Engineering Co-Op

Overview

Club Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation. Based in Augusta, Georgia, every detail of design, fabrication and assembly at Club Car is executed with an uncompromised desire for superior performance. Manufacturing quality products is paramount to our employees, and has been the driving force behind our company for over 60 years.

It’s also why we were named one of EHS Today’s America’s Safest Companies. Our relationship with customers and approved dealers is equally important, with a worldwide distribution network including over 350 distributors and dealers.

The Club Car Cooperative Education Program is designed to expand and supplement the engineering training of talented and qualified students. Each participant will gain exposure to Club Car products and engineering processes. Knowledge and skills attained each rotation will supplement classroom learning and will prepare the program participant for a career with our business units. We are looking for performance-driven, innovative leaders who understand the importance of collaboration and customer focus.

• Mechanical Engineering

The selected Mechanical Engineering Co-Op candidate will support in the research, design, and design of a variety of mechanical subsystems utilized in Club Car’s vehicles. These can include gas, diesel, and electric powertrains, suspensions, brakes, steering, cosmetic and structural plastics, seats, and accessories for golf, utility, and consumer off road vehicles. The selected Co-Op candidate can expect to be given an engineering design problem for which a solution is needed and for which he/she will need to work within a team setting to identify potential solutions, validate selected solution, and release validated solution into production.

The work tasks can include the opportunity to learn 3D modeling of designs utilizing Creo; analysis of components and subsystems utilizing tools such as Aqua Pro (DFMEA, DVP), Excel, Mat Lab, or Ansys (Finite Element Analysis); and release of components and systems through PLM software.

The selected Electrical Engineering Co-Op candidate will support in the research, design, and design verification of a variety of electrical subsystems utilized in Club Car’s vehicles. These can include electric motors, battery technologies, vehicle control modules, telemetry/telematics systems, connectivity devices, power electronics, and power management systems. The selected Co-Op candidate can expect to be given an engineering design problem for which a solution is needed and for which he/she will need to work within a team setting to identify and validate potential solutions.

The work tasks can include circuit design, integration of third party solutions, and development of software to control hardware function or implement system interface protocols.

The selected Software Engineering Co-Op candidate will support in the design, implementation, and software unit level testing of software modules included in the vehicle’s control system or the vehicle’s connectivity solutions. Based on the project assignment, the programming languages the Co-Op could be introduced to would be Mat Lab, Simulink, C, C++, C#, and Python. The work tasks can include modification of vehicle control software, automation, of software design/testing processes, prototyping of connectivity technology solutions, and scripting/automation data analytic tools and reports.

Students selected to participate in the Club Car Cooperative Education Program will be provided an opportunity to experience differing rotations for each semester, dependent on business need and availability.

Test Engineering (standard rotation)
In our Test Operations, Co-Op participants focus directly on applications of engineering in our Test & Development organization. Skills developed in this rotation include: communication, testing/experimentation, basic statistics, application of basic…