Intern, Application Engineer

Description

The company makes automation technology that helps manufacturers become more productive, sustainable and agile, and it has more than 28,000 employees.

The Low Voltage Motor Control Center (LVMCC) Application Engineering Intern supports custom motor control center (MCC) solutions for customers across many industries.

You will manage several of your own projects at once, each with its own milestones, and work with Sales, Commercial Engineering, Development Engineering, Manufacturing and Tech Support.

You will learn what customers need, apply technical and domain knowledge to solve problems, and make their experience simpler. This includes completing sales orders, doing electrical and mechanical design, and providing the bill of material (BOM) for manufacturing.

You will report to the Senior Application Engineering Lead. The role is hybrid and based in Milwaukee, WI, with in-person work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Milwaukee Headquarters location.

The company welcomes makers, forward thinkers and problem solvers.

Responsibilities

• Help with productivity and tools improvement projects.
• Review customer specifications and drawings and make sure you understand them.
• Handle the technical and commercial questions customers raise about their orders.
• Log exceptions and open questions, then resolve them.
• Learn the Rockwell product line and explain how its products benefit particular applications.
• Create or change electrical schematics.
• Create or change mechanical models of electrical component assemblies.
• Prepare final factory build documents, including the bill of material (BOM).
• Work with manufacturing on build instructions and technical issues.
• Support manufacturing when problems come up during the build.

Requirements

• Be working toward a Bachelor's degree at an accredited college or university.
• Be legally authorized to work in the U.S. The company will not sponsor employment visas for this opening, now or later.
• Preferably, study mechanical, electrical, biomedical or a similar field at an accredited college or university.
• Preferably, be enrolled for at least one more semester after the internship ends, with a graduation date of December 2027 or later.
• Preferably, live in or attend school in the greater Milwaukee area, within 50 miles of the Headquarters location.
• Preferably, be able to stay on part-time during the school year, in person.
• Preferably, enjoy finding better ways to make customers' lives easier.
• Preferably, want to see the results of your decisions and work through likely obstacles.
• Preferably, be comfortable or willing to work in a customer-facing role.
• Preferably, have experience with PLCs, CAD, schematic design, Ladder Logic, SolidWorks and Studio 5000.
• Preferably, have experience giving engineering support, updates and resolutions to customers and partners.
• Preferably, like learning new processes and products and go beyond your job scope to get issues resolved.
• Preferably, be willing to learn both electrical and mechanical disciplines to deliver a complete solution.

Conditions

Hourly pay is $22-$32, based on skills, knowledge, education and experience.

The role is part of a job family, and experience decides the position level and compensation.

Hybrid: work at a company location on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays unless you have a business obligation away from the office.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

The company encourages you to apply even if your experience does not match every qualification.

Benefits

• Health insurance covering medical, dental and vision.
• 401k.
• Paid time off.
• Parental and caregiver leave.
• Flexible work schedule, agreed with your manager, to fit around your personal life.
• Details of the US benefits package are available on the company's benefits page.