Production Operations Internship - Summer 2027

Overview

Amca is hiring hands-on production operations interns to help keep tens of thousands of components a month moving through the factories quickly, efficiently, and reliably. The work also supports Protoshop, where the goal is to take new engineered products from design to qualification faster than any other organization in the country.

Interns spend significant time on the floor, machining, testing, and assembling parts, and use what they learn firsthand to make those processes better. The best ideas come from the people doing the work, and improvements show up in output, lead times, and quality. All interns should want to get their hands dirty.

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with machinists and engineering design teams translate engineering drawings and designs into machinable work instruction, providing DFM feedback to engineering teams when necessary
• Eager to get hands on experience with Lathe's, Mill's, wire EDM, sinker EDM, and other CNC machined
• Work with test engineers and test technicians to run a variety of MIL-STD environmental aerospace tests for critical aerospace parts. 
• Own the commissioning of new equipment and machines to bring new capabilities to the internal prototyping machine shop. 
• Work with software team to develop internal software tools for manufacturing and testing to improve operations on shop floor
• Find pain points in machine shop or testing operations and come up with well documented solutions

Basic Qualifications

• Familiarity with a variety of manufacturing processes including: CNC Machining, EDM sinker and wire, grinding, heat treatment, 
• Practical experience working with engineering drawings for machining and familiar with GD&T principles
• Eager to get hands on experience in a manufacturing setting and enjoys working on the shop floror
• Comfortable working with a variety of players including machinists, technicians, inspectors, engineers, supply chain engineers and more
• Quick on your feet and enjoys being thrown into a variety of different projects

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Hands-on experience machining, assembling, or testing parts or hardware, through coursework, a project team, a job, or personal projects
• Experience spotting and fixing process problems such as bottlenecks, rework, or wasted motion
• Familiarity with production metrics such as throughput, cycle time, yield, and scrap
• Interest in a fast-moving environment where new products go from design to qualification quickly