Quality Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

OTTO Engineering•Carpentersville, IL

1d•$16 - $16

About The Position

OTTO Engineering is seeking a Quality Engineering Intern for Summer 2027 to support the Quality Engineering team. The role focuses on reviewing and improving supplier and monthly quality reporting, validating performance measures and source data, analyzing supplier trends, and enhancing Power BI dashboards. The intern will prepare repeatable reports and documentation, review prototypes with end users, and hand off findings and reporting processes to Quality Engineering.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a degree in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management, data analytics, or a related field.
Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and charts.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to verify data and explain findings clearly.
Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship or transfer is not available.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Power BI, Power Query, ERP systems, or basic quality tools.

Responsibilities

Review supplier scorecards, quality reports, and source data to identify reporting gaps, inconsistent calculations, and manual steps.
Help define and validate supplier performance measures, including defective parts per million (PPM), rejected lots, repeat nonconformances, and supplier corrective action response and closure times.
Coordinate with Purchasing to incorporate on-time delivery data where available.
Analyze supplier performance by supplier, commodity, part number, and defect category when data supports it; summarize recurring issues and identify suppliers or commodities for further review.
Enhance a Power BI dashboard showing performance against targets, trends over time, and overdue supplier corrective actions.
Support monthly quality reporting by consolidating measures such as incoming inspection turnaround, internal and supplier nonconformances, and corrective action aging; verify reported figures against source records.
Review prototype reports with intended users, incorporate feedback, and document report-refresh and data-verification procedures.
Deliver a repeatable monthly quality report with consistent definitions and trend views.
Create a metric reference guide covering calculations, data sources, reporting frequency, and handling of missing or incomplete data.
Prepare a final summary of supplier trends, data gaps, and recommended next steps, and hand off the work to Quality Engineering.