Undergraduate Intern / Co-op Program Overview-

• 3 month co-op from May 2025 to August 2025 within a Valves Group 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

Summary & Objectives:

MKS Instruments is seeking an exceptional Mechanical Engineering Intern to join the team. In this position, you will work within the Sensor Design group to help support the existing two mechanical engineers with the analyzing, building and testing of new capacitance sensors and transducers.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Work closely with production to build new capacitance sensor designs
• Help diagnose production related issues with sensor performance
• Perform various types of mechanical and thermal analyses using SolidWorks and/or COMSOL FEA
• Test sensors at the capacitance output level
• Test sensors and electronics at the voltage (transducer) output level
• Analyze test data and produce detailed reports
• Design and troubleshoot various test systems
• Design bespoke test equipment via 3D printing, CNC milling, etc.
• Travel Requirements: Up to 10% of Travel is required.

Required Skills:

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree program in Mechanical Engineering or relevant majors
• Comfortable with using standard hand tools for building transducers and test systems
• SolidWorks CAD modeling and FEA analysis
• Microsoft Excel, Matlab or Python script writing for data processing
• Soldering of various electrical wiring and PCB components
• Electronics debugging via capacitance, resistance and electrical continuity testing

Competencies:

• Willingness to perform extensive test data analysis
• Good understanding of mechanical design principles
• Good understanding of heat transfer principles
• Proficient with using test instrumentation like thermocouples, strain gauges, infrared cameras, etc.

Reporting Relationships: Reporting to Engineering Manager in Sensor Design Engineering group

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time
• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination
• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
• Must be able to exchange accurate information
• The ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Operates in a professional office environment
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery
• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

Compensation and Benefits:

Hourly Pay Range: $22.00 to $29.00 per hour. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law. At MKS, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role.

Benefits: MKS offers a benefits package for interns/co-ops working at least 20 hours per week, including 11 paid holidays, sick time, and 15 paid vacation days accrued on a biweekly basis.

The application period for the intern/co-op position is estimated to be through the end of March 2025; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates

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 .

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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.