sWE24 Conference - Technical Intern

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing-improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications-from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

As a Technical Intern, you will work cross-functionally with program management, systems, hardware and test engineering and participate in the entire system development life cycle a variety of Novanta proprietary technologies. It is our goal to build upon your academic base with hands-on practical applications to provide a well-rounded experience and prepare you for future employment while developing exciting new technologies.

As a Technical Intern, you will be required to complete the Summer 2025 internship at the designated Novanta location site for the internship. Housing support to offset a portion of your housing costs for the internship will be offered for select roles and will be identified at the time of the interview process.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work closely with other engineers to interpret design specifications in support of new and existing product development initiatives.
• Develop test plans, conduct testing and document results to ensure product performance requirements are met.
• Hands-on trouble-shooting of electrical components and systems.
• Detect and fix software bugs to ensure the entire system is capable of meeting performance requirements.
• Specific technical project work focused on Novanta innovations.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

• Student working toward Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Optical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong communication skills to be able to collaborate and present solutions clearly.
• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Work closely with other engineers to interpret design specifications in support of new and existing product development initiatives.
• Develop test plans, conduct testing and document results to ensure product performance requirements are met.
• Hands-on trouble-shooting of technical components and systems.

Travel Requirements

• None

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.