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Mechanical Engineering Co-op: (JOB ID: 1260-437)

Cincinnati Incorporated has been manufacturing machinery since the late 1890s. We pride ourselves on the performance and dependability of our metal fabrication products. Our quality is not only seen in our machines, but also in our team members. CI employees have shaped our reputation and culture with their uncompromising integrity, focus, and innovation. Are you ready to learn from the best?

Semester: Spring 2026

Position Summary & Purpose: Development and upgrades of products, materials, processes, or equipment. Under direct supervision/guidance, compiles, analyzes and reports operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified products, processes, or materials.

Duties & Responsibilities:

+ Perform the design and development engineering on various size (small to major) research and development projects or sales orders

+ Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications

+ Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems

+ Develop and test models of alternative designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification

+ Review new and existing writings of manuals and documentation, adding supplemental materials as required

+ Collaborate with shop assembly ensuring product is built to design specifications

+ Support design aspects of CI machine control upgrades. Determine designs and details required for mounting of equipment, including assembly instruction

+ Create assemblies/models/details as needed to support team and provide instruction and data for Manufacturing

Qualifications:

+ Working toward an Associates or Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering

+ Fully capable of performing all levels of tasks needed to complete a project or sales order, including all aspects of 3D CAD

+ Must be successful in performing development engineering for assigned product lines including shears, conveyors, press brakes, powdered metal presses, lasers and material handling systems

+ Adopt and promote lean practices in all activities, considering the elimination of unnecessary resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Physical demands: Employee occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This role does not offer sponsorship employment benefits and being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. You must be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or recent lawful permanent resident to apply.

EOE including disabilities/VETS