Mechanical Engineering Intern

Why Work at Banner?

For over 50 years, Banner Engineering has been at the forefront of some of the biggest industry trends, such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and our photoelectric, ultrasonic, and vision sensors, LED lights and indicators, monitoring solutions, and other safety products are used by Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders worldwide. Banner is a rapidly growing company that offers many personal development opportunities, an excellent benefits package, and a collaborative team of employees who are passionate about what they do.

In this role, you will work with all Banner's product categories while creating and reading drawings of parts made by different manufacturing methods. You will learn what it takes to ensure parts are successful in their intended environment and understand their requirements within the product. Internship is located at our Brooklyn Park, MN location. The internship is working full-time hours during summer months (June, July, and August) with the possibility of extending part-time during the school year.

• Performs qualification tests to ensure conformance to specifications, and evaluating designs through virtual, stress, thermal, and tolerance analysis.
• Resolves part and process issues by working with production engineering, manufacturing department, and suppliers.
• Works with global suppliers on qualifying mechanical parts made from a variety of processes including injection molding, machining, metal-forming, and die-casting.
• Integrate design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA) processes to reduce product cost.
• Manage product documentation including Bills of Materials (BOMs), design verification reports, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and process and design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEAs)
• Adhere to compliance regulations established by various agencies (CE, UL, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, and regular attendance is required. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

• Currently attending a credited Institution working on a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Experience using solid modeling tools (Solidworks, Creo, etc.)
• Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn advanced design/manufacturing techniques

• Experience with Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
• Experience in product design for industrial applications
• Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and statistical analysis
• Experience with assembly techniques including ultrasonic welding, insert molding, chip on board (COB), surface mount technology (SMT) and epoxy encapsulation

• Sit for up to 8 hours per day
• Exposed to a computer screen for up to 8 hours per day
• Utilize a computer mouse, keyboard, computer, and other standard office equipment
• Required to talk or hear frequently

• Corporate office environment – indoor and climate-controlled

This job description reflects management’s assignment of key responsibilities; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.