Electrical Engineering Co-op - Fall (Aug - Dec) 2024

Position Summry

This internship or co-op position requires working on site 40 hours per week, 5 days per week. Occasional travel to local plants may be needed for assigned projects (reliable transportation a must). Position will be located at plant in Streetsboro, OH. The Co-Op Program includes up to 3 sessions in either the Co-Op or internship employment arrangement.  The Co-Op can work up to three alternating semesters that are coordinated to the university academic schedule.

Automated Packaging Systems, Inc. is currently a part of Sealed Air. APS has been an innovator in the bag packaging industry since our inception in 1962. We invented the original pre-opened bags-on-a-roll and named them Autobag®. Today, we offer a full line of bagging, protective packaging and stretch sleeve products to customers around the globe.  Our products are utilized in the retail, medical, food, pharmaceutical, automotive, and other industries.

Our co-op and internship program provides students with challenging and impactful projects for their assigned business unit. Each co-op or intern is assigned a designated manager and mentor to assist throughout their experience. Interns and co-ops from multiple locations around the United States will share experiences and connect with each other throughout the semester. Additionally, the program includes professional development and networking opportunities with our leaders and senior executive team, cohort activities, social events, and a final presentation of your projects to senior leaders.

This role will primarily work to support lead engineers in developing and testing control systems for automated bagging and inflation systems as part of the Engineering New Product Development team. Majority of work is in electronic laboratory environment with other engineers.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are highly specific to the project or assignment on which you would be working, but some of the responsibilities you may have during an internship at Automated Packaging include:

• Develop simple design schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Build and testing of PCB assemblies.
• Participation in team meetings and projects
• Preparation of reports and presentation of results to management
• Brainstorming sessions to develop out of the box ideas
• Provide engineering operational support. 

Examples of project opportunities:

• System and machine testing.
• Circuit board design modifications, circuit testing
• Embedded software design and testing
• Manufacturing test automation and calibration

Qualifications

• Completed at least two years towards a bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
• 3.0 or higher GPA
• Authorized to work in the US for any employer without sponsorship
• Able to provide own transportation to the internship/co-op location
• Knowledge and use of embedded controllers from work, curriculum or hobbies
• Experience with hardware, debugging tools, oscilloscope and digital volt meter (DVM)
• Soldering and prototyping skills
• Knowledge of reading schematics, and data sheets, and microprocessor reference manuals
• Independent and collaborative problem solving ability
• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets (especially Freescale/NXP ARM and Microchip PIC) is a plus.
• Knowledge of programming in C, Node.js, Python and JavaScript preferred.
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools and defect tracking tools (Especially SourceGear Vault, Git, and Redmine) is a plus.
• Effective communication skills: 1-1 and written.
• Works collaboratively with others