What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Fall Engineering Co-Op position at Dana Incorporated?
Job Purpose
Dana Incorporated is seeking to fill 2025 Fall engineering co-op positions at their World Headquarters in Maumee, OH. This is a great opportunity to develop your technical skills by working alongside Dana's engineers in the completion of departmental oriented tasks / assignments.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Department Overviews
Benchmark Lab
The Benchmark lab is responsible for understanding the products of our competitors
- Teardown competitor products for analysis.
- Document components with photos and create photoprints.
- Analyze findings and prepare teardown analysis reports.
Gear Lab
The Gear lab is responsible for successful production of prototype gears for Dana’s axle assemblies.
Materials Lab
The Materials Lab analyzes the metallurgical / chemical composition of materials used in Dana’s products to understand component failures and effects of production process changes.
Test Lab
The Test lab performs a variety of tests on current production parts and new product designs in order to understand potential failure modes.
Samples Department
The Samples Department builds prototype axles and driveshafts that are used for lab and vehicle testing.
Applications Engineering
Application engineers are responsible for interfacing with Dana’s customer. They are the liaison between engineers at the vehicle manufacturer and Dana’s internal engineering departments.
Product Engineering
Product engineers are responsible for new product design of component parts as well as determining how manufacturing process changes affect the integrity of production parts.
Requirements
Enrollment & active pursuit of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Specific majors : Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Metallurgical, Computer Software, Electrical or Mechatronics program.
Willing to do multiple assignments & rotate through other engineering departments.
Full-time availability.
Benefits
Paid co-op
Opportunity for overtime depending on department
Potential visits to assembly & machining plants to learn about manufacturing processes & procedures
Opportunity for long term growth
