Engineering Intern, Cotton Harvesting
CNH
Job Title: Engineering Intern, Cotton Harvesting
About the Role
The Case IH Cotton Engineering team supports new product development and Current Product Management (CPM) by addressing challenges from customers, CNH factories, and test machines. The team works dynamically across the entire process—from root cause analysis to design, development, and implementation of solutions. Interns on this team work alongside engineers as full team members, gaining hands-on exposure to the full product lifecycle of cotton harvesters.
As a Cotton Harvesting Engineering Intern, you will gain experience in:
- Design
- Modeling
- Prototype builds
- Laboratory testing of subsystems for cotton harvesters
- Contributing to real-world product improvements
Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities may include:
- Preparing and completing designs, layouts, and drawings for specific product elements under development or improvement, consistent with project objectives and schedules.
- Applying engineering techniques and considering manufacturing processes, safety regulations, and environmental standards to produce cost-effective designs.
- Performing engineering calculations to determine part sizes, strengths, and solve design challenges.
- Supporting prototype builds, drafting change requests, requisitions, work orders, parts lists, and test requests as directed by project leaders.
- Assisting with laboratory and product evaluations to validate design performance.
- Resolving functional and mechanical problems on assigned subsystems.
- Learning and applying CNH engineering standards, ISO procedures, and work instructions.
- Gaining proficiency in CAD (Pro-E) and engineering data management systems as required for project responsibilities.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Candidates must be currently enrolled college students actively pursuing a degree.
- Proficiency in CAD (Pro-E) and engineering data management systems.
Qualifications
Candidates must be pursuing (at minimum) a Bachelor’s degree in:
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Or a related field.
Summer interns work full-time (40 hours per week) from May through August.
Annual salary: $19.57-$27.81 plus any applicable bonus.