What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2026 Engineering Intern position at Generac?
DR Power’s Engineering Intern position is responsible to work with other engineers to fulfill special design requests on our products. Under supervision of engineers, the intern will create definitions of parts and assemblies in the form of 2D cross sections, 3D models, tolerance stack-ups, and various electronic data formats to support analysis, manufacturing, assembly and service. Participants develop technical skills through challenging assignments and usage of technical tools.
This position is based onsite at our South Burlington, VT office.
Job Duties
This position is based onsite at our South Burlington, VT office.
Job Duties
- Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
- Provide new product development support in the Industrial, Commercial, Residential and/or Retail outdoor power equipment product area including; Creating and maintaining CAD models, drawings, and BOMs, Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs), Interfacing with internal company personnel, Provide technical support for assigned projects.
- Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates standard, less complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.
- Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for standard products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
- Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, designers and product specialists to optimize basic designs for manufacturability.
- Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
- Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
- Other duties as assigned.
- Currently pursuing a BS degree (preferably in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering).
- Available to work Summer 2026 between May and August for 40 hours per week.
- Understanding or working knowledge of Pro-E and/or AutoCAD experience.
- Microsoft Office experience (including Excel).