Westfall Technik’s Riverside, CA location is actively recruiting a Summer 2025 Quality Engineering Intern to support a range of technical responsibilities in a fast-paced manufacturing production environment. The internship provides a college-level student with practical experience related to their major that will enhance and complement classroom learning.

Who is Westfall Technik? We are a global holding company which provides innovative plastics manufacturing solutions to the healthcare, consumer package goods and light industrial vertical markets. The site locations, operating within the Westfall Technik enterprise, are internationally aligned with unmatched global reach in the industry. Our proprietary Stacked Integration Model ™ enables us to operate leveraging a high degree of specialization, extensive capacities in end-to-end design, production and assembly, and first-class references in high-end manufacturing.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Internship Project Role: Quality Engineer

Dates of Internship: Approximately June 2nd – August 22nd

Location: Riverside, CA

Pay Range: $20.00 per hour

Reports to: Quality Manager

SUMMARY OF ROLE

The ideal candidate will have a desire to broaden their knowledge and practical experience and quality control, quality systems and quality assurance activities. Collaborative work as a member of the quality team must be performed to meet FDA, ISO and local Quality Management System requirements. For this site ISO 9001, BRC packaging issue 6 and FC FSSC/ISO 22000 apply. All documentation produced to meet these standards and the local system requirements must conform to current Good Document Practices (cGDP). Specific responsibilities may include but are not limited to assisting the Quality Team in improvements to the local Quality Management System to enhance their system and processes, qualify new production processes, qualify control plans and test methods associated with primary packaging for food and or beverage container closure systems and consumer products. This site is also standardizing their color management system to meet the customer expectation for various colors of their products that may require support.

INTERNSHIP PURPOSE

Partner with Quality Department in data and process analysis in order to help establish process improvements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive Improvements on OEE to increase daily output of consumer product and reduce scrap

• Work in teams to solve complex technical problems and support high volume production lines.

• Work in teams to identify and implement the best possible solutions and support high volume production lines.

• Test benchmark & evaluate the latest technology in plastic processing.

• Evaluate current operational process flow and develop & implement changes to optimize flow.

• Determines design approaches and parameters.

• Evaluate equipment to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and develop improvement plans.

• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Enrolled in a Quality, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering

• In 3rd or 4th year of degree specific program or a graduate student

• Minimum 3.0 GPA.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Light to moderate physical effort required

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs regularly

• Required to sit walk or stand

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment is usually in an office within a manufacturing facility with low to moderate noise level. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Westfall -Technik is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religious creed, physical disability, mental disability, age for individuals age 40 and over, medical condition (as defined by state law (for example, cancer or genetic characteristics or HIV/AIDS), marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.