Intern, Laser Application Engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated, hands on, fast learning contributor to join our Laser Applications team for Summer of 2026. In this role you will gain hand-on experience in the use of lasers for materials processing applications, learn where and how lasers enable a wide range of products and functions you use every day and interact with industry professionals and real-world end user customers who implement lasers in a wide range of manufacturing applications.

Requirements

• Investigation of laser-material interactions to understand and develop process parameters to achieve various types of laser-based manufacturing
• Setting up laser materials processing stations or changing and re-aligning optics in existing stations
• Programming motion stages and laser scanners as well as laser output parameters to set up applications trials
• Design of Experiment to explore complex multi-variable processing parameter spaces
• Analysis of results by microscopy, mechanical and electrical testing
• Documenting experiments completed and organizing learnings to present to a broader team
• Interactions with customers and coworkers to discuss application results

Benefits

• Internship Duration: 10 – 14 weeks
• Hands-on project experience
• Virtual and in-person networking events
• Team-building activities