Engineering Interns - Summer 2025

This is your opportunity to learn from the best! Manitowoc Cranes is looking for self-starting, motivated Engineering Interns for Summer 2025. This position is located in Shady Grove, PA. This is the perfect opportunity to enhance your education with practical hands-on experience to prepare you for your future and Build Something Real. This is a support role for engineering, with manufacturing and new product development exposure. You will interact with managers, project leaders, engineers on a daily basis.

THE DAY TO DAY…

• Support engineering staff by performing basic engineering assignments in the design and development of crane control systems.
• This can involve participation with planning, technology research, functional design, prototyping, product/component testing, etc.

In this internship you will gain experience with multiple engineering roles such as Application, Electrical, Hydraulic, Quality / Reliability, Structural, Supply Chain and Test / PVC – Product Verification Center,

You will be exposed to:

• Office Environment
• Crane design and manufacturing
• Design reviews
• Structural fabrication processes including cutting, welding, forming, machining and more.
• The product development process and manufacturing principles
• The systems prototyping process
• Production changes
• Final assembly processes
• Quality assurance processes

Engineering Areas:

Application BT/CD Value Stream Engineering

• Work with niche applications such as Lift Solutions
• Work in Truck Mod Center learning truck chassis interfacing
• Design weldments for Truck Mod 
• Perform structural analysis on weldments that are designed.

Electrical or Hydraulic Controls

• 3D cad package experience
• Basic knowledge of Electrical or Hydraulic Schematics
• Basic knowledge of Elecrical/Electronic or Hydraulic Test Equipment
• Basic ability to format and analyze results of Data Acquisition tests.
• Ability to parse, organize and create test reports from collected data.
• Motivated and self – starter

Quality / Reliability Engineering

• Data analytics (warranty analysis/failure trends)
• Supplier follow-up support (researching outstanding 8D’s and NCR’s/coordinating supplier responses)
• Redesign test plans.
• MWI creation

Structural Engineering

• Emphasis on design and manufacturing course work. Basic working knowledge of a 3D modeling software, preferably Creo…AND/OR:
• Emphasis on structural course work.  Basic working knowledge of a FEA program such as ANSYS
• Strong hobbies and interests in all things mechanical.
• Previous internship working with construction equipment or civil engineering projects like bridges is a plus.
• Experience in a test environment, application of strain gages, accelerometers, and other measurement equipment on large steel structures is a plus.

Supply Chain

• Support with expediting placed purchase orders to ensure vendor confirmed delivery dates are met, and material is shipped according to Manitowoc need dates.
• Ensure suppliers are meeting their targeted Key Performance Indicators metrics.
• Work on Materials Procurement Projects
• Communicating and coordinating with suppliers
• Completing data entry and analysis
• Assisting with inventory control
• Developing cost-saving measures
• Create training documents.

Test / PVC – Product Verification Center

• Willingness to perform hands-on mechanical work.
• Basic electrical knowledge (specifically DC)
• Familiarity with drawings and schematics (hydraulic and electrical)
• Ability to spend time working outside.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be enrolled as a student at an accredited university studying toward a bachelor’s degree in engineering. 
• Must have and mai