Quality Intern

Date Posted:

2024-08-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA

Otis Elevator Company is searching for highly motivated candidates interested in starting a career in Quality!

Internships at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop through meaningful projects that drive our business. Our comprehensive internship program will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your skills. You’ll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; and where we empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy and trust.

These are full-time, paid summer internships, typically ranging from 10-12 weeks, in May/June 2025. Throughout your internship, we provide continuous training and performance feedback to ensure you develop the necessary skills to succeed. Additional career opportunities are available upon conclusion of a successful internship.

The Otis Quality Intern will support two manufacturing cells, improving and monitoring quality processes and standardized documentation, reacting to process and product failures, and validating any applicable NPI (new product introduction).

Essential Responsibilities

• Assist in the Florence factory annual calibration event
• Support Process Certification initiatives in the factory by evaluating measurement systems for repeatability/reproducibility and performing capability analyses
• Evaluate the current MRB (Material Review Board) and Scrap procedure, identify and implement changes in order to expedite approvals and disposition scrap, and evaluate sustainability of changes
• Gain exposure to SPC (Statistical Process Control) and will support data analysis as needed
• May participate in continuous improvement events and Lean initiatives such as Kaizen and 5S
• Perform various quality engineering support functions including but not limited to revising inspection instructions and procedures, assisting with equipment, writing manufacturing documents, developing processes, and preparing presentations.

 

Education / Certifications

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

 

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to work in a highly team-oriented and dynamic environment
• Candidate must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
• Needs to be self-motivated and able to manage several simultaneous projects and responsibilities
• Good mechanical aptitude

Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service business. We serve customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world and maintain more than 2 million elevators and escalators globally. Our Gen2® elevator system, energy-saving ReGen™ drive technology and Link escalator solutions have set industry standards for innovation and performance. Otis has more than 68,000 employees, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians. We are proud to be a global team that continues to rise to the challenges of a fast-moving, high-performance company. Together, the people of Otis are creating new ideas and opportunities by collaborating across time zones, geographies and cultures to better serve our customers. So just imagine where you can take your career! 

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Towe