Summer Internship

Position: DENSO Summer 2026 Internship Opportunities
Job Description

Do you have big ideas? DENSO is Crafting solutions to power Green, Safe & Seamless mobility. At its Core are people like you who realize big ideas that bring hope for the future. We need your passion, vision and contribution to help our teams realize the future of automotive. It all starts with applying today to our College Program!

The DENSO College Program provides students with practical, career specific work experience needed for professional growth and success in today's competitive job market. Our Interns / Co-ops work alongside experienced DENSO professionals who are supporting customers on advancing new technologies.

DENSO offers opportunities for students with the following degrees:

• Electrical Engineering

• Computer Engineering / Computer Science

• Mechanical Engineering

• Industrial Engineering

Some example College Program positions may include the following:

Product Design Engineer (Open To All Engineering Majors):

• Practices strong project management and communication skills
• Exhibits strong knowledge or interest for design and troubleshooting but also demonstrates some aptitude for engineering concepts
• Develops software tools, routinely programming in LabVIEW or other languages
• Displays strong problem solving / critical thinking / investigation abilities
• Follows a deep, self-motivation to improve things and innovate solutions for new problems. Including themselves & their own thinking

Process Design Engineer (Open To All Engineering Majors):

• Develop processes for new product introduction
• Responsible for launching new projects (including obtaining funds, obtaining approval from upper management, and project management from project start until mass production launch)
• Develop machine specifications, select machine supplier, conduct design reviews, conduct machine acceptance tests, and procure new equipment
• Interact & assist with programming various DENSO systems including PLC logic, control systems, robots, cobots and vision systems.
• Create documentation including PFMEA, Process Control Sheets, Process Flows, instructional documents, government forms, etc.
• General production engineering tasks upon request (including providing line support to final assembly lines, line layout introduction/optimization, time studies, cost analysis, capability studies, defect root cause analysis and countermeasure development, ROI studies, & cost reduction activities)

Tester Design Engineer (Electrical Engineering Major Required):

• Ensure quality for products through the development of hardware and software on various types of automated inspection equipment.
• Design various hardware including automated tester, fixture interface, bare board fixtures, etc. that will be designed from inspection specifications.
• Utilize various software languages including C, C++, Delphi, Lab View, Test Exec, JAST, etc.
• Responsible for new product preparation, production line support, localization of fixtures, localization of test systems, and numerous other tasks.

Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer (Open To All Engineering Majors):

• Support problem investigation for both internal customers & suppliers
• Support supplier selection, development, and systems management
• Provide engineering support to inspection departments
• Develop detailed test plans to evaluate new suppliers, parts, materials, and assemblies
• Understand, document, and improve supplier processes

Quality Assurance Engineer (Open to All Engineering Majors):

• Develop detailed test plans to evaluate new model activity and engineering changes
• Manage projects
• Lead problem investigation both internally and at customers
• Support customer quality systems management
• Provide engineering support to inspection departments

Industrial Engineer/Continuous Improvement Specialist:

• Participate & lead in various continuous improvement (kaizen project) designed to help achieving business targets in both planned and urgent scenarios throughout DENSO.
• Responsible for project management of functional activities related to the Toyota Production System (TPS) and Operations Excellence activities.
• Promote, facilitate, and coach TPS concepts for DENSO skill development.
• Participate & lead in various problem-solving…