Engineering Intern; Summer

Position: Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Location: Santa Rosa, CA

Major(s): Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineer

Class year desired
:
Sophomore, Junior

Academic

Schedule:

May - August 2027, full-time, 40 hours per week

About the experience: ITT BIW’s Internships are recognized as best-in-class, offering students an unparalleled opportunity to immerse themselves in the Connector industry. Our internships provide hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies and real-world projects that contribute to the innovation of vibration isolation, noise attenuation, and shock absorption solutions used in aerospace applications.

Interns work closely with experienced professionals and industry experts, gaining valuable insights into engineering processes, product development, and problem-solving strategies. These programs are designed to foster professional growth, equipping students with the technical skills and industry knowledge needed for a successful career in manufacturing supply chain.

With access to state-of-the-art facilities and mentorship from leading professionals, ITT BIW's Internships are an ideal launchpad for students passionate about making an impact in the connector sector of the oil and gas industries.

• Improve critical business processes and drive financial results.
• Identify project scopes, developing project plans and business cases.
• Work with project team members; track / measure project result
• Work with Manufacturing and Engineering to streamline processes and increase yields using Six Sigma Lean principles
• Designs and implements processing methods including rubber molding solutions to reduce variability and control costs.
• Lead Projects:
  Lead improvement projects within the value center and effectively coordinate these projects with the value center champion and other improvement project teams. Project leadership includes identifying opportunities, defining and financially justifying projects, launching project teams, using good project management to manage team activities, leading teams to execute projects with the problem-solving methodology, tracking project status and results, removing and elevating project barriers, and developing team members.
• Measure Results:
  Manage the development and maintenance of methods and systems for measuring the degree to which the project goals, objectives and metrics are being met. Provide value center champion with the results and recommend appropriate corrective action.
• Recruit and train team members:
  Provide training and coaching to team members to spread the base of Six Sigma Problem Solving tools and increase their team effectiveness.
• Communication:
  Ensure 2-way open communications take place throughout the organization with respect to VBSS projects. This includes keeping management informed of program status and ensuring coordination of activities with other black belts. This also includes capturing project case histories that can be re-used for other projects and submitting them in a Best Practices format when appropriate.
• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective…