Process Engineering Intern - Summer 2026
About The Position
Flex is a diversified manufacturing partner that helps market-leading brands design, build, and deliver innovative products. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. This Summer, Flex is looking to add a Process Engineering Intern at its Memphis, TN site. Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the intern will assist with daily engineering tasks while learning, collaborating, and working alongside Engineers and cross-functional teams. The role involves supporting continuous improvement initiatives and data analysis to optimize warehouse functions.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled student pursuing a degree in Industrial Engineering or related field (undergrads only)
- Strong skills in Excel and analytics
- Ability to work on the warehouse floor for extended periods
- Highly collaborative, creative and excellent communication skills
- Available to work 40 hours/week (in-person) for 10-12 week Summer assignment
- Currently enrolled in 4-year accredited university
- 3.0 minimum GPA
Nice To Haves
- Previous internship experience
Responsibilities
- Time studies, work sampling and throughput analysis across warehouse functions
- Map current-state processes (SIPOC, value stream maps, swim lanes) and identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for labor optimization
- Support takt time calculations, balancing and labor modeling
- Assist in layout redesigning for receiving, picking, packing & shipping and in developing and implementing lean initiatives (5S, standard work, visual management)
- Support continuous improvement workshops and Gemba walks
- Create SOPs, on-point lessons, and job aids
- Develop spaghetti diagrams to reduce travel distance
- Evaluate storage configurations, carton flow, and slotting strategies
- Support audits for safety, quality, and compliance
- Analyze mis‑picks, labeling issues, and packing errors
- Recommend corrective and preventive actions
- Support end‑to‑end CI projects including scoping, data collection, pilot, and rollout
- Track project impact and present findings to leadership
- Pull and analyze data from WMS Systems
- Build dashboards in Excel or Power BI for productivity, accuracy, cycle times, and KPIs
- Conduct root-cause analysis using Pareto charts and 5 Whys
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
