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Co-op

$19 - $23 per hour
Full-time

KION

The Engineering & Delivery Optimization (EDO) Co-op Program offers students the opportunity to build practical engineering experience through successive co-op rotations across multiple EDO teams. The intern will contribute to real projects that support the development validation deployment operation and continuous improvement of Dematic automation solutions.

The program is designed for students who enjoy turning ideas into reality. Candidates who bring creativity curiosity and hands-on experience building testing troubleshooting coding fabricating or improving technical systems will be well positioned to succeed.

We offer:

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities

Learn More Here : provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $19-$23 per hour at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location education experience knowledge and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

Integrated Learning & Professional Development:

  • Gain diverse experiences across multiple Engineering & Delivery Optimization teams throughout successive co-op rotations.
  • Work alongside experienced engineers technical specialists operations professionals and business leaders.
  • Build technical analytical communication collaboration and project-execution skills.
  • Explore multiple engineering career paths before graduation while developing a broad understanding of how automation solutions move from concept through deployment and continuous improvement.
  • Coordinate work-based learning with the requirements of the students participating school and co-operative education curriculum.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Complete structured assignments across multiple EDO teams over successive co-op rotations with learning objectives and responsibilities appropriate to each assignment.
  • Contribute to meaningful engineering software validation operations sustainability architecture and process-improvement work.
  • Apply classroom knowledge to practical mechanical electrical software and automation challenges.
  • Build test analyze document troubleshoot and improve solutions under the guidance of experienced engineers and technical specialists.
  • Collaborate across functions communicate findings and prepare clear technical documentation analyses and presentations.
  • Demonstrate safe work practices professional conduct initiative ownership and a continuous-learning mindset.

Skills and Capabilities:

  • Curiosity and a strong desire to understand how technical systems work.
  • Creative problem-solving and willingness to explore prototype test and improve ideas.
  • Hands-on building fabrication assembly electronics programming robotics automotive maker laboratory or similar practical experience preferred.
  • Ability to learn new engineering tools applications technologies and processes.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams and work responsibly with appropriate guidance.
  • Organization initiative attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety.

Rotation Organizations and Activities:

Solutions Data & Applications

Support the development hosting administration and continuous improvement of solutioning applications and engineering tools.

  • Participate in application testing validation enhancement deployment and support activities.
  • Develop or improve dashboards analytics reporting documentation and user workflows.
  • Learn how software applications data and hosted tools enable solution development.

Solutions Mechatronics Engineering

Support mechatronics engineering for the Dematic Solution Center and module engineering standardization.

  • Assist with system evaluations design work engineering studies testing and validation.
  • Contribute to standardized modules reusable solution components technical documentation and engineering standards.
  • Support Solution Center engineering projects upgrades demonstrations and continuous improvement.

Solution Center Operations

Gain experience supporting the operation of the Dematic Solution Center and its customer engagement environment.

  • Support demonstration preparation operational planning coordination workshops customer visits and events.
  • Assist with performance reporting operational analytics asset readiness and process improvement.
  • Help identify practical opportunities to improve safety reliability and operational effectiveness.

Solutioning Sustainability

Support sustainability considerations within the solution development process.

  • Analyze energy and environmental performance information and support sustainability assessments.
  • Research technologies methods and industry developments relevant to sustainable automation solutions.
  • Contribute to reporting and engineering initiatives intended to reduce environmental impact.

Solution Enablement & Validation

Support solution validation and project deployment support activities that improve solution readiness and implementation outcomes.

  • Assist with validation verification deployment readiness and risk-assessment activities.
  • Analyze deployment performance information issues and lessons learned.
  • Contribute to standard work and improvements that strengthen deployment effectiveness and consistency.

Controls Architecture

Support controls architecture standards governance and the teams technical-optimization focus for process improvement.

  • Assist with controls architecture documentation standards frameworks and engineering best practices.
  • Analyze engineering workflows and contribute to technical and process-optimization activities.
  • Support initiatives that improve engineering efficiency quality consistency and scalability.

Experience Desired:

  • Engineering coursework laboratory work design projects research student organizations engineering competitions robotics teams maker spaces personal technical projects or related experience.
  • Demonstrated interest in designing building coding testing troubleshooting or improving mechanical electrical or software-based systems.
  • Interest in automation mechatronics controls software applications sustainability digital engineering or technical innovation.

Education & Certifications:

  • Currently pursuing a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering.
  • Participating in an accredited co-operative education program.
  • Academic standing sufficient to meet the requirements of the students university co-op program.
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