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Mechanical Designer Co-op Internship

Entrust
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Sept 2025

About the role

Join us at Entrust  

At Entrust, we’re shaping the future of identity centric security solutions. From our comprehensive portfolio of solutions to our flexible, global workplace, we empower careers, foster collaboration, and build solutions that help keep the world moving safely. 

   

Get to Know Us  

Headquartered in Minnesota, Entrust is an industry leader in identity-centric security solutions, serving over 150 countries with cutting-edge, scalable technologies. But our secret weapon? Our people. It’s the curiosity, dedication, and innovation that drive our success and help us anticipate the future.  

Position Overview: Entrust is looking for a Mechanical Designer Internship  student to join our team for a 6 month experience in Shakopee, MN at our Corporate headquarters.

  • Join Entrust as a co-op student in our Engineering Group. 

  • Gain hands-on experience in your focus area of study. 

  • The Program allows undergraduate students an opportunity to gain experience and develop skills through challenging work assignments that truly add value to the business.

Become part of an innovative and skilled team of mechanical engineers and designers dedicated to creating systems for the printing and personalization of credit cards, passports, driver's licenses, national IDs, and more. Collaborate on cross-functional teams to develop meaningful products. As a member of the product development team, you will work closely with other engineers and designers to achieve project objectives. The products you help create will incorporate a wide array of printing technologies and various mechanical and electro-mechanical components and processes, such as injection-molded plastic, sheet metal, machining, rubber molding, power transmission, DC motors, lasers, and sensors.

Responsibilities:

  • Technical problem solving

  • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities

  • Work closely with and take work direction from Mechanical Engineers

  • Develop solutions for design problems

  • Create or modify solid models of parts

  • Create and review part drawings

  • Participate in design reviews

  • Prototype and test designs

  • Provide solutions and recommendations for technical problems

Basic Qualifications

  • Pursuing an Associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Design or equivalent

  • Solid Modeling experience

  • Must be able to lawfully work within the US and have unrestricted work authorization for US

Preferred Qualifications:

  • SolidWorks 3-D Solid Modeling experience

  • Knowledge with injection-molded, plastic-part design

  • Knowledge working with mechanical and electromechanical products

  • Knowledge with sheet metal, machined part design

  • Mechanical aptitude with hands-on skills

  • Strong interest in product design

  • Detail-oriented, deadline driven, self-directed and organized

  • Ability to excel in highly-interactive cross-functional team

  • Commitment to learning and continuous improvement

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  • 3.0 GPA or higher

About Entrust

Our growing company relies on curious, dedicated and innovative colleagues to anticipate the future and provide solutions for a more connected, mobile and secure world. Entrust technologies and expertise help government agencies, enterprises and financial institutions in more than 150 countries serve and safeguard citizens, employees and consumers. Each year, our solutions secure billions of transactions — and every day, our technologies issue and manage more than 10 million secure identities. How do we do all of this? Together.

Join us. Together we’ll create solutions for a more connected, mobile and secure life.

For more information, visit http://www.entrust.com/. Follow us on Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Entrust Corporation is an EOE/AA/Veteran/People with Disabilities employer.

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