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2025 Summer Intern: Defense Manufacturing Engineer

Spirit AeroSystems
Wichita, KS, United States
Full-time

Overview

Flight begins at Spirit AeroSystems, where our products are taking off somewhere around the world every minute of every day.

We design and build large structural parts for the world's premier commercial aircraft (think Boeing and Airbus), as well as top Defense and other cutting-edge programs.

Spirit AeroSystems is a global company headquartered in Wichita, Kansas with a diverse work force spread across three continents.

Our Summer Internship Program is a US Top 100 Internship Program, and this is based on our program having a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, intern professional development, social activities, career shadowing opportunities, mentoring support, and the conversion of our interns to full time employees.

At Spirit AeroSystems we are focused on inventing, designing, and building what's best in aerospace and we welcome you to consider joining us in this endeavor!

Responsibilities

Responsibilities :

Flight begins with you at Spirit AeroSystems, a place where you can explore your interests and grow your career by working on impactful projects.

A Defense Manufacturing Engineering intern can expect to :

Build Plan Design

Define build plan requirements

Manufacturing Planning

Build manufacturing plans

Ergonomics

Ergonomic Design

Visual Work Instructions

Design visual work instructions

Process Improvement

  • Design for Manufacturing / Assembly / Automation
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Lean Six-Sigma Theory of Constraints

Also, should you be selected as a 2025 Spirit AeroSystems Summer Intern, you will have exposure to several activities including :

  • Multiple Manufacturing Plant Tours
  • Professional development workshops
  • Project Expo (An opportunity to present an intern project for Executive Leaders)
  • Social / Networking Events

Qualifications

Requirements :

  • You must be a US Person (US Citizen or US Permanent Resident)
  • You must be enrolled full time in a university degree program aligned to the area of internship.
  • You must be a current sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student in good academic standing.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

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