Mechanical Engineering Intern Summer 2025

Position Summary

Accountability:

Mechanical Design Engineering Intern for metal cutting machine tool products. Under supervision, job responsibilities will encompass designing and analyzing computer-controlled machine tool products (mechanical, electrical, and software), interacting with other business functions, and working with assembly build teams on the shop floor.

The intern will be exposed to the engineering design process which include understanding input requirements, analysis, design, bills of material, drafting practices and standards, drawing/model creation, design verification/validation, test, and shop follow-up. This will be achieved by being given assignments of increasing scope and responsibility throughout an internship at Fives Giddings & Lewis. The intern may participate in Continuous Improvement and Customer Satisfaction activities, root cause problem analysis, design review techniques, failure modes and effects analysis, and hazard analysis. The intern will also be exposed to functional areas outside of Engineering to gain an understanding of the machine tool business.

Scope and Responsibilities:

Essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively attains a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
• Utilizes creativity, mechanical design ability, and good interpersonal skills.
• Creates design layouts and detail part drawings.
• Performs engineering analysis.
• Specifies machine components, materials, and purchased parts.
• Ability to estimate costs and understand how design decisions influence costs.
• Creates functional, safe, reliable, economical, and serviceable designs.
• Meets product plan goals and schedules.
• Provides accurate design documentation according to Giddings & Lewis and industry engineering standards.
• Work with manufacturing engineering to improve designs for manufacturability and assembly.
• Communicates effectively with suppliers and customers when needed.
• Improves overall company and engineering efficiency and effectiveness by participation in special assignments and projects.
• Becomes knowledgeable and proficient in the use of company and industry standards.
• Becomes knowledgeable and proficient in the use of PLM (Agile) and ERP (SAP) systems.
• ISO 9001 &14001 awareness and compliance
  
  
  

Education/Certification:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university – Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering degree.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have permanent residency status (green card).
  
  
  

Experience:

• Minimum 1 year of college study in Mechanical Engineering, or related degree.
  
  
  

Skills:

• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Strong desire to learn, driven by a curiosity to understand and apply electrical, mechanical, and software solutions to complex machining systems.
• Effective problem-solving skills, targeted toward solving technical problems.
• Organized, detailed thought processes.
• Excellent work ethic and strong time-management skills.
• Ability to work in focused teams.
• Ability to work well with people and have good communication skills.
• Intermediate in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• 3D CAD design skills (company utilizes Siemens NX) with adherence to engineering standards, guidelines, and practices.
• Understanding of principles and practices of machine design.
• Ability to learn how to interpret hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical schematics.
• Ability to learn how to select applicable materials.
• Familiarity with machine shop practices is a plus.
• Ability to learn to apply geometric (ASME Y14.5) and precision tolerancing.
• I desire to be familiar with 2D CAD AutoCAD and adhere to engineering standards, guidelines, and practices.