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2027 Summer Mechanical Automation Engineering Intern

MKS Instruments

Hours
Full time
Where
Milpitas, CA
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End Date: September 21, 2026
Posted
Sep 14

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As an Intern in the Automation Engineering Team, you will work amongst a cross-functional team to develop end effectors and actuators for use in precision automated processes. You will use mechanical CAD and 3D printing to rapidly iterate. Your role will be hands on, assembling and testing your designs and reporting your results. In this role, you will report to the Director of Automation Engineering.

You Will Make an Impact By:

Skills You Bring:

What you'd do

  • Developing and implement designs for robotic end effectors
  • Working and testing robotic actuators and processes.
  • Assisting with optics mounting process development.
  • Documentation and reporting of results
  • Rapidly iterating using 3D printing
  • Travel Requirements: No travel required
  • Currently pursuing undergraduate degree in relevant field.
  • Entry level knowledge of SolidWorks and 3D printing.
  • Understanding of mechanics, stresses and ability to design basic actuators.
  • Basic programming knowledge. Python programming preferred.
Starts
2026-09-14