Intern - Manufacturing Engineering (Summer 2025)

Position Overview: You will benefit from working side by side with a talented and experienced group of professionals eager to mentor.  Day to day activities can involve significant interaction with various functional groups such as Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Test Engineering and Manufacturing, allowing for additional broad learning opportunities.   Position will begin in June 2025 and run through August 2025.   Responsibilities: As a Manufacturing Engineering summer intern, you’ll be supporting the detail design, analysis, integration and test of advanced optical and electro-mechanical systems for state-of-the-art military (ground, airborne, space) systems. You’ll be responsible for detail design and analysis of flight articles and/or test fixtures, coordinating engineering changes, supporting assembly and test, compiling and presenting designs and analysis to the engineering teams.   Education Requirements:  Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering from an accredited institution. Must have completed a minimum of 24 college credits.   Experience Required:

Knowledge of CAD modeling (PTC CREO4 preferred, Solidworks acceptable)

Familiarity of PTC/Simulate, MathCAD or other analysis packages

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power point

Experience and ability in the preparation of technical reports and presentations

Familiarity with machine design, strength of materials and machine shop practices

Previous intern experience is preferred

Location:

The position is located onsite at our facility in Danbury, CT. Located in beautiful Fairfield County, Danbury offers a diverse economy, wonderful parks, cultural attractions, an impressive mix of private and public educational institutions and a vibrant arts scene. Our facility is nestled among a remarkable selection of communities to call home all with varying price points to fit many different budgets. We’re close to New York City, Boston, and other major cities – great for day trips and weekend getaways. Our lovely seasons along with award-winning institutions, colleges, cultural events, and a genuine sense of community brings a diverse population to the beautiful state of Connecticut!

 

When you choose to join the ARKA Student Program, you will:

• Gain hands-on experience in your chosen field and share your unique ideas and creative problem-solving skills to help us continue our legacy of innovation.
• Flourish and seamlessly develop great relationships with co-workers.
• Network with students from other universities.
• Participate in activities that support our local communities.
• Work alongside our talented team, including employees who started as interns or co-ops.
• Enjoy companywide employee activities.
• Receive competitive compensation and paid holidays.

 

EHS/Environmental Requirements:

This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to use hands to keyboard, communicate, listen to, and interpret instructions and remain stationary for extended periods of the time. This would require the ability to move around the campus and occasionally move/lift items weighing up to 25 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Applicants are invited to apply for a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the job. To apply, send a request to staffing@arka.org or contact 203-797-5000 and press 2 for Human Resources.

 

ITC & Security Clearance Requirements:

This position requires the incumbent to access export-controlled information; therefore, US Person status is required. 

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

 

Employment with any of the ARKA Group companies in the US is contingent upon satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements to include a credit check, background check and drug screen.