Engineering Internship at Rose Medical
Bridget
Experience Information
Employer: Rose Medical
Job Title: Engineering Intern
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Received Credit: Yes
Paid: Yes
Abroad: No
Description of the Organization
Rose Medical is a biomedical manufacturer founded in 1998. It is a smaller company with at maximum 100 people. Rose does not design medical equipment but given the product description, dimensions, and functional requirements, Rose designs a manufacturing process including designing tooling and equipment used. The parts that Rose manufactures are not always the finishing product but components for another medical manufacturer.
Description of the Tasks/Projects Completed
At Rose Medical I worked on a lot of documentation, fixture calibrations, prototype testing, and actually manufacturing products.
Skills/Knowledge Gained Through The Experience
I gained a lot more knowledge about the capabilities in SolidWorks. I am better at completing tasks with minimal direction. I learned about quality control, communication with customers, and how to work with other engineers. I practiced time management when being given multiple tasks. I also learned about a lot of the different processes/fixtures used to manufacture the products at Rose.
Favorite Part of the Experience
My favorite part about the internship was definitely the work I was doing. It gives me a great feeling to be apart of a company that makes parts used in the medical field. My second favorite part was the people I worked with. They were extremely nice, encouraging, and hard workers.
How the Experience Influenced Future Career Goals
The most important influence it provided was self-assurance. Before this internship I was really nervous that I might have chosen the wrong major and wasted a lot time and effort. This internship taught me that I really like doing the paperwork and testing that goes into making a new manufacturing process. It taught me that even in the real world, it is okay to mess up so long as you own up to it immediately and are a part of the solution. I learned that if you take every task seriously with a good attitude people will not only respect you but trust you with more tasks. Most of all I learned that I loved working with a smaller company, with Rose Medical.