R&D Engineering Intern - Summer 2024

With more than 50+ years of consecutive growth, we’ve created a dynamic workplace where over 36,000 employees worldwide are empowered to grow and add to our entrepreneurial culture.

To support our continued growth, we’re looking to add new talent, like you, to our team! Our people are genuine, creative, and proactive problem solvers who have access to leadership for rapid alignment to make decisions driven by what’s right for our customers.

A Medline internship offers you real-world, hands-on experience where you can make a true impact. Interns take ownership of their projects and get a feel for day-to-day work in their respective roles. In addition to a typical Medline workday, the summer is jam-packed with enriching activities, such as social and networking events, leadership presentations, learning and development opportunities, community service projects, plus so much more. The tangible skillset you’ll build while doing meaningful work will set you apart from your peers.

Covering a variety of business areas and needs, our internships are available to rising seniors in undergraduate programs. Engineered for personal and professional development, our summer program runs for ten weeks from early June through mid-August.

The Product Development Intern will support and coordinate product development activities between divisional stakeholders (Marketing, Clinical, Quality, etc) and vendor partners. This intern will develop and communicate product requirements, evaluate product performance, and oversee development & production timelines.

Possible projects could include:

·        Develop product requirements, performance attributes, and quality specifications.  Communicate to manufacturer through drawings and technical specs.

·        Oversee product development timelines and communicate to divisional stakeholders and Vendors/Sourcing through utilization of Project Management software.

·        Evaluate prototypes for usability, manufacturability, performance, and quality using analysis techniques such as visual evaluation, tactile textile evaluation, and creating testing plans/analyzing results.

·        Administer process of approving new source to make an existing product by comparing all aspects of current product characteristics and performance to new potential source’s prototype(s).

·        Improve product quality and performance of existing products by working with internal quality team and manufacturing partners; develops custom methods to evaluate and improve product quality.

·        Establish new product development sub-processes as needed to increase speed to market, reduce production and quality issues, etc.

·        Create and update product technical specifications due to product improvements, evolving FDA requirements, and product changes due to Sourcing team needs.

·        Utilize design software to create product drawings and communicate high-level ideas to factories.

Qualifications:

·        Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical and Chemical preferred)

·        Junior standing with a 3.0 minimum GPA preferred

·        Experience in product development, sourcing, quality, industrial design, or engineering.

·        Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

·        Experience in communicating with overseas manufacturing partners.

·        Experience with design software such as Solidworks, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

COVID-19 Vaccination
Please be aware that Medline requires all employees starting in this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  This position will require the successful candidate to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated by their start date.  Medline is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodations to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for COVID-19 consistent with federal, state, and local law.