Engineer - Intern (Cortland, NY and surrounding CNY area)

Engineer - Intern (Cortland, NY and surrounding CNY area)

Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL) and trusted provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's leading brands and companies is searching for Summer Intern Engineers from Cortland, NY and the surrounding area to join our Electrical team in our Cortland, NY office.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain real world experience in testing and certification field, helping to ensure the quality and safety of our customers' products, processes, and systems.

The Engineer - Intern is an 8 - 12-week, full-time paid summer position that is responsible for performing electrical testing, support and evaluation on a variety of products to the provisions of U.S., Canadian and other international product safety standards; writing reports; and communicating with your team and clients as required.

About the Team

Intertek's Electrical business line applies product testing expertise quickly and efficiently to help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market they wish to enter.

Our Electrical team provides assurance, testing, inspection, and certification for a variety of electric products, including appliances, consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, information communications technology, HVACR, industrial, and energy transmission and distribution.

Intertek offers rewarding opportunities to help companies around the world develop products that are used safely by millions of people every day.

Intertek is the trusted advisor to many of the world's leading brands, companies, and governments, and has earned a reputation for accuracy, reliability, integrity, and technical competence.

Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What you'll do:

Listed examples are illustrative and representative of the tasks required of the Engineer - Intern and are not intended to be complete or exclusive.

Under the guidance of an engineer or mentor, conduct evaluation of products to determine compliance with applicable standard(s).

Examples include, but are not limited to:


* Read and understand schematics and manufacturing instructions.


* Under scope of the project, identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing.


* Set up and operate standard test equipment including, but not limited to, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, multi-meter, dielectric strength tester, ground continuity tester, digital multi-meter, surge generator, over-voltage tester, environmental condition chamber, articulated probes.


* Perform testing of products in accordance with standards.

Core tests include, but are not limited to rating, leakage current, dielectric, temperature, pressure, stability, mechanical hazard, flammability, abnormal and fault insu...