Intern - Supplier Quality Engineer - Summer 2025

Our people create our best Plexus.

WHAT WE DO AT PLEXUS

We’re a global team of over 20,000 engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and aftermarket service experts who partner with customers to bring their products to life through inspired innovation and world-class customer service.

We are passionate about innovating, creating and delivering products that change people’s lives. From surgical devices and health monitors to warehouse robotics and space products, we partner with our customers to help create the products that build a better world.

At Plexus, you are more than just an intern. We embrace your innovative ideas and collaborative thinking. You play a critical role in our success as we continue to grow as a global organization.

WHY WE LOVE IT

Engaging and challenging projects that fulfill and develop you. People that inspire and empower you to realize your full potential.

A workplace centered on inclusion and collaboration. At Plexus, we’re at our best when opportunities are met with passion, open communication and teamwork.

We believe that our people create our best Plexus. At Plexus, we value the ideas generated by our collective uniqueness and recognize that the diverse backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives of our team members enable us to create the innovative products that build a better world.

Because of this, we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply to our positions, and will look at candidates holistically, balancing work, education and additional experiences.

HOW YOU WILL DO IT

COMPANY PROFILE

We are creators. Innovators. Engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and service experts passionate about building a better world.

When you join Plexus, you’ll be part of a collaborative, imaginative team of problem-solvers. You’ll partner with leading companies across the globe to bring exciting, life-changing new technologies to their customers.

Plexus is a global company where you can push the boundaries of innovation and discover your highest potential. You can deliver solutions to our customers through visionary products that protect lives, discover elusive answers, help people and cultures connect, and revolutionize how we experience the world around us.

Whether you’re an experienced professional or skilled manufacturer, a recent graduate ready to make an impact or a student eager to gain hands-on internship experience with a career at Plexus, you can make a real difference.

OVERVIEW

The Supplier Quality Engineer Intern will be acting as a liaison between operations, suppliers, and the Supplier Quality Department, to ensure that overall specifications, quality / regulatory requirements, and expectations are met for purchased products.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible to ensure part qualification and evaluation activities (both prototype and sustaining manufacturing) resulting in acceptable and consistent supply.

Includes external activities (establishing part quality requirements) and internal activities (sampling plans, inspection processes, etc.)

• Ability to execute supplier audit activities related to both validation and on-going management of quality execution capabilities
• Monitoring supplier quality performance based on analysis of Plexus and supplier performance data
• Lead problem part resolution through all phases of operations
• Responsible for leading supplier corrective action and continuous improvement activities
• Support containment, segregation, NCM review, and trend analysis processes activities relative to supplied parts
• Support overall site Quality Management System through metrics, auditing etc.
• Facilitate reporting and notifying suppliers of cost-recovery requirements resulting from the need to contain, segregate or handle non-conforming parts
• Support alternative supplier selection
• Mentor and support RI activities and process effectiveness
• Participates in customer-facing supplier quality activities
• Minimal travel may be required to meet the needs of the business

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Student working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field for entire duration of internship.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Junior level status
• GPA : 3.0 or higher is preferred
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Strong communication skills

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Some offers of employment are contingent upon successfully passing a drug screen and upon completion of a confidentiality agreement.

Our Values and How We Lead behaviors guide our processes. Plexus does not make employment decisions based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and encourage all to apply today!