Automation Engineering Intern
INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the bookends of our success. Our employees work with a passion to never settle and always improve, enabling us to push the status quo and change the lives of our users.
Our Engineering Team is responsible for creating innovative solutions that address the unmet needs of our customers. We do this through increasing our users’ productivity by integrating new technologies and methodologies to deliver new-to-world products and product enhancements. We work together with our users through observation, interviews, and field research, making them part of the solution process. Our team defines critical benefits to our end users, constructs prototypes, and evaluates product designs considering unmet user needs, durability, materials, and manufacturing processes The Firmware Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement firmware for embedded systems. You will work with agile teams throughout the product development process to ensure on-time delivery of firmware components.
Behind our doors you’ll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you’ll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.
Milwaukee Tool Automation Engineers develop innovative automated test systems to support new product tests across North America. We work cross-functionally with new product development engineers and the test lab to define test system requirements. We make empowered decisions to rapidly take your test system design from concept to reality. Additionally, we support troubleshooting and design revisions to continuously improve existing systems.
We are looking for engineers passionate about automation, team collaboration, and product testing. A typical Automation Engineer has vertical mechatronics skillsets including Mechanical, Electrical, and Programming. While an engineer might specialize in one discipline, each engineer is expected to be agile across disciplines.
You’ll also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:
- Develop innovative automated test systems to support new product development.
- Create custom NI LabVIEW and PLC applications for data collection, hardware control, automated test execution, and test lab process automation.
- Create and query SQL databases to save test data, create data visualizations, and enable data-driven decisions.
- Support existing test systems across domestic and global test labs.
- Create system documentation including BOM (bill of materials) and operational instructions.
- Analyze project risks – including cost, schedule, procurement, design, and safety.
- Prioritize and manage multiple projects – Adhere to timelines and excel in a fast-paced high-energy environment.
- Collaborate with other engineers in technical solutions and implementation across domestic and global test labs.
What TOOLS you’ll bring with you:
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
- Interest in mechatronic system software development using NI LabVIEW.
- Experience with creating software to acquire data and/or control mechatronic systems.
- Interest in SQL database design and SQL queries.
- Interest in test and measurement techniques, including sensor technology, signal conditioning, data acquisition and uncertainty calculations.
- Experience with hands-on hardware troubleshooting
- Analytical and reasoning skills with an ability to visualize processes and outcomes.
- Ability to build, integrate, and debug automated systems.
*Ideal candidate would be able to bring diversified tools from mechanical, electrical, and software sections. Internship will focus on one of these three areas
Our Perks and Benefits:
- Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans.
- Generous 401 (K) savings plan.
- Education assistance.
- On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service.
- And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.
