Quality Engineer Intern

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

NRG

At NRG, we’re bringing the power of energy to people and organizations by putting customers at the center of everything we do. We generate electricity and provide energy solutions and natural gas to millions of customers through our diverse portfolio of retail brands. A Fortune 500 company, operating in the United States and Canada, NRG delivers innovative solutions while advocating for competitive energy markets and customer choice, working towards a sustainable energy future. More information regarding NRG is available at www.nrg.com.

Summer Internship Program

Our 10-week program is designed to increase future employment potential for prospects while providing a valuable resource to the business. This Summer Internship will appeal to proactive and self-motivated college juniors/seniors with a genuine desire to learn about the energy business and industry. During the internship, candidates will work on real projects and have real responsibilities. NRG aims to help candidates build strengths and gain skills that can be transferred to any workplace and help them stand out from the crowd.

Ideal Candidate

NRG is looking for self-driven, high-caliber individuals who can grasp complex business and technical issues and harness information and relationships to deliver solutions. In return, NRG will provide the support, guidance, and opportunities to help our ideal candidate be successful. Through this program, NRG seeks to help candidates make significant impact, inspire people, and provide exceptional customer service.

Summary:

Supporting the Supplier Quality Engineering team, this position will work with returned Vivint products and optimize the testing processes.  This position will work closely with Supplier Quality to submit feedback to Vivint suppliers on trending defects and issues within the testing processes as well as optimizing processes to submit warranty claims.  As a liaison between Supplier Quality Engineering and the returns processing department, this position has the main goal to optimize product test fixture results through root cause analysis and good communication.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Optimize Product Test Fixtures
• Reduce False Failures
• Perform Time Studies on product testing processes
• Update Work Instructions and SOPs for testing processes
• Inspection Audits
• Collect Representative Failure Samples
• Update Fixture Maintenance Plan

Required Skills, Experience & Education:

• Education track in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or similar
• Root cause analysis
• Data Analytics
• Cross Functional Communication
• Process optimization
• Organization

Preferred Skills, Experience & Education:

• Previous Internship experience
• Experience reporting on metrics and progress
• PCB manufacturing and electronics rework
• Experience using product test fixtures: RF chambers, Bed of nails, etc
• Experience with z-wave or other RF devices

Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it’s a great place to grow your career!

Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:

• Free daily lunch and drinks on site
• Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.  

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