Intern the Otsuka Way 2025 - Hayward Engineering – Otsuka Summer 2025 Internship (Manufacturing Engineer)

Job Summary 

Otsuka’s internship program, Intern the Otsuka Way (InTOW), offers students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop critical skills while contributing to meaningful projects. Interns will work alongside experienced professionals, learn about the complexities of the pharmaceutical industry, and gain insights into potential career paths. By combining practical experience with professional development, our program prepares interns for future success. Our internship program also includes instructor led trainings, a leadership engagement series, as well as insightful lunch and learns. 

Otsuka is a dynamic organization where motivated individuals come together to create new products for better health. We're driven by our purpose: defying limitations to improve lives. 

Deadline to apply: January 31, 2025.  

Interviews and offers: February through March 2025. 

Duration of internship: May 19, 2025, through August 11, 2025.  

Job Description  

Hayward Engineering is a small team of engineers, driving the design, development, qualification, improvement, and support of processes and equipment for the high-volume manufacture of Otsuka’s novel ingestible sensor device.  Our sensor manufacturing leverages elements of semiconductor, medical device, pharmaceutical, and web / roll-to-roll based continuous manufacturing.  We are a data-driven and compliance-focused company pioneering its way in this newly emerging regulated market. 

This position will support the implementation of an improvement project to upgrade an existing manufacturing system that evaluates ingestible tablets with an embedded sensor.  This role will be developing a test plan, testing and troubleshooting equipment, collecting and analyzing data to evaluate the impact of the process improvement, drafting revisions of production-related documents, and presenting their findings to various departments at the Hayward site, including Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance.  The internship will conclude with a final presentation to internal departments on testing the implementation of a new script to improve how the system evaluates the quality of tablets. 

  

Qualifications 

Minimum: 

• By Fall 2025, candidate must be considered an undergraduate senior or master’s student 

• Engineering-related field or engineering major, including electro-mechanical, manufacturing, chemical, process, electrical, bioengineering, mechanical 

• Actively enrolled in an accredited college or university following the potential internship.  

• Can commit to full duration of internship program.  

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Completion of coursework in areas related to data analytics, engineering statistics, manufacturing, process improvement, process control, or operations  

• Experience in root cause analysis preferred 

• Data analytics software experience: Excel, JMP, or similar analytics software 

• Ability to analyze data, create visualizations, and present insight from data 

• Excellent, detail-oriented verbal and written communication skills 

• Demonstrates behaviors aligned with the Otsuka Corporate Brand including Perseverance, Unconventional Thinking, and Humility.  

• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment.  

• Demonstrate ability to think creatively to solve complex problems.  

• Exhibits eagerness to learn and ability to learn quickly.  

Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Minimum $27.00 - Maximum $30.80: The range shown repr