Advanced Technology Team Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Co-op

Fall 2025: MECH/ELEC

Housing: Free Housing

Job location: Huntsville, AL

***Qualified Candidate Must Be A U.S. Citizen***

Position Title: Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering Co-Op

Why did you want to study Engineering in college?

If you could choose anything, what would you want to do in your Professional Engineering Career?

These are questions we ask EVERY potential co-op student interviewing with SCI’s Advanced Technology Group. These are two very important questions every Engineering student should ask themselves as they determine their passions and what drives them. SCI’s Advanced Technology Group Co-Op program is geared to help you grow and develop skills in creating, analyzing, optimizing, building and evaluating your designs. We hope that our Co-Op program enables you to establish and refine the answers to these questions through real-world Engineering experience.

Based in Huntsville, AL, SCI Technology’s Advanced Technology Group, with a fast-paced start-up atmosphere plus the stability and resources of a Fortune-500 company, is seeking highly creative Co-Op candidates in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering to join our team and shape future products. Working with technology partners, we rapidly develop new products for a wide range of defense, aerospace, and commercial markets. Currently we are working on the development of AeroGuard, a unique Unmanned Aerial System (drone) for defense and commercial markets. Prior programs have also included commercial nuclear power plant safety systems, ultrafast laser monitoring systems, torpedoes, and high-performance electric machines.

The successful candidates will be involved in a wide range of the product lifecycle, including developing and testing leading edge airborne and/or subsea systems not yet seen by the public. Depending on the individual’s background and interests, work will involve computer-based design and modeling, rapid prototyping of new designs, and testing of new designs of electronics and/or mechanics both in our development labs and in-flight. SCI Co-Op students can expect to gain experience utilizing our in-house 3D printing lab, CNC machining centers and machine shop, and state of the art electronics manufacturing center.

Skills to be learned/enhanced:

SolidWorks 3D Modeling

3D Printing

Machining and Fabrication

Composites

3D Scanning

High Speed Camera Operation

Photography/Video Editing

Drone Piloting

Data Acquisition

Circuit Board Design

Soldering

Electronics Assembly

Debugging Electronic Circuits

Microprocessor Programming

For over 60 years, SCI’s Defense & Aerospace Division has been a leading provider of defense and aerospace electronics design and manufacturing services. From tactical communications systems to airborne communications and information processing, we deliver high-reliability solutions that keep our war-fighters connected and protected in the field.

Please note that due to our Department of Defense contract requirements, U.S. CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity