Job Description
The ARM Institute leads the way to a future where people and robots work together to respond to our nation’s greatest challenges and to develop and produce the world’s most desired products. As a federally funded national institute, the ARM Institute’s mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative robotics technologies that are the foundation of every advanced manufacturing activity today and into the future.
Mechanical Engineer Intern The ARM Institute is seeking outstanding applicants for a Mechanical Engineering Intern position. We view internships as excellent opportunities for us to learn about potential full-time hires while also contributing to students' education and their understanding of work practices in an engineering setting. Please note that this is an
on-site and full-time position (40 hrs./week) for Summer 2025 . We are looking for candidates with a demonstrated work ethic, technical knowledge base, and participation in extracurricular activities. The ARM Institute requires a hands-on approach to engineering including tooling and machine design, rapid prototyping, and the curiosity to see a project through to completion. Prior work experience, participation in a club or activity where teamwork and collaboration are emphasized - whether it’s First Robotics in High School, Baja SAE, or a non-engineering interest; we’re interested in how you interact and engage with others, build upon ideas, collaborate, and work through challenges as a team.
Successful candidates must demonstrate a thorough understanding of their engineering experience or coursework applying foundational principles to their everyday work. Although ARM primarily uses SolidWorks, experience in Unigraphics, Creo, Fusion 360, Autodesk Inventor, or similar is helpful. As a Mechanical Engineering Intern at the ARM Institute, you will work alongside a growing engineering team and solve real-world problems.
Work assigned depends largely on business needs at the time of internship as well as the experience of the candidate, some examples of work areas include:
- Contributing to the design of robotic cells
- Designing of production tooling emphasizing speed, simplicity and ease-of-use
- Programming collaborative and/or industrial robots
- Participating in customer-facing discussions, design reviews and system demonstrations
- Designing vacuum grippers for material handling and manipulation of complex parts
- Designing a custom test for a robotic component or subsystem
- Creating test fixtures to simulate the motion of an industrial robotic task
- Testing and analyzing production performance data on a system build quality and speed
- Performing thermal or structural analysis on an industrial robot, hand calculations and simulations
- Analyzing test failures and field failures of robot components and proposed redesigns
- Creating digital twins of systems to evaluate layouts, designs, efficiencies, etc.
- System requirements development, tracking, and verification
- Performing statistical analysis to assess whether tolerance stack-ups are acceptable.
- Learning about computer vision camera models and computer vision algorithms
Qualifications - High School Diploma or equivalent certificate.
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or advanced degree program: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or associated field will be considered.
- Candidate must be a US citizen.
We believe diversity is essential to our organization’s growth and success and strive to create an inclusive, accepting culture and seek individuals of all backgrounds to join our innovative organization. ARM is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Tags
Full time, Work experience placement, Summer work,