Product Development Engineering Intern
About The Position
3M is seeking a Product Development Intern for its R&D Lab team, located in Brockville, ON. Intern is intended to start in September 2026. Successful security clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods Registration program is a mandatory pre-requirement for this position at this location. The successful candidate will support and collaborate with a variety of project teams throughout the term, making an impact by assembling respirator cartridge prototypes, testing these prototypes and analyzing the resultant data. This is a 12 or 16-month internship, ideal for a student in mechanical or manufacturing engineering. This position requires the successful candidate to be onsite, full time.
Requirements
- Enrollment in Engineering or Science undergraduate degree program and formalized post-secondary internship program
- Ability to successfully pass Controlled Goods screening (MUST be at minimum Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident ordinarily residing in Canada)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required as this role will involve collaboration with a diverse group of global colleagues.
- The successful candidate must be capable of working closely with both laboratory and manufacturing colleagues to ensure successful commercialization of developed products and implementation of required changes.
Nice To Haves
- Self-starter with the ability to flex with changing team priorities
- Experience with data management, maintaining records, etc.
- Intermediate experience with MS Office
- Previous experience in an R&D environment using Scrum/Agile techniques is an asset
- Experience using Minitab for data analysis
- Experience and interest in CAD would enable opportunity for additional training and development using Solidworks
Responsibilities
- Working with colleagues to execute experiments to improve the performance of respiratory protecting filters and cartridges
- Preparing raw materials and sub-components for prototypes
- Assembling respirator cartridge prototypes
- Analyzing properties of respirator cartridge prototypes via various standard test methods and propose the next round of experiments
- Supporting scale-up experiments in a manufacturing environment
- Documenting experimental findings
- Presenting progress updates at team meetings
- Recommending process and prototype design improvements
Benefits
- Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
