Engineer Intern

Job Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is excited to announce our 2027 Internship Program! The program is designed to offer you meaningful work that will prepare you for your career. You’ll get to see first-hand how our corporate teams develop strategies and practices that support our retail and manufacturing partners, and customers worldwide.

This position will be fully on-site in Red Wing, MN, 7:00AM – 4:30PM Monday-Thursday. Applicants must live within a commutable distance to Red Wing, MN.

Compensation is $25/hr.

What to Expect:

Our Engineering intern will gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of the engineering discipline by contributing to a variety of impactful projects. This role offers exposure to real-world engineering challenges, cross-functional collaboration, and opportunities to develop technical and problem-solving skills in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

As an Engineering Intern, you will:

• Use CAD software to update plant layouts that reflect recent and ongoing facility changes.
• Work with 3D scanning technology and comparative analysis tools to audit and document geometrical designs across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Participate in a week-long Continuous Improvement event focused on enhancing production processes related to safety, quality, productivity, and 5S.
• Collaborate with another engineer to execute a smaller-scale capital equipment project, which includes defining the scope of work, interacting with vendors, preparing quotes and CER documentation, implementing the project, and resolving outstanding issues.

Qualifications

We’re looking for students who meet the following requirements:

• Currently pursuing a degree in engineering (mechanical, industrial, manufacturing and/or design)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in working within a production environment

Additional Information

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact [email protected] or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)