What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer Student Internship - Summer 2025 position at Aster Brands?
Do you have a knack for bringing life to products that don't yet exist? Can you take ideas and concepts, organize them, and develop them into products that can be cost-effectively manufactured and used in projects throughout the world? If so, we are looking for you to join our team and put your mechanical engineering skills to work. We’re Aster Brands, an international leader in manufacturing who’s committed to producing the very best in fabrication. In a nutshell, we design innovative precast concrete products and license manufacturing equipment under the brand names Redi-Rock, Rosetta Hardscapes, Novum Wall, and Pole Base. We’re a mid-sized facility, located in beautiful northern Michigan.And we're looking for a Manufacturing Engineer Intern to join our exceptional team of industry-changing engineers, fabricators, mold-makers, and technicians. At Aster Brands, we take great pride and careful planning to ensure our internships are not just a job, rather an experience! This engineering internship for current students is available in the summer of 2025.
You will be working on our engineering team that develops new products for all the licensing brands. Key functions include product design, form and equipment design, material science research, incorporation of new technologies into existing and new products, prototyping, and testing. A hands-on, team approach is required. All team members are expected to be a bit flexible with some duties requiring physical labor, especially when testing production and the handling of new products.
The Specifics
You will be working on our engineering team that develops new products for all the licensing brands. Key functions include product design, form and equipment design, material science research, incorporation of new technologies into existing and new products, prototyping, and testing. A hands-on, team approach is required. All team members are expected to be a bit flexible with some duties requiring physical labor, especially when testing production and the handling of new products.
The Specifics
- Product design and optimization, taking new products from ideas to working prototypes
- Works closely with operations team members on manufacturing floor
- Designing forms, molds, and material handling equipment, for automated production lines and manual production work cells
- Design of workholding and assembly fixtures and jigs, custom inserts, and equipment to support the mold and fabrication shop
- Documentation and marketing and sales content creation
The Proficiencies
- 3D modeling experience required, Inventor and Solidworks preferred
- 2D AutoCAD experience preferred
- Experience in hydraulics, electrical, mold-making, and plastics is a plus
- ABET accredited Bachelor of Engineer in-process
- 3.2 GPA total min. Required
You’ll be successful in this role if:
- You thrive on the challenge of doing something different and creating your own road map along the way
- Live for high standards of quality and accuracy
- Have curiosity and the drive to research and understand problems
To learn more about Aster Brands and how we are changing the world in concrete ways, please visit us at www.asterbrands.com Aster Brands is an equal opportunity employer; everyone is encouraged to apply.
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