Job Description
The hydronics product management team is seeking a mechanical engineering student who is curious, driven, and passionate about climate-friendly products. This position will directly support technical writing, engineering product quality, and project management functions.
The ideal candidate for this internship:
- Passionate about researching & designing climate friendly HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) products.
- Naturally curious.
- Team player attitude.
- Excels at and promotes cross-functional collaboration between departments.
- Takes initiative, is goal oriented & likes to drive topics forward.
- Strives for excellence.
- Shows a high-level of accountability. They own their work.
- Adaptable. Thrives in a fast-paced & dynamic work environment.
- Comfortable presenting information in a group setting.
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
- Analytical & methodical mindset. Decisions are driven by data.
The internship:
Gain hands-on experience in technical writing - installation manuals, troubleshooting and service guides, flow charts, exploded views, and engineering submittal sheets. Key responsibilities include:
- Work directly with the lead technical writer to learn our documentation process.
- Use knowledge about thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, technical writing, and machine elements to create, review, and edit product documentation.
Gain hands-on experience interpreting product behavior and logic by testing water heater and boiler products in a test bench setting. Key responsibilities would include:
- Independently develop a testing plan.
- Acquire data through a data acquisition system.
- Perform data analysis and create visual representations of the analyses & present them to the team.
- Assist engineering product quality, after sales, and quality management departments with troubleshooting water heaters & boilers. Assist in creating advanced technical resources (print & digital).
Gain hands-on experience in project management by learning project management skills, tools, and methodologies and how to apply them professionally. Key responsibilities include:
- Will work directly with the project manager responsible for standardizing the organization’s technical resource portfolio (print & digital).
- Water heaters & Boilers – independently manage assigned sub-projects through the project lifecycle.
- Understand & gather requirements by collaborating with colleagues from other departments.
- Create, organize, monitor, and update relevant project files: project charter, project management plan, Gantt chart, and status reports.
- Lead the coordination & execution of tasks & deliverables.
- Monitor & track resources, schedule & costs in MS Project.
- Define, monitor & track project risks, requirements realization & benefits realization.
- Present project status to the project sponsor and relevant stakeholders periodically at review meetings.