2027 Quality Engineer Intern

2027 Quality Engineer Intern

Description

Why This Internship

As an intern with Textron, you’ll gain hands-on experience while exploring your interests and building new skills. You’ll be supported and challenged to contribute in meaningful ways – working on real projects alongside experienced professionals to prepare for future success.

Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real-world solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Build plans, production tooling, and manufacturing processes for components and assemblies.

• Redesign tooling to improve operators’ work environments.

• Analyze layouts and production processes to improve facility layouts for product flow.

• Creating reference documents and standardized work for new or improved processes.

• Analyze quality concerns, make recommendations for improvement, and implement ideas.

• Exploring new equipment and software that can reduce scrap and downtime and recommend changes to production flow to implement recommendations.

• Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI’s including PPM, line disruptions and days to close non-conforming material tickets (NCMT).

• Develop and initiate standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation.

• Evaluate production processes to increase productivity and investigate methods to enhance the product.

• Coordinate material and tooling availability with appropriate stakeholders.

Why You’ll Love Interning at Textron

This internship is more than a summer experience — offering mentorship, training, and meaningful, hands-on work that helps you build confidence, develop new skills, and take real steps toward your career goals.

Our benefits include:

• Paid, full-time 10-week summer internship with a prepaid stipend

• Mentorship, training, and development opportunities

• Real project work and hands-on experience

• Service time credited toward 401(k) vesting upon full-time employment

• Alternative work schedules at select locations

Join Textron and build a career where your work makes an impact, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported.

Qualifications

• Education: Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering or related field required

• Software Knowledge: Microsoft Office applications, CAD

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong mechanical aptitude and drive to complete tasks and assignments

AI Readiness: Textron expects employees to use AI-enabled tools responsibly and effectively. Candidates should be comfortable learning and applying these tools, evaluating AI-generated output with sound judgment, and using AI in line with company policy and ethical standards. Prior experience with specific tools is not required — we value curiosity, adaptability, and good judgment.

Recruiting Timeline: Applications for this position will be accepted through October 31, 2026. The application window may be shortened or extended based on candidate flow and business needs. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, and review the location for this role to ensure it aligns to your location preferences as all roles are on site at a Textron business unit.

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recruiting Company: Textron Specialized Vehicles Primary Location: US-Georgia-Augusta Job Function: Manufacturing Schedule: Full-time Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Type: Internship / Co-Op Shift: First Shift Job Posting: 09/01/2026, 8:13:12 PM Job Number: 343146