College Intern - NPI IT Control Systems Engineering

About the role

HP is looking for a College Intern in New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineering for its IT Control Systems business in Singapore. The intern supports vendors and NPI engineers in setting up prototype facilities, installing and debugging machinery and tooling, and running experimental builds. The internship is full-time for 5 to 6 months, starting in January 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Assist vendors in setting up their facility and GRE for prototype setups, and support them with machinery landing.
• Help vendors and engineers with machinery and tooling installation, assembly system debugging and commissioning.
• Work hands-on with suppliers to develop mechanical fixtures and jigs, modify and customise tooling, and install and test it.
• Develop tooling modifications and mechanical design improvements.
• Support NPI engineers with process characterisation, gage R&R, NPI experiments, FAT/SAT buy-off and spare management.
• Maintain and audit tooling maintenance and calibration, and perform periodic maintenance of online and offline tooling and gages.
• Operate machinery for prototype build runs and help engineers with experimental builds and new manufacturing processes.
• Maintain a master list of PC environments (OS version, anti-virus, IP, backups) and run regular backups, verify integrity and test recovery on Windows, PLC systems, leak testers, vision systems and offline test equipment.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Software Engineering or Computer Science, currently pursuing.
• Able to commit to a 5-6 month full-time internship starting January 2027.
• Ability to apply engineering fundamentals, failure analysis and characterisation, and data analysis with statistical process control (SPC).
• Teamwork, communication and a growth mindset.

Required skills

• CAD design of components and subsystems.
• Debugging and troubleshooting programmable logic controllers (PLC) and factory automation hardware and software, including Allen Bradley PLC ladder programming.
• Basic IT network configuration (TCP/IP, IP addressing, switches) and anti-virus management.
• Backup and storage systems knowledge.
• Preferred: machine vision software and hardware, reading AC/DC schematics, and Python, C# or VB.NET.