Textile Engineering Intern - Summer 2025

Company: Springs Window Fashions
Location: Middleton
Posted on: October 2, 2024

Job Description:

Description

Textile Engineer Internship - Summer 2025

The Best Experience Company

Our tagline is "The Best Experience Company." More than just a set of words, it represents the essence of who we are at Springs Window Fashions. As North America's premier window covering company, we're committed to creating the Best Experience for our associates, consumers and end users, business partners, and communities. We want you to join our team of passionate self-starters who believe the world is full of Best Experience opportunities. So, if you're excited about the thought of a Best Experience career with a team focused on creating Best Experiences for all, we want to hear from you!

Internship Overview

Springs Window Fashions is looking for a motivated and hardworking individual to join our Engineering Team! The Textile Engineer Internship provides an exciting opportunity to assist the team with project support while providing valuable work experience related to your chosen field of study. Our paid internship program is known for having in-depth, challenging project work with cross-functional teams, as well as professional development, job shadowing and other growth opportunities.

Internship Projects and Responsibilities

• New Product Development (NPD)
  • Work with mentor to establish our first database of textile properties for Residential that harmonizes with Commercial and supports creating a materials database that can be supported ultimately across all types of parts.
    
  • This database will be a key asset to secure product performance, manufacturing process and sustainability/regulatory alignment.
    
    • Collect and aggregate internal data (multiple sources)
      
    • Identify key properties for textiles and other categories of parts
      
    • Interview engineers and other key personnel to expand and document "tribal knowledge"
      
    • Work with mentor to identify 2 or 3 properties to research
      
    • Establish research and test plan to explore properties and how process parameters affect performance
      
    • Conduct plan, analyze data, and record in database
      
      What Spring's Best Experience Means for You
      
      Springs Window Fashions offers incredible opportunities to develop the skills you'll need to be successful in a fast-paced consumer products company. You'll also be provided with several perks and benefits as a member of the Springs team:
      
      • Newly renovated corporate headquarters (including on-site fitness center)
      • Exposure to other roles and functions within SWF
      • Career advancement opportunities
      • Regular interaction with multiple functional areas and with others at all levels within the organization, from production to senior leadership
      • Paid on-the-job training; in-depth product knowledge sessions via online courses, live online classes, and live sessions
        
        Requirements
        
        What We're Looking For
        
        • Previous internship experience in relevant function preferred
        • Pursuing a 4-year degree with preferred current standing of Sophomore/Junior level
        • Textile Engineering Major Preferred
        • Proficient computer skills Microsoft Office
        • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
        • Strong communication skills (verbal, written and attention to detail)
        • Positive attitude and eagerness to learn
          
          How We Work to Deliver a Best Experience: Our Behavioral Competencies
          
          • Ensures Accountability- Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
          • Drive Engagement- Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
          • Instill Trust- Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
          • Drive Results- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
          • Consumer/Customer Focus- Building strong customer relationships and delivering on customer-centric solutions
          • Critical Thinking- Making Sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
          • Being Resilient- Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations
          • Optimize Work Processes- Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement

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