A quality internship will not only provide you with invaluable and marketable experience, but also, it will help you assess which discipline of engineering you are most interested in and gifted for. You will emerge a more experienced and focused graduate, fully prepared to advance to the next stage — whether that includes graduate studies or employment.

Given the importance of this aspect of your undergraduate education, Olivet’s Engineering Department actively assists you in the process of securing quality internship opportunities. We will provide you with possible internship options and application/résumé review support.

Effectively pursuing the summer internship is your key responsibility and is a test run for future full-time job pursuit. You will go through the process of exploring opportunities, completing job applications and interviewing.

Sample internship listing

The listing below can be your starting point. Additionally, you may already have a connection or lead to an internship close to your summer residence through your personal network. Get the word out to your family and church members. You may be surprised how many open doors are waiting for you with local engineering firms!

Note: A year next to a contact name denotes ONU alumnus 

	Focus: All engineering disciplines ohio.honda.com/jobs/intern.cfm Contact: Ryan Miller ’93 Email: RMiller@oh.hra.com Location: Marysville, Ohio
	Focus: electronics and materials www.solidica.com Contact: Chad Lehner Email: clehner@solidica.com Location: Ann Arbor, Mich.
	Focus: Mechanical www.alcoa.com Contact: Mark Jones ’93 Email: Mark.A.Jones@alcoa.com Location: Evansville, Ind.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.navistar.com/Navistar/Careers Contact: N/A Email: N/A Location: Warrenville, Ill.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines smart.asee.org Contact: Katherine Sweet ’08 Email: katherine.sweet@navy.mil Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.roche-diagnostics.us/ Contact: Wes Gerbig ’01 Email: wesgerbig@gmail.com Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.caterpillar.com Contact: Dave Balek ’02 Email: balekd@yahoo.com Location: Peoria, Ill.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.usajobs.gov/ Contact: Rebecca Dickey ’07 Email: rebecca.dickey@navy.mil Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: All Engineering disciplines www.moog.com Contact: Richard Wainwright ’80 Email: rwainwright2@yahoo.com Location: New York and Illinois
	Focus:  Mechanical, Electrical, Computer www.bimba.com Contact: Jon Evans '04 Email: evansj@bimba.com Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: Mechanical and Electrical www.nucor.com Contact: Kate Thompson Email: Kate.Thompson@nucor.com Location:  Bourbonnais, Ill.
	Focus: Multiple Disciplines orise.orag.gov Contact: N/A Email: N/A Location: Oak Ridge, Tenn.
	Focus: Multiple www.emersonindustrial.com/ Contact: Jared Morehouse '07 Email: jared.morehouse@gmail.com Location: Valparaiso, Ind.
	Focus: Small Autonomous Systems arl.army.mil Contact: N/A Email: ARL_SOAR-Resumes@arl.army.mil Location: Adelphi, Md.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.usaeop.com/ Contact: N/A Email: N/A Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: Electrical, mechanical www.boschtools.com/ Contact: Nathan Light ’05 Email: nathan.light@us.bosch.com Location: Watseka, Ill.
	Focus: Mechanical, electrical peddinghaus.com Contact: Nick Pickering ’12 Email: npickeri@live.olivet.edu Location: Bradley, Ill.
	Focus: Mechanical. Electrical. Computer swagelok.com Contact: Josh Gress '06 Email: joshua.gress@swagelok.com Location: Cleveland, Ohio
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.usaeop.com/ Contact: N/A Email: N/A Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: Automotive electronics calsonic.com http://calsonic.com/ Contact: Dan Davidson ’90 Email: daniel_davidson@cknainc.com Location: Nashville, Tenn.; Detroit, Mich.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.deere.com Contact: N/A Email: N/A Location: Moline, Ill.
	Focus: Electro-optics and photonics www.deps.org Contact: N/A Email: DEscholars@arl.army.mil Location: Aberdeen, Md.
	Focus: All engineering disciplines www.ford.com Contact: Steve Angus ’93 Email: sangus1@ford.com Location: Multiple locations
	Focus: Multiple disciplines www.navsea.navy.mil/ Contact: Katherine Sweet ’08 Email: katherine.sweet@navy.mil Location: Seattle, Wash.
	Focus: Multiple disciplines www.bechtel.com/ Contact: Anu Gupta Phone: 412-476-6443 Location: Pittsburgh, Penn.
	Focus: Geological, Civil www.aquaamerica.com/ Contact: Joel Mingus ’03 Email: jamingus@aquaamerica.com Location: Multiple locations

Other Internship and Co-Op Resources 

www.internmatch.com

www.internships.com/summerinternship/engineering

internshipfinder.jobamatic.com/a/jobs/find-jobs 

hormel.jobs

www.simplyhired.com 

www.urs-jobs.com/ 

www.glassdoor.com 

internships.collegeprowler.com/ 

jobs.businessweek.com 

www.indeed.com 

www.dot.state.il.us/techapp/internships.html 

www.monster.com 

Steps to secure a high quality Olivet engineering summer internship experience 

1. Talk with one of the faculty concerning your interests and goals.
2. Review the internships opportunities, especially those companies listed with alumni mentors.
3. Review the general engineering internship job listings noted above.
4. With input from faculty, produce a high quality application to at least three possible companies.
5. Secure an engineering internship!