Engineering Co-Op Fall 2026
On-siteSite, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
EXPIREDSite, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the CongoOn-siteInternshipBachelors DegreeEnterprise
InternshipBachelors DegreeEnterprise
Job Summary
Conduct project-specific material characterization and refine skills in material testing, design for additive manufacturing, and problem solving for real projects utilizing Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Work on daily design for additive manufacturing tasks while completing a short capstone project during downtime. Apply learned techniques in material testing, design for additive manufacturing, and general problem solving to real projects that utilize Laser Powder Bed Fusion.
Required Qualifications
- Must be pursuing a 4-year degree in materials, mechanical, or metallurgical engineering (or equivalent)
- Has completed at least 1-3 years of that degree program
- Introduction to Materials (Structures/Properties of Materials)
- Engineering Math/Calculus 1
- Introduction to Chemistry
- a laboratory class (all of these or equivalent)
Desired Qualifications
- Material Testing Principles/Lab
- Metallography
- Physics
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Basic Design Principles
- Metallography and optical microscopy
- Material testing
- Tensile
- Hardness
- Roughness
- Microstructure
- Additive manufacturing experience
- Traditional manufacturing experience
- Welding experience
- Hand tools
- Design principles (DFM/DFAM)
- SolidWorks or equivalent
- Dimensional testing experience (calipers, micrometers, blue light scanning)
- Technical presentations/communication
- US Citizen
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