2025 Summer Manufacturing Engineering Undergraduate Intern

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2025 Summer Manufacturing Engineering Undergraduate Intern

Irvine, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Undergraduate Intern / Co-op Program Overview:

    • 3 months (May-August) intern/co-op within a functional area of MKS Instruments that provides students a comprehensive and engaging experience from before your program starts to after the program ends.
    • Meaningful work and project assignments
    • Networking opportunities with peers and executives
    • Exposure to different divisions of the business
    • Understanding of MKS Instruments’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

    A Day in Your Life at MKS:

    As an Industrial Engineering Internship at Technical Operations, ISB MKS, you will partner with Manufacturing Engineering team to provide technician level support. In this role, you will report to the Sr. Manager of Technical Operations MFG Engineering.

    You Will Make an Impact By:

    • Work with Manufacturing Engineering staff to provide technician level support to ISB Assembly business in a design, engineering, manufacturing, and reliability environment.
    • Incumbent will assist Manufacturing Engineers in support of existing products and assist in making improvements under the direction of other senior engineers
    • Incumbent will assist Manufacturing Engineers in support of NPI new programs on manufacturing processes, metrologies and test stations development and documentations.
    • Use programs to collect and evaluate/analyze data to conduct on-line adjustments and/or optimization to products and stations to provide touch time, first pass yield and cycle time.
    • Willing to learn new things through daily tasks. For example, SAP, with good failure analysis and English skills to create RMAs reports to customers.

    Skills You Bring:

    • Enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program for Engineering (Industrial Engineering, Physics, Optics, Optical Engineering, Electronic Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, EE, Machinal Engineering)
    • Working knowledge or understanding of electrical, electronics and semiconductor devices, including lasers and geometry Optics.
    • Familiarity with engineering laboratory instruments, such as Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Network Analyzers;
    • Ability to work on tasks effectively, independently with minimal supervision and in a team environment.
    • The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and experience problem solving through engineering methods and techniques

    Preferred Skills:

    • Proficient experience with coding language, like C, C++, Python
    • MatLab simulation and data analysis experience

    Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

    MKS Instruments, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

    MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com .

    If applying for a specific job, please include the requisition number (ex: RXXXX), the title and location of the role

  • Industry
    Manufacturing
  • About Us

    MKS has a long history of leveraging their collective curiosity to understand and develop solutions that are at the core of many key technological innovations. These innovations have driven accelerated roadmaps for Semiconductor, Industrial, Life and Health Sciences, Research and Defense markets.