R&D Intern

Overview

Overview:

 

The purpose of the internship is to provide meaningful professional hands-on experience to students with leadership potential and proven academic performance.  Werfen hires students majoring in Engineering and Life Sciences fields into this internship program based on business need.  Ideal candidates will combine technical and business knowledge with analytical strength and creative problem-solving abilities. 

Responsibilities

Position Description:

The chosen candidate will be assigned within a multi-discipline team with tasks to assist in the design and development of new automated medical diagnostic instruments. Responsibilities include designing, prototyping, and troubleshooting clever solutions towards next generation and on market products. Proposed solutions and collected data will be presented to the engineering team allowing candidates to experience design and data reviews and grow through design iterations. This position will provide the candidate knowledge of a full product development lifecycle of a regulated medical device company while allowing them to work continuously with full time engineers and other functional group employees. The product lifecycle includes prototyping, manufacturing scale-up, and manufacturing operations, all of which are currently located in-house at the Bedford, MA facility.

The chosen candidate will be exposed to the following software tools:

• Creo formally known as ProEngineer
• Windchill, a product lifecycle management tool
• ANSYS, an engineering simulation software
• Microsoft Office

The chosen candidate will also be able to further their knowledge in the following topics within multiple disciplines of engineering:

• Design for manufacturing
• Instrument Design
• Data presentation and analysis

The candidate will be mentored by a member of the Mechanical Engineering Development Team in the Acute Care Diagnostics R&D group and will be considered an active team member during the entire internship length.

Key Attributes 

• Requires confidence in using Microsoft Word and Excel tools.
• Requires Enthusiasm, motivation, initiative and ability to work within an interactive and energetic workplace.
• Review process procedures, change orders, equipment specifications, validation plans, and reports.
• Performs research on technology, equipment and tooling to improve process quality, yield or cost.  Generates proposals based on research.
• Assistance in creating, reviewing and maintaining department files.
• Performs experiments, analyzes and interprets numerical data from experiments.
• Summarizes findings by computer readouts, statistical summaries, graphs and other methods.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

• Currently pursuing B.S. in Engineering, Finance, Business, Marketing with a minimum of 2 college semesters complete.
• Ability to multitask.