Location
Broken Arrow, OK | United States
Job description
Research and Development Engineering Internship
Join our team as a Research and Development Engineering Intern and join in the fun of working for the industry leader in high performance stretch films. You'll work closely with our Director of Research & Development on projects that will allow you to gain valuable experience working with cutting edge technology. The skills you are exposed to will begin to build a foundation that will carry you in your career, regardless of where you land after college. At Paragon Films, we invest in technology and product development. Paragon holds over 15 issued patents in North America and has a number of pending patent applications. We are innovative and encourage an environment of bold ideas and visionary problem solving while channeling our efforts into a lifestyle approach to engineering our film. We focus on technology and sustainability at every step, always focused on minimizing our carbon footprint.
During your 10-week internship you will:
- Gain valuable experience working in a plastics production environment.
- Hands on experience with the newest and most sophisticated cast film production equipment.
- Learn and perform application specific testing on advanced packaging testing equipment.
- Develop and perfect plastics testing procedures in our materials lab to help discover new technologies and optimize our process.
- Work on relevant Research and Development projects to help take Paragon to the next level in manufacturing of high-performance Stretch Films.
- Be immersed in real world business environment with exposure to all departments and training on business leadership skills.
Requirements
Our R&D Intern will be part of a collaborate environment where we will foster a passion for continuous improvement and learning. Our ideal intern will be:
- Pursing an engineering degree, plastics is a plus
- Able to be on-site in Broken Arrow, OK
- Able to commit to the duration of the 10-week internship
- Able to meet the physical requirements of working in a manufacturing environment, which include btu are not limited to the ability to lift up to 50lb rolls of film and 8 hours of bending, stooping, twisting, standing on feet.
- A self-self-starter who will ask questions, seek to learn and provide thoughtful input on testing results.
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