Intern - Process Engineering (Onsite - Kennesaw, GA)

Company Overview:

Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Artivion, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing simple, elegant solutions that address cardiac and vascular surgeons' most difficult challenges in treating patients with aortic diseases. Artivion has over 1,400 employees worldwide with sales representation in over 100 countries. The Company has manufacturing facilities located in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas and Hechingen, Germany. Additionally, it has sales and distribution offices in various countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. For additional information about Artivion, visit our website, www.artivion.com.

Position Overview:

Responsible for providing process engineering support for all product manufacturing departments. Supports manufacturing operations to ensure consistent adherence to the standard operating procedures and business continuity. Initiates process improvement initiatives to improve the efficiency of current manufacturing processes, as well as develop new processes to improve manufacturing efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Receives materials and/or parts specifications from senior engineers and edits/updates technical drawings and specifications accordingly. Supports evaluation of material changes.
• Assists engineers in troubleshooting equipment and manual processes through physical inspection/diagnosing of parts. Orders replacement parts as needed.
• Assists in maintenance of PLC controlled processes.
• Supports senior engineers and IT in development of software and databases.
• Participates as assigned in product and process improvement initiatives.
• Assists in technical support when dealing with suppliers of key components and equipment.
• Assists Engineers in the assembly of parts and equipment for new equipment start-ups. Ensures process flow is correct by debugging any issues and evaluates manufacturing process.
• Receives operations documentation edits and makes updates as directed by Engineers or Management. Aids the Management staff in creation and improving of Operations documentation.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by Manager.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, Industrial or related field of engineering).
• Familiarity with Computer Aided Design preferred

This internship is an onsite position and will report to Artivion's corporate HQ in Kennesaw, GA.