2026 Summer Intern – Maintenance & Reliability Engineering

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The Position

2026 Summer Intern – Maintenance & Reliability Engineering

Department Summary

The Maintenance & Reliability Engineering team is responsible for ensuring equipment uptime, operational readiness, and effective spare-parts management to support 24-hour manufacturing and laboratory operations at GenMark Diagnostics. The team partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to execute preventive maintenance activities while designing, implementing, and sustaining a Kanban-based spare parts management system.

A key focus of the organization is the development and continuous improvement of standardized maintenance processes, visual inventory controls, and data-driven spare parts strategies to reduce downtime, eliminate material shortages, and improve maintenance response time. These efforts directly support reliable production and laboratory operations for the ePlex molecular diagnostic instruments, enabling timely delivery of products that support patient care.

This internship position is located in CARLSBAD, CA, on site.

The Opportunity

• Ownership of an impactful project that improves performance using principles of Lean Six Sigma to reduce process variation and driving work standardization and flow.

• Final presentation near the conclusion of internship to senior leaders.

Program Highlights

• Intensive 12-weeks, full time (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates are in May/June (Summer).

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.

• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.

• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.

Who You Are

Required Education

• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's Degree (enrolled student).

• Must have attained a Bachelor's Degree (not currently enrolled in a graduate program).

• Must be pursuing a Master's Degree (enrolled student).

Required Majors

• Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics or related fields.

Required Skills

• Good Documentation Practices.

• Safety & Compliance.

• Engineering Fundamentals.

• Data Collection.

• Documentation Support.

• Attendance & Reliability.

• Communication..

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of basic engineering and/or scientific theories, principles and techniques.

• Possess strong analytical skills plus technical and mechanical aptitude.

• Proficiency with Google Suite.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

• Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.

• Efficient, organized, and able to handle short timelines in a fast-paced environment.

• Complete work in a timely, accurate and thorough manner.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting. 

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