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Mechanical Engineering Intern

CompanyLumentum
LocationUnited States
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJanuary 30, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will collaborate with engineers to design tooling and fixtures for fiber-optic component development, including performing tolerance analysis and creating detailed engineering drawings. Responsibilities also involve inspecting incoming parts, assembling and testing prototypes, and documenting engineering reports and specifications.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
3601
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide.
About the Role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Overview

The HPL Team is a market leader in high power semiconductor laser components. Our products enable the telecommunication industry transferring information between cities and continents, as well as kilowatt fiber lasers used in heavy manufacturing industries.

Responsibilities:

The Mechanical Engineering Intern’s responsibilities would include but not be limited to the following:

  • Work with engineers to design tooling and fixtures for fiber-optic components development, perform tolerance analysis.
  • Create detailed piece part and assembly drawings, specify dimensions, materials, and procedures.
  • Preform incoming inspection on received parts.
  • Assemble and test prototype component, tooling and equipment.
  • Document and ECO release of engineering reports, engineering drawings, bill of materials and equipment design specifications.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Qualified candidates will be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Mechanical Engineering or a related major.  Students must be returning to school following the internship.
  • The applicant shall be with abilities in mechanical design, drafting, tolerance analysis, and be familiar with the following software tools: SolidWorks, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Agile.
  • The applicant shall possess strong analytic and statistic skills, and have the ability to work independently. 
  • Excellent hands-on, communication and team work skills required.

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong communications, initiative, and teamwork
  • Knowledge of FEA software such as ANSYS is a plus. 
  • Experiences in opto-mechanical designs is a plus
  • Experiences with production development is a plus

Pay Range: $27.75 - 54.30/hour USD

Pay Range:

Disclaimer:

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.

Key Skills
Mechanical DesignDraftingTolerance AnalysisSolidWorksMS OfficeAgileAnalytic SkillsStatistic SkillsHands-on SkillsCommunication SkillsTeam Work SkillsFEA SoftwareOpto-mechanical DesignsProduction Development
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