Mechanical Engineering Intern
Posted on 10/8/2025

Otis
Compensation Overview
$25 - $26/hr
Hartford, CT, USA
Hybrid
This is a hybrid position that will require the candidate to be onsite at least 60% of the work hours.
Date Posted:
2025-10-03Country:
United States of AmericaLocation:
OT325: NSP - BLOOMFIELD, CT 212 WEST NEWBERRY RD, BLOOMFIELD, CT, 06002 USAMechanical Engineering Intern
Internships and Co-Ops at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop through meaningful projects that impact and drive our business. Our comprehensive programs will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your engineering, communication, and business acumen skills. You’ll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; where we empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy, and trust; and where we set big goals, rise to achieve them, and win as a team!
The Otis Service Center in Bloomfield, CT is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Mechanical Engineer Co-Op. This role will begin in summer 2026. This is a paid position that will require 15-25 hours per week during the fall and spring school semesters and 40 hours per week during the summer break. This a is a hybrid position the will require the candidate to be onsite at least 60% of the work hours.
Job responsibilities:
Create tools, parts, and technical documents for field repair, installation, and maintenance of Otis and competitor equipment.
Communicate & work with various Field office personnel, Supply Management department & external suppliers to gather information, set up field tests & minimize any impact or supply interruption of approved products to our field force.
This position has substantial documentation, data analysis and technical writing, work studies, organizational skills, and has a direct impact on process improvements.
The intern may have an opportunity to carry out, with guidance from senior staff, the complete product development cycle to design, test, select & implement selected materials & parts/tools for use by our field organization.
Research and performance testing for elevator systems development.
Jobsite testing and surveying.
Implement material & parts tests with focus on data collection & analysis.
Setup, maintain, adjust & repair mechanical test rigs & data collection equipment as needed.
Perform some mechanical design & strength analysis of elevator parts & service tools.
Education:
Candidate must be working towards completion of requirements for an undergraduate degree in any of the engineering fields, manufacturing, or construction and should have an interest in design/development type work.
Experience and Qualifications
Superior organizational & technical communication skills.
Technical writing skills to create process instructions & present test results.
Experience with data collection procedures & test equipment.
Advanced Computer skills including a working knowledge of CAD, Microsoft Word & Excel are required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience in manufacturing industry and working directly with suppliers.
3D Printing experience
Salary range:
The hourly range for this role is $25/hr to $26/hr. We may pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future. Pay within the salary range will be based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Apply today to join us and build what’s next!
If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.
Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.
You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with aproven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.
When you join Otis, you become part of an innovativeglobal industry leaderwith a resilient business model. You’llbelong to a diverse,trusted,and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.
We provideopportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.
Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do.We are guided by our values that we call ourThree Absolutes –prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Qualityin all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.
Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!
Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].
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