Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Intern. The hourly rate for this position is $22.15 - $27.69 per hour. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. **What you’ll do:** Eaton is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Intern to be located in Arden, NC for Summer 2025. **Essential Functions** + The summer intern will assist the Manufacturing Engineer in the following duties: + Provide assistance to line and staff personnel in order to develop solutions for product and manufacturing problems for a complete line of apparatus. + Assist in training and development of personnel. Assemble, verify, and analyze the results of others, prepare reports and present findings. + Initiate and prepare specifications for products, equipment, tooling, processes, and systems to obtain optimum cost and quality manufacturability. + Implement and utilize strategies to ensure concurrent engineering and design for manufacturing concepts with the design engineering team. + Investigate and develop understanding of new technologies and processes and be able to assess these from a broad perspective in terms of the impact of the total business. + Design, develop, justify, and guide the installation of new engineering concepts, equipment, tooling, processes, and systems through appropriate procedures so that optimum manufacturing cost can be achieved and maintained. + Maintain an understanding of JIT, Lean & Agile Manufacturing, Kaizen, TQM, Poka-Yoke and cPQI. + Other duties, projects as assigned. **Qualifications:** **Basic Qualifications:** + Actively enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering. + Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above (Please do not round). + Candidate must reside within 50 mi of Arden, NC location. No relocation is being offered. + Candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship. **Preferred Qualifications** + Prior internship experience within a manufacturing environment. + Candidate with Yellow Belt certification. + Understanding of Lean Six Sigma concepts preferred. + Proficiency with Microsoft Office. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number. We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here (https://www.youreatonbenefits.com/candidates) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.