Whys, fishbone, Kaizen) and basic statistics.
- Familiarity with process mapping tools (Visio, Lucidchart) and workflow platforms (e.g., Power Automate or similar).
- Comfort working with ambiguity and multiple stakeholders across functions.
- Prior internship/co-op experience in quality, compliance, operations, or engineering.
Responsibilities
- Map current-state regulatory processes (e.g., submissions, reviews, approvals) using swim lanes/value-stream mapping.
- Collect and analyze process data (cycle time, queues, rework, defects) to identify bottlenecks and root causes.
- Partner with compliance, legal, quality, and operations stakeholders to define requirements and pain points.
- Develop future-state workflows that improve efficiency while maintaining/strengthening regulatory controls.
- Draft standard work, process documentation, and change-control artifacts to support implementation.
- Support piloting and rollout of improvements; track KPIs and summarize results and recommendations.
- Identify opportunities for automation and tooling (forms, workflows, templates, dashboards) to reduce manual effort.
Benefits
- competitive compensation package
- annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered
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