Summer Internship, Equipment Design Engineering

We are looking for a few COOPs to join our Engineering team for Summer 2026. These roles will be on our Equipment Research and Development teams developing and testing new designs for our food packaging solutions.

Design, build, and test next-generation automated packaging equipment with a dynamic, fun team in either Charlotte, NC (Corporate HQ) or Duncan, SC (Production HQ) 

Here are some examples of the equipment that we design:  

Robotic Bag Loaders 

Printing System 

Conveyors 

We also compete in the annual Whitewater Center Build Your Own Boat Competition 

Our Undergraduate Interns and Co-ops typically have a primary project that they work on for the duration of their term, in addition to smaller learning and training opportunities and mini-projects.  We hire Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, and other engineers. 

This is not a desk-only job, you'll be back and forth between a CAD station, our testing and assembly labs, and talking to people. 

Engineering 

Plan and conduct food packaging equipment research projects 

Work hands-on to test, troubleshoot, assemble, and modify various pieces of food packaging equipment and their components 

Work with Application Experts in their field 

Work with manufacturing to build prototypes and commercial equipment 

Prepare and modify engineering drawings for ongoing projects 

Plan and conduct testing of machines to validate fitness for use in the field 

Personal Development: 

Informal and Formal mentorship and exposure to leadership 

Present to Leadership at the end of each rotation 

Speaking opportunities, written communication coaching, and "how-to-corporate" 

Opportunities to Learn:  

Machine Shop Skills 

Machine and Electrical Safety 

Process and Manufacturing Controls 

Note: Our primary customers are in the raw protein industry.  Many of our internal tests involve exposure to raw protein products (think what you could buy in the meat case at the grocery store and putting them through a machine).   

If you don't meet all of the qualifications above but this sounds like a great fit to you, please apply anyways!