Reliability Engineer Intern

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, such as helping customers find cures for cancer, protecting the environment, and ensuring our food is safe. Your work will have a real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Our colleagues are committed to making a difference within our organization, for our customers and partners, and for the patients we serve. We seek individuals with strong capabilities, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to quality to help our organization succeed now and into the future.

Project Scope and Responsibilities:

The Reliability Engineer Intern will support the engineering team in improving the reliability, performance, and availability of equipment and systems. This internship provides hands-on experience in reliability engineering within an industrial environment, combining data analysis, problem-solving, and continuous improvement activities.

Project activities may include the following responsibilities:

Support the analysis of equipment failures and recurring technical issues.

Assist with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and the identification of corrective and preventive actions.

Analyze reliability and maintenance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

Support the monitoring of key reliability indicators such as MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) and MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).

Participate in FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and risk assessment activities.

Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, Production, and Quality teams on reliability improvement projects.

Support preventive and predictive maintenance optimization.

Prepare technical reports, data analyses, and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations.

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing equipment uptime and reducing unplanned downtime.

During the internship, the candidate will gain practical experience in reliability engineering methodologies, equipment performance analysis, maintenance strategies, and continuous improvement while working closely with experienced engineers and technical teams.

How will you get here?

Graduate student completing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related technical field

Students must either (1) be currently enrolled at a university and about to enter their final year of study or (2) have graduated no more than one (1) year before the anticipated start date.

This position will fulfill a 6-12months university placement within the curriculum.

No previous work experience is required; previous related internships, apprenticeships and academic projects are considered an advantage.

Good computer literacy, with experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, an interest in equipment reliability and maintenance, and the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

Familiarity with reliability methodologies such as RCA, FMEA, Lean, or Six Sigma would be considered an advantage.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the Country indicated for the opportunity they are applying to by either confirming Citizenship or the right to work.