Engineering Interns, Cortland, NY (hiring from surrounding CNY area)

Engineering Interns, Cortland, NY (hiring from Central NY area)

Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL) and trusted provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s leading brands and companies is searching for Summer Interns in an Engineering program from Cortland, NY and the surrounding area to join our Electrical team in our Cortland, NY office.  This is a fantastic opportunity to gain real world experience in testing and certification field, helping to ensure the quality and safety of our customers' products, processes, and systems.

Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. 

We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world. Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

The Engineering Intern position is an 8 - 12-week, full-time paid summer position that is responsible for performing electrical testing, support and evaluation on a variety of products to the provisions of U.S., Canadian and other international product safety standards; writing reports; and communicating with your team and clients as required.

Salary & Benefits Information

The base wage or salary range for this position is $20 - $22 per hour. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons. In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid holidays. 

What you'll do:

Listed examples are illustrative and representative of the tasks required of the Engineering Intern and are not intended to be complete or exclusive.

Under the guidance of an engineer or mentor, conduct evaluation of products to determine compliance with applicable standard(s). Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Read and understand schematics and manufacturing instructions.
• Under scope of the project, identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing.
• Set up and operate standard test equipment including, but not limited to, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, multi-meter, dielectric strength tester, ground continuity tester, digital multi-meter, surge generator, over-voltage tester, environmental condition chamber, articulated probes.
• Perform testing of products in accordance with standards. Core tests include, but are not limited to rating, leakage current, dielectric, temperature, pressure, stability, mechanical hazard, flammability, abnormal and fault insurance, rain, radiation, sound, laser.
• Use hand tools to build/calibrate test fixtures.
• Follow sample handling procedures, ensure that sample is logged into and out of the system.
• Move equipment as needed through the facility. Properly package samples for shipment.
• Compile test results during construction review and testing.  Compile data and product description.
• Communicate project status and test results throughout testing. 
• Perform other work as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to make technical decisions and enginee