Mechanical Engineering Intern

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Mechanical Engineering Intern

Internships and Co-Ops at Otis are rewarding and challenging providing you with the opportunity to learn grow and develop through meaningful projects that impact and drive our business. Our comprehensive programs will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your engineering communication and business acumen skills. Youll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; where we empower and inspire each other through support autonomy and trust; and where we set big goals rise to achieve them and win as a team!

The Otis Service Center in Bloomfield CT is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Mechanical Engineer Co-Op. This role will begin in summer 2026. This is a paid position that will require 15-25 hours per week during the fall and spring school semesters and 40 hours per week during the summer break. This a is a hybrid position the will require the candidate to be onsite at least 60% of the work hours.

Job responsibilities:

• Create tools parts and technical documents for field repair installation and maintenance of Otis and competitor equipment.

• Communicate & work with various Field office personnel Supply Management department & external suppliers to gather information set up field tests & minimize any impact or supply interruption of approved products to our field force.

• This position has substantial documentation data analysis and technical writing work studies organizational skills and has a direct impact on process improvements.

• The intern may have an opportunity to carry out with guidance from senior staff the complete product development cycle to design test select & implement selected materials & parts/tools for use by our field organization.

• Research and performance testing for elevator systems development.

• Jobsite testing and surveying.

• Implement material & parts tests with focus on data collection & analysis.

• Setup maintain adjust & repair mechanical test rigs & data collection equipment as needed.

• Perform some mechanical design & strength analysis of elevator parts & service tools.

Education:

• Candidate must be working towards completion of requirements for an undergraduate degree in any of the engineering fields manufacturing or construction and should have an interest in design/development type work.

Experience and Qualifications

• Superior organizational & technical communication skills.

• Technical writing skills to create process instructions & present test results.

• Experience with data collection procedures & test equipment.

• Advanced Computer skills including a working knowledge of CAD Microsoft Word & Excel are required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in manufacturing industry and working directly with suppliers.

• 3D Printing experience

Salary range:

The hourly range for this role is $25/hr to $26/hr. We may pay more or less than the posted range and the range may change in the future. Pay within the salary range will be based on factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance and business or organizational needs.

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