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Microfabrication Industrial Engineering Co-Op, June 2027 - Dec 2027 (Group 08-84)

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lexington, MACo-op$25.5–43.5/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$25.5–43.5/hr
Location
Lexington, MA
Role Type
Co-op
Work Authorization
Citizenship required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance, required

Job overview

The Microelectronics Laboratory seeks students to improve operational efficiencies within a wafer fabrication facility. Co-op candidates will optimize systems, processes, and operations, with potential focus areas including manufacturing execution systems, workflow analysis, metrics, visual and information systems, and operations optimization. The role requires an undergraduate background in a listed engineering or related field, willingness to work in a cleanroom, enthusiasm for problem-solving and teamwork, and U.S. citizenship.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Problem-Solving, requiredTeamwork, requiredIndustrial Engineering, requiredSystems Engineering, requiredOperations Research, requiredManufacturing Engineering, requiredProduction Engineering, requiredManagement Science, requiredHuman Factors Engineering, requiredLogistics Engineering, requiredQuality Engineering, requiredInformation Technology, requiredComputer Science, requiredCleanroom Work, required

Qualifications

Undergraduate Background, requiredU.S. Citizenship, requiredSecret DoD Security Clearance, required

Full job description

The Microelectronics Laboratory is seeking students eager to apply their engineering knowledge and skills together with analysis and design principles to improve operational efficiencies within the US Government’s most capable wafer fabrication facility. Successful candidates will optimize the effectiveness of systems, processes, and operations within the Microelectronics Laboratory. Potential focus areas include: manufacturing execution system improvement, workflow analysis, metrics development, visual systems, information systems, and operations optimization. An undergraduate background in industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations research, manufacturing engineering, production engineering, management science, human factors engineering, logistics engineering, quality engineering, information technology, or computer science, and a willingness to work in a cleanroom are key requirements. Candidates must also have enthusiasm for solving problems, an interest in teaming, and US citizenship.

Compensation

Freshman year completed: $25.50/hour

Sophomore year completed: $27.50/hour

Junior year completed: $29.50/hour

4th year of 5-year program completed, no degree conferred: $32.50/hour

Bachelors completed: $34.50/hour

Bachelors + 1, one year of graduate study completed: $36.50/hour

Bachelors + 2, two years of graduate study completed: $38.00/hour

MS completed: $39.00/hour

MS + 1, one year of graduate study completed after the MS: $41.00/hour

MS + 2, two years of graduate study completed after the MS: $42.50/hour

MS + 3, three years of graduate study completed after the MS: $43.50/hour

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,536 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.5–43.5/hr
  • US median$24–34/hr257 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $34.50/hr, is 19% above the US median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineering hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 55 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs in Massachusetts and 1,536 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
Manufacturing Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (970 postings).
Education
711 of the 1,536 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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