Mechanical Design Engineer Intern

Skills

About the Role

You will own defined parts and sub-assemblies from concept through high-volume production with guidance from experienced engineers. You will design in CAD, build and iterate prototypes, conduct performance and durability testing, create production drawings, and support DFM, tooling, and first-article activities. You will also build fixtures, run tolerance studies, troubleshoot life tests, investigate returned units, and coordinate with engineering, vendors, contract manufacturers, and industrial design.

Requirements

• Currently pursue a degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical field, or demonstrate equivalent hands-on experience
• Have designed and built parts or assemblies through internships, project teams, research, or personal projects
• Understand high-volume manufacturing processes such as injection molding, die casting, stamping, or metal injection molding
• Understand tolerances and their effects on assemblies
• Be familiar with engineering drawings and basic GD&T
• Be proficient in SolidWorks and use CAD to build real hardware
• Apply hands-on prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting skills
• Diagnose possible design or manufacturing causes from failures
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced startup

Responsibilities

• Design parts and sub-assemblies within a defined architecture and carry them through mass production
• Build, test, and rapidly iterate prototypes
• Run component-level performance, durability, and part-variability testing
• Write and execute accelerated test plans
• Create production-ready 2D drawings
• Work with engineers, vendors, and contract manufacturers on DFM feedback, tooling reviews, and first-article inspection
• Collaborate with electrical engineering, firmware, software, and industrial design
• Build test fixtures and run tolerance studies
• Troubleshoot life tests and tear down returned units
• Update drawings and support production-line design transfer