Process Engineer Intern - Furnace Deck Department, Summer 2025 (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-07-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HWA02: Wheels & Brakes (Carbon)-Spoka 11135 W Westbow Lane , Spokane, WA, 99224 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

You will be innovating in our engineering team within the Furnace Deck department- an operations center of chemical vapor deposition reactors and supporting equipment such as direct fire thermal oxidizers, steam educator vacuum systems, oil-water separation systems, etc. As a Process Engineer Intern for the Furnace Deck department, your responsibilities are centered around monitoring and maintaining both product and process health, collaborating with operators to ensure safe and effective process methods, developing and driving innovative solutions to reduce cost and cycle time, reduce product and process variation, increase department capacity, improving safety and ergonomics, and transitioning to use of automation and new technologies.

What You Will Do:

• Perform data analysis on production runs and supporting unit operations which need improvement
• Work directly with operations, engineers, mechanics and internal customers to progress analysis and project work
• Utilize PI datalink, PI vision, MS project, Minitab, and similar software to collect data and analyze meaningfully
• Present findings, participate in root cause analysis, and lead meetings
• Implement visuals, procedures and interactive tools to support operations

What You Will Learn:

• Day-to-day functioning of an engineering team with an Operations group
• Forming a project around a hypothesis for unit operation improvement
• Use of PI datalink software to view historical chemical process data
• Use of PI vision to build graphics that help engineers, operators, and mechanics resolve process issues
• Exposure to lean manufacturing principles

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Chemical Engineering, Mechanical engineering, or Industrial Engineering disciplines preferred.

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

The next chapter of our future as an aerospace company is here, and we are excited about what this means for our employees and customers! Get onboard the Collins Aerospace Operations team and play a part in managing our innovative products from inception to delivery. The Operations team continues to grow and aims to strengthen the connection of Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) across Collins Aerospace. In this dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to network across our businesses and functions, all while improving the productivity, quality and efficiency of our operations worldwide.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

This position is eligible for relocation.

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

At Collins, the paths we pave