Manufacturing Engineer Co-op

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.


Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.


DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 11 locations.

With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries.


Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries.


Stabilus SE is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and included in the MDAX index.

Position Summary:

The Engineering Co-op supports Engineering in implementing lean manufacturing processes and supports efforts in maintaining the quality management system. Additional responsibilities include supporting DESTACO's quality initiatives by performing visual, and dimensional inspections coupled with documentation reviews to ensure compliance with quality and performance standards. This position has a key role in interacting effectively with the Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Materials departments. S/he will assist in establishing work measurement standards and play an active role in ensuring quality, safety, and lean manufacturing systems and processes.

Key Job Responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Creating Standard Work Instructions for production and safety initiatives using Sequence software
• Creating Inspection Plans for machining using High QA software
• Updating Machining job set-up sheets
• Gage Inventory Management
• Development of models in SolidWorks and 3D printing.
• Assist in immediate containment and countermeasures to suppliers (internal/external) and customer quality complaints.
• Conducting Gauge R&R and capability studies.
• Assists in new equipment integration and new process documentation.
• Tool and fixture design.

Leadership Competencies aligned with Dover and executed in DESTACO with appropriate expectations for the job level:

• Strategic Mindset: Has understanding of global industry or market; creates breakthrough strategies that alter the competitive dynamics in a market, and establishes a series of competitive advantages yielding profitability that exceeds expectations for the organization.
• Results-Driven: Produces results that exceed Dover's strategic objectives via a combination of planning and implementation, while living the Dover Values.
• Builds and Manages Collaborative Relationships: Establishes and nurtures relationships. Takes action to partner with the communities in which we operate and to be an appropriate corporate citizen.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build, train and lead a strong positive team environment.
• Analyzes, solves and implements solutions independent
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office tools (Word, Excel)
• Working knowledge of Blue Print reading
• Working knowledge of manufacturing methods, tooling, fixturing and materials
• Excellent communicator both verbally and in writing

Education and Certification Qualifications:

• Continued education in a 4 year degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering (Or other related field of study)