Manufacturing Engineering Intern
Lightship RVJobsCloseBy Editorial Insights
Lightship's Manufacturing Engineering Intern is a hands-on, full-time paid 8 week role in Broomfield, CO, focused on creating and refining work instructions for assembly and integration, conducting time studies, and documenting on-the-floor build steps as the company builds foundational processes for its first all-electric trailers. You’ll own documentation, standardize formats, photograph tooling, validate instructions with technicians, and partner with production and quality teams in a fast evolving environment. To apply, highlight experience with CAD and Google tools, clear written communication, and any on-site process mapping or time-study work; show curiosity about how things are built, comfort with ambiguity, and readiness to dive deep.
About the Role
You'll own the development of work instructions for our assembly and integration processes. This is the documentation technicians rely on to build every trailer as well as capture time study data that tells us how long those processes actually take.
This is a focused, high-ownership internship: rather than rotating across scattered projects, you'll go deep on two of the most foundational inputs in any production organization. You'll spend a lot of time on the floor watching how builds actually happen, translating that into clear, repeatable instructions, and quantifying the work so we can balance the line and plan capacity.
Because our processes are still being established, you won't be maintaining mature systems, you'll be helping build them.
You'll report to the Manufacturing Engineering team and partner closely with Production Technicians, Supervisors, and Quality.
This is a full-time, paid internship running now through late September (approximately 8 weeks). We're open to shifting to a part-time schedule in the final weeks for candidates returning to fall classes.
Responsibilities
- Develop, write, and refine work instructions for assembly and integration processes
- Conduct time studies to capture cycle times and process data across build stations
- Spend time on the floor observing builds to capture accurate process steps, sequences, and standards
- Photograph and document tooling, fixtures, and key build steps to support clear visual instructions
- Validate instructions against actual builds and revise based on technician feedback
- Standardize formatting and structure so documentation is consistent and scalable across the line
- Organize and summarize time study data to support line balancing and capacity planning
- Partner with technicians, supervisors, and quality to ensure instructions reflect the correct build methods
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with CAD software
- Familiarity with Google software suite
- Strong written communication and an eye for clarity, sequence, and detail
- Comfort reading engineering drawings and translating physical processes into written steps
- Comfort capturing and organizing data with attention to accuracy
- Hands-on aptitude and genuine interest in how things are physically built and assembled
- Self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity in an environment where processes are still being defined