You can prepare for a career in engineering by focusing on building your STEM skills and by getting an engineering internship in a field that interests you. Internships are an excellent way to gain insight into engineering fields, experience in engineering work, and exposure to engineering challenges.
In an engineering internship, you’ll likely work on an interdisciplinary team gaining valuable connections and references. Not every internship is the same, and what you do day to day can vary widely depending on the company. Some may give you more hands-on experience and others may provide a chance to shadow key executives or take part in weekly meetings. One company may offer you the chance to dive deeply into a single project and present your findings to company leadership; another may give you the chance to work across departments, giving you broad exposure to many parts of a company at once. Asking yourself what you want to get out of an internship is critical to knowing what’s going to be the best fit for you. What’s most important is to understand what you’re going to get out of an internship and to check if that aligns with your career goals.
Plexus
Manufacturing Engineer Intern in charge of a new product brought into Plexus. Set up entire manufacturing process, from how to build it to the entire floor layout, and training technicians and operators on how to build it.
L-3 Electron Devices
An international company that makes vacuum tubes for a variety of applications from medical to national defense. It’s a mix of commercial and military defense. Jacob has interned at the company three times - once in California and twice in Pennsylvania.
L-3 Electron Devices
An international company that makes vacuum tubes for a variety of applications from medical to national defense. It’s a mix of commercial and military defense. Jennifer has interned at the company once in Pennsylvania.
Primary Weapons Systems
Interned as an Engineering / Quality Assurance / Research & Development Intern from Fall 2015 - Present semester.
Northrop Grumman
I am now interning in their Technology Services sector at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, working with Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. I interned with Western Aircraft from Summer 2015 - Spring 2017.
1,4 Group
I interned/am still interning at a local company in Meridian ID called 1,4 Group. I work as a Mechanical Engineering Intern in 1,4 Group's research and development department. I started at 1,4 Group May 29th 2017 and I am currently still at 1,4 Group during the Fall 17 and Spring 18 semesters.