Engineering Intern - Jacksonville, Summer 2026

We believe that difference sparks brilliance, so we welcome people and ideas from everywhere to join us in stretching what’s possible.

At Tapestry, being true to yourself is core to who we are. When each of us brings our individuality to our collective ambition, our creativity is unleashed. This global house of brands – Coach, Kate Spade New York – was built by unconventional entrepreneurs and unexpected solutions, so when we say we believe in dreams, we mean we believe in making them happen. We’re always on a journey to becoming our best, but you can count on this: Here, your voice is valued, your ambitions are supported, and your work is recognized.

A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive. 

2026 Summer Engineering Intern

Jacksonville, FL – Tapestry Fulfillment Centers

Hourly Rate:  $20/hr

Hours:  40 hours per week

Timeline:  May 18th – August 7th (12-week Internship)

Major:  Industrial Engineering

Academic Progression:  Junior, Senior or Recent Graduate

**No relocation or housing assistance available** 

About our Team:

Our Engineering team at Tapestry (Coach + Kate Spade) supports our combined 1.2 million square foot Fulfillment Centers in Jacksonville. We focus on optimizing processes, improving efficiency, and leveraging data-driven solutions to keep operations running smoothly. Collaboration is central to our work; we partner with multiple teams to identify opportunities for improvement and implement practical, impactful changes. As an intern, you’ll gain exposure to real-world challenges in a fast-paced environment and contribute to projects that enhance productivity and customer experience.

Internship Responsibilities:

• Process Improvement: Assist in evaluating workflows and recommending changes to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
• Time Studies: Conduct time and motion studies to analyze labor utilization and cycle times.
• Data Collection & Analysis: Gather production, process, and operational data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams (production, quality, supply chain) to implement improvements.
• Capacity Planning: Help analyze resource utilization and support capacity planning for production lines.
• Documentation: Prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs), process maps, and reports for engineering projects.

Intern Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems/Process Engineering, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel (basic formulas, charts, formatting, filtering, sorting).
• Basic data analysis: Understanding of descriptive statistics and ability to interpret trends.
• Good communication skills for working with cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to work onsite for the full 12-week internship.

Intern Preferred Qualifications:

• AutoCAD knowledge (or comparable tool).
• Time Study and/or Predetermined Motion & Time Study (PMTS) experience.
• Microsoft Office Suite experience (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
  • Intermediate/advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, macros, data validation).
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma principles: Green Belt certification or coursework is a plus.
• Programming or automation experience: Knowledge of VBA, Python, or SQL for data manipulation.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
  and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. Visit Tapestry, Inc. at http://www.tapestry.com/