Service Engineer Intern

Posted on 9/10/2025

Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Robert Bosch Venture Capital

No salary listed

Vernon Hills, IL, USA

In Person

Job Description

We are hiring for 2026

The goal of HydraForce’s internship program is to develop future engineering resources for our organization while providing support to our Service, Quality and Sales Engineering groups. We structure the engineering internship to allow candidates the opportunity to develop knowledge and skill-sets unique to our industry. Although there is no guarantee of employment, it is our goal to have our interns fully capable of stepping into an entry-level engineering position upon graduation.

 Supporting Job Elements

  • Support the Service Engineers by actively participating in Problem Solving activities, assuring the achievement of the different steps of an 8D process
  • Create and modify existing systems that track our metrics, including the improvements in the current dashboard/scorecard used by the service department possibly using analytical tools like Power BI for example
  • Support the Service Engineers to track the evaluation status of the customer claims
  • Assist in continuous improvement projects
  • Day to day support activities but not limited to reviewing returned materials and verification of customer complaints through root cause analysis and perform of hydraulic testing for failure analysis
  • Assemble/disassemble hydraulic valves and manifolds for failure analysis
  • Read/analyze hydraulic prints
  • Use tools and techniques from Six Sigma, Lean, to analyze and solve problems

Internship Dates

May 27, 2026 - August 7,2026

Qualifications

  • Advanced Excel skills- Required
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Power BI knowledge will be a plus
  • MiniTab is a plus
  • Coursework and/or experience in statistical analysis, lean tools- Required
  • Good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Able to work independently as well as in a team environment

 Majors Desired

Industrial Engineering / Mechanical Engineering