Engineering Intern

Essential Responsibilities

This position will support the Development and Operations departments with the on-going projects, developing and implementing process improvements to the assembly and production, and other duties, as assigned. The purpose of this position is to learn about designing, development, documentation, and qualification of disposable medical devices manufactured in Tempe, Arizona.

• Assess current manufacturing processes, complete or update documentation, and identify improvement opportunities for cost savings, time savings, or scrap reduction.
• Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods, including process validations
• Contributes ideas to management and production engineering team on process improvements
• Contributes to applying statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential. Performs verification and validation (IQ, OQ, PQ, FMEA), of product processes and designs.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality assurance codes and standards.
• Responsible for understanding specifications.
• Performs activities of process/product validation.
• Maintains knowledge of good manufacturing practices and documentation, preferably in the medical industry, experiment design, management of statistical procedures, and knowledge of computer programs.
• Contributes to creating detailed work instructions, as necessary, to define manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods; assists in modifying processes to improve safety and product quality, and/or reduce costs.
• Contributes to designing and developing forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Responsible for executing test protocols and processing data.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position is an individual contributor and has no direct supervisory responsibility.

Work Environment

This position operates in an office and manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The position also interacts with machinery on the manufacturing floor and numerous devices that are sold by the company.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and stoop; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee frequently is required to lift and/or carry up to 20 pounds. For more information, please refer to the Position Analysis/Physical Activities Checklist on file in Human Resources.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a part-time position requiring at least 25 hours of work per week. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

This position requires no measurable travel.

Required Education and Experience

• Current/Active STEM field student passionate about medical device manufacturing industry
• Ability to read and follow device inspection procedures
• Computer experience and skills including MS Word & Excel.
• Ability to use microscope
• Ability to read, write, and follow detailed procedures
• Demonstrated experience reading and preparing technical documentation

• Experience with statistical software program preferred (Mini-Tab, Applied Statistics, etc.) preferred.
• Experience with Solid Works modeling, drawing, and assembly creation preferred.

Position Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communications required; strong facilitation and interpersonal skills required.
• Must be able to communicate complex information to all levels within the organization.
• Demonstrated high quality computer skills including MS Office.
• Must be detail-oriented and produce high quality work in a high-volume environment.
• Must be…