Design Intern Fall 2026

About Pratt Miller an Oshkosh company

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports defense and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development engineering prototype manufacturing test & validation and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster.

Pratt Miller is a world-class technology company and a respected leader in motorsports automotive and defense industries providing clients with advanced engineering and low-volume manufacturing solutions.

Our Design interns apply existing skill sets to solve engineering design and development problems while expanding their current knowledge base. These efforts can be applied to short or long-term projects including virtual prototype development design and development testing assistance and engineering analysis. Candidates must have some CAD experience.

Position will require working individually under the mentorship of a Senior Design Department Mentor and/or with a small team of designers / engineers to execute customer projects. Projects include motorsports automotive defense and commercial industries.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Typical responsibilities include but are not limited to the following areas:
1. Vehicle System Design and Development
2. Product Design & Development

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Experience in parametric 3D modeling and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
Technical writing skills for reports and specifications using MS Word and Excel; good platform skills using PowerPoint for presentations.
Must have an understanding of the basic materials and processes utilized in structural products as well as associated testing techniques to validate product integrity.

Desired Education and Training:
BS or MS candidate in Materials Science Mechanical Aerospace or Automotive Engineering

Desired Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
ProE Unigraphics CATIA Solidworks IDEAS Mechanical Desktop
Ansys NASTRAN Optistruct linear static structural analysis

Other Requirements:
This position will require lawful access to ITAR/EAR controlled information and employees in this role will need to meet those requirements. Requirements include US Citizenship US Permanent Resident or ability to meet licensure requirements.

Pratt Miller is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.

Pay Range:

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