Internship - New Product Innovation

What you'll do:

As the NPI Intern you will support current New Product Introduction projects, in an engineering design, test sample preparation, and design review preparation role. This is a role that will provide the opportunity to work cross-functionally with other business areas including Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Finance and Supply Chain. It will require you to have ambition, drive, strong leadership, and solid engineering fundamentals, with confidence and enthusiasm in the product design and cost arenas. A highly entrepreneurial sense of urgency along with a passion for the industry is desirable. A strong drive to grow both personally and professionally is ideal for this role. The position will allow you to demonstrate your ability to drive innovation from ideation through Six Sigma processes, identification of product adjacencies, identification and execution of time savings through assembly optimization. The successful candidate will be a key resource for the NPI Engineering team in helping to innovate our PD&C product lines, supports systems, enclosures, and data and communications solutions for the next generation of hazardous and industrial products.

Essential Functions:

• Work in a cross-functional/multi-disciplinary team, making technology/engineering decisions for project on time execution
• Support conceptual design, and complete system/component modeling to meet specific requirements
• Create CAD drawings, 3D models, assemblies, etc.
• Support test plan development, including for 3rd party certifications, sample preparation, and data summary reports
• Ensure deployment of standard engineering practices, assessing test results, and root cause analysis through test findings/failures
• Prepare Design proposals and documentation required to define and control products
• Participate in design reviews, both customer and internal as required

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Actively enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in engineering with a major in mechanical, electrical, industrial, industrial & systems, aerospace or aeronautical engineering or applied engineering sciences from an accredited institution
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher (please do not round)
• Currently located within 50-mile radius of Syracuse, NY with housing available through summer break
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.