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Job Posting Title
2026 Mechanical Engineering Summer Intern
Job Description Summary
AAM’s Summer Internship Program offers a unique opportunity for talented, highly motivated, and innovative students to work on meaningful projects where contribution, teamwork, and communication are vital to our shared success.
Jump start your career with #TeamAAM and make an impact from day one! As an intern, you will be assigned to a department based on your background and skills. You will experience a sense of personal accomplishment and learn about our company culture through work assignments, exclusive intern networking events, insightful learning sessions, while developing your skills alongside industry leaders. Additionally, AAM offers a variety of resources to support your personal and professional development to propel your career forward!
Job Description
As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Discover how we’re Bringing the Future Faster at AAM.com.
AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail TalentAcquisition@aam.com. AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
2026 Mechanical Engineering Summer Intern
Job Description Summary
AAM’s Summer Internship Program offers a unique opportunity for talented, highly motivated, and innovative students to work on meaningful projects where contribution, teamwork, and communication are vital to our shared success.
Jump start your career with #TeamAAM and make an impact from day one! As an intern, you will be assigned to a department based on your background and skills. You will experience a sense of personal accomplishment and learn about our company culture through work assignments, exclusive intern networking events, insightful learning sessions, while developing your skills alongside industry leaders. Additionally, AAM offers a variety of resources to support your personal and professional development to propel your career forward!
Job Description
- Assists in the design of new products, processes, product enhancements, or process enhancements by completing various analyses such as design studies, tolerance stack-ups, DFMEA, Finite Element Analysis, Design for Assembly/ Manufacturing studies, and Noise, Vibration, and Harshness studies.
- Compiles reports and completes documentation to track and facilitate the development process.
- Supports the development testing of product designs, processes, surrogate product designs, and surrogate processes; helps schedule required resources; helps procure required materials.
- Helps complete development documentation; helps present results to stakeholders and interested parties.
- Analyzes system architecture, mechatronic component interfaces, and develops integration and calibration test cases and test plans.
- Verifies systems for function and performance on the dyno, HIL, and test bench.
- Develops test scripts using scripts such as CAPL, Python, C, etc.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Currently enrolled and pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited college or university with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Available to work at least 40 hours per week
- Knowledge of MS Office Suite applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word)
- Interested in pursuing a career in the automotive industry
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Capable of working both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to prioritize tasks, multitask, and achieve goals in a fast-paced environment
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. AAM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship (e.g., H1-B, TN, STEM OPT, F-1, etc.) for this role.
As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Discover how we’re Bringing the Future Faster at AAM.com.
AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail TalentAcquisition@aam.com. AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.