Product Design Engineer Intern
Product design engineering intern developing and validating mechanical components and prototypes for autonomous drones. The role emphasizes 3D CAD, mechanical design, prototyping, testing, and collaboration with engineering and manufacturing partners.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design parts for next-generation drone prototypes.
- Investigate root causes of mission-critical issues in existing and developing products.
- Develop solutions through engineering design and manufacturing process changes.
- Validate solutions through hands-on prototyping, testing, and data collection.
- Collaborate with engineers and suppliers globally.
- Present work in design reviews and learn from senior team members.
Requirements
- Relentless curiosity and a scrappy, creative problem-solving mindset.
- Strong engineering fundamentals for designing complex products.
- Passion for elegant mechanical design.
- Experience with 3D CAD.
Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with CATIA.
- Design for injection molding, metal casting, CNC machining, sheet metal forming, and composites.
- Design for manufacturing with local and international suppliers.
- Designing and integrating circuit boards, antennas, and connectors into mechanical assemblies.
Compensation
- $41/hour for undergraduate students.
- $53/hour for graduate students.
- $58/hour for PhD students.
Skills
3D Cad, CATIA, Injection Molding, Metal Casting, Cnc Machining, Sheet Metal Forming, Composite Materials, Design For Manufacturing, Circuit Boards, Antennas, Connectors, Prototyping, Mechanical Design, Data Collection
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