Undergraduate Engineering Intern - Project Management

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

19h•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time undergraduate internship is scheduled for Summer-Fall 2027, from May or June through December, and is based onsite in Rochester, Minnesota. Interns are expected not to pursue significant coursework during summer or fall 2027, although some have maintained an online evening college course. The Mayo Clinic Engineering team seeks an intern to support full-time project managers and provide students with relevant engineering experience. The intern will learn the team’s procedures and processes, receive assignments that support both the learning experience and the work unit, and present work accomplishments at the end of the term. Mentors provide instruction, guidance, and performance assessment. Assignments may include developing project strategies; creating and managing schedules; gathering user needs, requirements, and specifications; evaluating commercial components; conducting design verification and validation; and participating in design reviews. Work takes place in a multidisciplinary development engineering environment and within Engineering’s Quality Management System, including safety risk management. The intern must complete internship-related assignments and reports for Mayo Clinic and, if applicable, the participating educational facility. The role offers experience in medical-device development processes and documentation, stakeholder interviews, and meetings to gather content for product-support documentation, verification, and validation. It also provides project hours that may help build experience toward Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Requirements

Be enrolled in an engineering, management information systems, or other technology-related degree program at an accredited college or university.
Have completed at least four semesters, or the equivalent, of instruction toward the degree.
Have a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong technical-writing skills and ability to author technical documents.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and work independently.
Experience in new product development.
Experience with project management tools, such as ClickUp or Microsoft Project.
Proficiency with Microsoft applications such as Office, SharePoint, Teams, and Excel for data management and report creation.
Desire to learn about medical-device development.
Attach an undergraduate transcript and a resume or CV to the application.

Nice To Haves

Applicants are strongly encouraged to include a cover letter.
Experience maintaining an online evening college course while working the internship is mentioned as possible, but significant coursework during summer or fall 2027 is not permitted.

Responsibilities

Implement improved portfolio management processes.
Assist project managers in developing and maintaining project schedules and budgets.
Communicate with stakeholders, including clinicians and researchers, and draft project requirements.
Draft product documentation and other technical writing.
Gather metrics to track progress toward strategic goals.
Help develop and document best practices in product development.
Create custom project-portfolio reports to support strategic decisions.
Learn the Engineering team’s procedures and processes.
Complete assigned work and present accomplishments in an end-of-term presentation.
Develop project strategies and create and manage project schedules, as assigned.
Gather user needs, requirements, and specifications.
Evaluate commercial components.
Perform design verification and design validation, as assigned.
Participate in design reviews.
Complete internship-related assignments and reports for Mayo Clinic and, if applicable, the participating educational facility.
Conduct stakeholder interviews to elicit needs and requirements and lead meetings to gather content for product-support documentation, verification, and validation.