Design Engineer Intern

At YETI, we believe that time spent outdoors matters more than ever and our gear can make that time extraordinary. When you work here, you’ll have the opportunity to create exceptional, meaningful work and problem solve with innovative team members by your side. Together, you’ll help our customers get the high-quality gear they need to make the most of their adventures. We are BUILT FOR THE WILD™.

You are a highly motivated self-starting design engineer with a proven track record of bringing consumer products to market. You thrive in fast-paced environments with entrepreneurial DNA and are comfortable charting new territory. Your strong organizational skills allow you to stay on top of multiple projects at the same time. Your product design engineering chops allow you to research, create, review, support, and manage. You have a natural curiosity and repeatedly ask the question, “Is there a better way?” You can trouble-shoot and problem-solve every different kind of product, manufacturing, or material challenge thrown your way. In fact, you love solving problems – the bigger the challenge, the more satisfying the resolution.

We are seeking a design engineering intern to lead validation testing and ideation for our Food and Beverage Research and Development (R&D) team. You will work closely with our R&D engineers, our validation engineers and our lab technicians to ensure new technologies meet YETI standards. You will be responsible for testing new products, ideating on new technologies with our team and reporting progress. You will gain insight into how R&D fits within a design engineering organization and how new technologies contribute to the product roadmap.

Responsibilities:

• Ideation of new concepts and product architectures

• Testing R&D technologies at our off-site innovation center

• Develop 3D, using Solidworks, for new ideas related to R&D

• Research new technologies and manufacturing partners

• Support Design Engineering and R&D as new engineering tasks arise

· Share and present status of testing and progress with leadership.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Plastics or similar engineering discipline (Junior/Third Year Students preferred)

• Proficient in 2D, 3D CAD software (Solidworks preferred)

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• FEA analysis experience preferred

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YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our commitment to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is at the center of everything we do for our employees. We embrace all applicants looking to bring their authentic selves to YETI and contribute to our mission of keeping the wild WILD. Find out more about our commitment to DE&I at yeti.com/esg.html.

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