Engineering / Applications Intern (Summer 2027)
US-CA-Irvine
Job ID: 2026-17658
# of Openings: 1
Category: General
US-CA-Irvine-2851
Overview
Position: Engineering/Applications Intern (Summer 2027)
Major(s): Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Analytics, Junior or Senior year desired
Internship Schedule: May to August 2027, full-time, 40 hours per week
About the experience: Assist the IT-Engineering team with application support documentation, requirements gathering, testing, system inventory, and project coordination across engineering applications and related infrastructure. Work may include PLM/CAD support documentation, user access reviews, migration readiness, application validation, troubleshooting runbooks, and cross-functional coordination with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and IT teams. Interest in engineering systems, databases, application support, and process improvement is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support the IT engineering applications team with application documentation, requirements gathering, testing, system inventory, and project coordination.
- Assist with engineering application modernization, system upgrades, and site technology initiatives.
- Review engineering applications, support queues, project lists, and site contacts to understand the current systems environment.
- Document current processes, application inventories, data flows, dependencies, and known support issues.
- Create and update troubleshooting guides, support runbooks, process maps, and user-facing documentation.
- Assist with engineering systems projects involving testing, data validation, access reviews, and deployment-readiness activities.
- Support PLM and CAD-related documentation, user access reviews, migration readiness, and application validation.
- Contribute to database and cross-functional coordination activities involving engineering, quality, manufacturing, IT, vendors, and site teams.
- Gather and document requirements from engineering and business users to identify application and process-improvement opportunities.
- Support the validation of migrated or upgraded systems, including test scripts, issue logs, results tracking, and resolution follow-up.
- Analyze recurring support issues and recommend process, documentation, or automation improvements.
- Coordinate meetings and testing activities across IT, engineering, external vendors, and site teams.
- Compile project findings, completed deliverables, open items, and prioritized recommendations for future action.
- Present project outcomes and recommendations to IT and business stakeholders at the conclusion of the internship.
- Transition documentation, knowledge, and outstanding action items to the appropriate IT team members for follow-up.
- Perform other related engineering applications and IT support duties as assigned.
Qualifications
This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.
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