Quality Engineering Intern

Pella, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who We Are

Vermeer equips customers doing important work around the world. We are global driven by innovation and growing. The equipment we make manages natural resources connects people and feeds and fuels communities. We live out a caring culture we demonstrate agility we keep a focus on customers and are stewards of our resources. These beliefs drive our culture determine how we treat others and steer our business.

Work Shift

1 - First Shift

Job Summary

Are you energized by solving problems and improving how things are made As a Quality Engineer Intern at Vermeer youll support real-world projects that enhance production processes and drive operational excellence. This internship offers hands-on experience in monitoring analyzing problem solving and improving product performancepreparing you for a full-time engineering role upon graduation.

What Youll Do

1. Review and analyze internal and external quality performance for whole goods upstream production plant quality and/or supplier quality; communicate trends and findings to manufacturing leadership.

2. Support Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) and problem-solving activities for assigned issues; help implement solutions to reduce quality issues and defects.

3. Assist in executing and auditing control plans and manufacturing processes for compliance and effectiveness; partner with manufacturing engineering to implement mistake-proofing and process improvements.

4. Collaborate with suppliers to problem-solve and verify quality improvements.

5. Participate in process capability studies and continuous improvement activities with process engineering including Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods such as Process Capability Index (CPK) and control charts using statistical software such as Minitab (or similar).

6. Support critical Quality Management System (QMS) processes and participate in quality improvement projects and teams.

What Were Looking For

- High School diploma required. Current student pursuing a Bachelors degree in Engineering.

- Awareness of quality tools and techniques such as Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Core Tools SPC methods and CPK with exposure to statistical software such as Minitab (or similar).

- Awareness of lean manufacturing principles and using Lean Sigma/Six Sigma methodology to improve quality including Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC).

- Experience with troubleshooting and root cause analysis; exposure to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Eight Disciplines (8D) problem solving preferred.

- Ability to work in a team environment operate assembly and measurement tools and devices and read prints and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

Travel

- No travel is expected of this position.

Work Location

ONSITE: A team members day-to-day work is best done on a Vermeer campus. If work content can be occasionally completed at an offsite location discuss potential arrangements with your manager.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Vermeer Corporation we believe in the value of your unique identity background and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital status genetic information disability sexual orientation gender identity veteran status or any other status protected by the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact Team Member Solutions at or at .

Interested Wed love to get to know you.

Required Experience:

Intern

Who We AreVermeer equips customers doing important work around the world. We are global driven by innovation and growing. The equipment we make manages natural resources connects people and feeds and fuels communities. We live out a caring culture we demonstrate agility we keep a focus on customers ...