Quality Engineer Intern - Continuous Learning Opportunities

Build innovative solutions and design the future.

You can pursue your potential at Tecomet by working with a dedicated team to solve complex challenges, in partnership with industry-leading clients in medical device technology, aerospace, and defense industries. With the backing of our steadfast brand, you can be a part of the next era of manufacturing by bringing bold ideas to life and building products that improve on the status quo.

What’s In It for You:

At Tecomet, we believe that everyone makes a difference and contributes to our overall success. We are a team bound together by pride in our work and dedication to our craft. Our leadership team shares the company’s strategic direction so our workforce can remain informed and attain our internal goals and objectives.

Over the course of our 10-12 week internship experience you will have the opportunity to:

• Support the globalization of business through supporting the standardization of systems, procedures and policies for the Tecomet Cleanroom environment/process.
• Experience our products up close by touring our manufacturing facilities.
• Interact directly with our company leaders to discuss strategy and the future of Tecomet.
• Build a lasting professional network through social events and engaging activities.
• Gain the skills and knowledge to become a future leader in the medical device technology industry.
• Work directly with a mentor in a technical field of study while finding solutions to real world problems.

• Ensure that current and future quality and manufacturing systems meet and/or exceed customer and regulatory requirements.

The Quality Assurance and Control group manages, performs, and verifies work affecting the quality of products and processes. Quality Assurance & Control, Operations, and Engineering team partner to strive for operational excellence with focus on total integrated quality.

This internship offers the opportunity to see not only how the different technical classes are applied in a manufacturing and engineering business but also an opportunity to gain a holistic view on business operations. Toward the end of the internship, we ask interns to give a presentation suggesting improvements that they may have identified during the internship.

• Support quality engineering and operations efforts to drive cleanroom environmental controls and cleaning process operations compliance.

• Perform verifications for cleanroom acceptance activities of the controlled and/or qualified areas.
• Supports in maintenance of environmental controls - cleanroom controls and water monitoring activities.
• Supports creation and/or update of work instructions for controlled environment monitoring.

• Supports in contact, airborne germ and particle measurements.
• Demonstrate understanding of standard manufacturing operations and regulatory compliance, FDA and ISO regulations, Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and Good Documentation Practices (GDP) requirements, and standard problem-solving techniques.

• Enrolled student attending a college or university and currently a Junior or Senior
• Undergraduate student majoring in one of following core engineering/applied sciences disciplines (Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Chemical, Biology, Pre-Medical, Materials, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Physics, Quality, Regulatory Science, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research)
• Interest in a medical device technology company
• Experience in laboratory or cleanroom environment

• Ability to work full-time for 10-12 weeks during Summer 2024 in Riviera Beach, Florida
• Lab/Cleanroom environment
• Monitoring devices
• Quality Systems
• Regulations – FDA / ISO
• Customer-focused environment
• Strong analytical capability and organization skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment and autonomously
• PC Literacy, windows operations system, Microsoft office (work, excel, outlook, PowerPoint)

• Medical, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace or defense experience is preferred.

• Understanding of medical device QMS and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to FDA CFR 21 820, ISO13485, ISO14644, preferred.

• Previous internship experience in a manufacturing environment is useful, but not necessary

• Bilingual English and Spanish, capable of fluent business conversations (English 80% and over) useful, but not required.

The duties of this role could require standing, frequent walking; could use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. This role could be required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and could require occasional lifting and or moving up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the role could include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Tecomet, Inc is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.