Manufacturing Engineer Intern - Summer 2025 - Mentor, OH

Unlock your potential in manufacturing and your future with Avalign Technologies 10-week summer internship program, running from June to August 2025. This won’t be just an internship, it will be a hands-on experience providing real-world application to your classroom learnings, allowing you to maximize your professional development, industry exposure, and access to leadership. Not only will this transform your career, but the trajectory of the lives that we impact through our expertise in the orthopedic industry. 

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with the team to apply troubleshooting and root cause analysis methods, ensuring the resolution of issues with well-documented results.
• Provide support for new projects from development to delivery, building responsibility for long-term considerations in cost, quality, and delivery.
• Assist in the qualification and validation activities related to manufacturing equipment and special processes.
• Design and implement production processes and methods, with a focus on ensuring process capabilities meet the business requirements.
• Develop and document work instructions to sustain manufacturing proficiencies.
• Support quality engineering representative assigned various manufacturing areas and/or customers.
• Learn and ensure compliance with Avalign procedures; customer requirements;  and industry regulations, including FDA Quality System Regulation and ISO 13485.
• Support operations and engineering teams to ensure the Material Review Board process is followed.
• Provide ongoing quality engineering support to operations, including risk management, developing appropriate inspection requirements;  and complaint/NC/CAPA investigations.
• Submit documentation to customers for new product launches and legacy product documentation requests.

What You'll Need:

• Actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, biomedical engineering or related area of study with at least a junior standing.
• Anticipated target graduation date December 2025 – May 2026.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week onsite during the 10-week summer internship program out of our Mentor, OH facility.
• Demonstrated academic excellence with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher.
• Ability to work now and in the future without any sponsorship.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles, encompassing both theoretical understanding and hands-on practical application.

What You Won’t Do:

• Feel stuck – we offer great opportunities to advance and learn
• Get bored – we make a high variety of products, so no day is the same
• Feel like a number – we’re a close-knit bunch and always have each other’s backs 

Who You Are:

• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• A quick learner who is always ready to gain depth of knowledge in manufacturing processes
• A reliable individual who knows the importance of showing up when it counts
• Someone who accept assignments with an open, cooperative, positive and team-oriented approach
• Someone who is able to plan and execute plans across teams
• An effective communicator, both written and verbal

Avalign conducts a comprehensive background, drug testing, highest level of education completion verification, and reference checks.
 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are an employer that participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.