Date Posted: 2026-10-02
Country: United States of America
Location: OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA
Otis Elevator Company is searching for highly motivated candidates interested in starting a career in one of our various areas of engineering!
Internships at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop through meaningful projects that drive our business. Our comprehensive internship program will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your skills. You'll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; and where we empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy and trust.
Throughout your internship, we provide continuous training and performance feedback to ensure you develop the necessary skills to succeed. Additional career opportunities are available upon conclusion of a successful internship.
The Otis Manufacturing Engineering Interns will assist with multiple projects in the Manufacturing Department that will provide the intern with an introduction to Manufacturing Engineering functions and continuous improvement initiatives. The intern will engage with a wide variety of stakeholders within the Otis Elevator organization while developing project management & customer service skills.
Essential Responsibilities
- Support new programs/products through production and ensure products meet cost, delivery, and customer/internal specifications requirements including coordinating efforts with product, manufacturing, and quality engineering
- Ability to read and understand blueprints, specifications, and work instructions
- Identify all tools and fixtures required to manufacture the product to specifications
- Ensure a safe working environment is set and maintained
- Develop, design, acquire or create new equipment for improved productivity, efficiency, and safety
- Develop excellent documentation of processes and follow change management processes when changes occur
- Utilize Lean principles to set up and improve work cell
Education / Certifications
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in engineering
- Must be actively pursuing a degree and remain enrolled in an accredited degree program following the internship start date in Summer 2027
Basic Qualifications
- Ability to work in a highly team-oriented and dynamic environment
- Candidate must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills
- Needs to be self-motivated and able to manage several simultaneous projects and responsibilities
- Excellent analytical skills and technical skills are required
Pay: $25/hr to $29/hr
We may pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future. Pay within the salary range will be based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Apply today and Build What's Next!
If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.
Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.
You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.
When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.
We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.
Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.
Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!
Otis is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other protected class according to applicable law. To request an accommodation in completing an employment application due to a special need or a disability, please contact us at careers@otis.com.
