Engineering Intern
Mission & Values:
KCF Technologies exists to solve the world's machine health problems to drive safety and sustainability for our communities. We empower industry to eradicate downtime, waste, and injuries with KCF's Machine Health Solutions Platform. Learn more at www.kcftech.com
Curious about what working at KCF is really like? Explore Life at KCF here! If you’re an A-player who wants to be part of one of the most important companies revitalizing machine health across the world, KCF is the place for you. If our values resonate with you, please keep reading!
Core Values:
Smarts: We are humbly aggressive lifelong learners.
Grit: We are scrappy, proactive problem solvers who don’t stop until the job is done.
Drive: We demonstrate an insatiable hunger to serve others.
Responsibility: We do the right thing and contribute to the greater good.
Autonomy: We own our work and define how we do it, while aligned with the greater mission.
Where You Come In:
KCF Technologies is seeking participants in many areas of study to contribute to our high-performing teams as part of the Future Innovators Internship Program. This 10-week, full-time paid program June 2 – August 8 will take place at our KCF Headquarters in-person, or remotely, depending on where home is for you. With our work from home, work from anywhere policy, the choice of where to work is yours.
Our home base is our headquarters in State College, PA, but you will find KCF Teammates spread across 27 different U.S. States with our flexible remote model. We give you the autonomy to define how and where you do your best work!
What to Expect:
- A rewarding, challenging, and unparalleled 10-week summer internship experience
- Professional & technical developmental learning opportunities
- An Intern "Summit" at HQ filled with in-person onboarding, networking, team meetings and team building activities
- 1:1 Mentorship from an experienced KCF Mentor
- Completion of a real-world impact statement project, presented to executive leadership at KCF
- Gain confidence in marketing yourself and your work
- Broaden your network of like-minded, driven individuals & sharpen your skillset alongside innovative leaders in your field
Essential Functions:
- Support the delivery of reliability maintenance solution service remotely (i.e.data analysis of industrial machine health using KCF Technologies' SMARTDiagnostic software).
- Aid in problem solving the health of customer equipment to ensure zero downtime, waste, and safety incidents.
- Set warning and alarm limits for all customer critical machine assets and notification criteria using industrial knowledge, ISO standards or customer feedback.
- General upkeep of customer systems including but not limited to: asset details, pictures, alarm acknowledgement, alarm levels, event logging, user access, hardware counts, hardware availability reports, etc.
- Assist in the development and refinement of machine learning algorithms (MachineIQ) for the purpose of machine health analysis.
- Collaborate on the creation of weekly/biweekly/monthly machine health reports that summarize data anomalies, faults identified, data insights, results of actions, success metrics, hardware updates, etc.
- Answer general inquiry questions regarding KCF machine health solutions products.
- Perform business/value analysis to identify savings, ROI, and additional value to customers.
Qualifications:
- Enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Manufactauring Engineering or similar
- Interest in maintenance reliability, manufacturing, or data analysis a plus
- Demonstrates leadership in field of study, extra-curricular activities or service organizations
- Willingness to ask questions, take initiative and be resourceful and inventive
- Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization, customers, and stakeholders as needed
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability present to executive level audiences
- Proven ability to deliver creative solutions to complicated problems
At KCF Technologies, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. The only things we require for employment, compensation, advancement and benefits are performance and a good team attitude. No one will be denied opportunities or benefits, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of race, religion/creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions, protected veteran status, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, possession of a general education development certificate (“GED”) as compared to a high school diploma, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state laws. KCF complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which KCF has facilities.