Part-time Student - Engineering - Dubuque, Ia

John Deere John Deere · Industrial · Dubuque, IA +1 · Product Engineering (CA)

Part-time student role in Product Engineering at John Deere, focusing on dimensional management, inspection strategies, and collaboration for fabricated structures. Requires mechanical engineering background, CAD familiarity, and specific academic/availability criteria.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide divisional Dimensional Management support to drive manufacturing and design improvements for fabricated structures
  2. Propose inspection strategies using fabrication tooling interactions with structures.
  3. Collaborate with Metrology to generate inspection program for manufacturing. Coordinate part inspection, analyze the data, comparing current production with the proposal
  4. Present proposals to product group’s manufacturing and quality teams to gain alignment
  5. Collaborate with design engineering to complete necessary drawing updates

Skills

Required

  • Pursuing a degree in a mechanical engineering discipline
  • Familiarity with CAD modeling tools
  • Registered as a full-time student at an accredited college/university
  • Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
  • Available to work during the academic year (16–20 hours/week)
  • Available to work during the summer semester (35–40 hours/week)
  • Must be able to commute to the work location in Dubuque, Iowa

Nice to have

  • Basic understanding or interest in design for manufacturability and fabrication processes (welding, machining)
  • Basic understanding or interest in metrology
  • Self directed learners
  • Project management skills