Why join us?
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
About this Opportunity
As a Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op, you’ll work on and around state-of-the-art custom engineered manufacturing equipment. You will focus on process flow and equipment as you become an integral part of our engineering team.
Co-Ops at MillerKnoll participate in three work rotations (May 2024 – August 2024, January 2025 – April 2025, and September 2025 – December 2025).
What You’ll Do
You’ll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, lead others, and be an owner every day as you…
- Gain experience in a variety of areas, including process changes, problem solving, ergonomics, equipment development, new product launch support, automation analysis and implementation, and AutoCAD site layout drawings.
- Interact with several different team members as well as teams from Production and various Engineering functions.
- Work with vendors, suppliers, and machine builders internal and external to MillerKnoll.
- Attain on-the-job work experience aligned with your career objectives.
- Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
Sound Like You?
You might be just who we’re looking for if you are…
- A strong communicator with good organizational skills.
- Capable of working both under supervision and without supervision.
- Able to meet deadlines and budget requirements.
- Enrolled and pursuing a 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering from an accredited college or university. You must have a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0 to qualify for consideration in the Co-op Program.
- Satisfactorily finished with the basic coursework in your chosen degree program.
- In favorable academic standing within your current academic program or major.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Able to perform all essential job functions of the position with or without accommodations.
Who We Are
At MillerKnoll, our unique culture represents the collective attitudes, ideas, and experiences of the people who work here. We focus on protecting the environment, impacting our communities, exceeding the expectations of our customers through high quality products, and championing diversity in all areas of the business, and together we are on a journey toward a better world. We support the well-being of our employees in and outside of work by providing a variety of opportunities including award-winning work-life integration resources, development programs, complex health and wellness offerings, and much more.
MillerKnoll is a globally recognized provider of furnishings and related technologies and services. Headquartered in West Michigan, we have relied on innovative design for over 100 years to solve problems for people wherever they work, live, learn, and heal.
MillerKnoll is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.
At MillerKnoll, when we come together—as a family of brands or as an individual work team—the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts. As our values state, “We are better together” when we welcome everyone to the table, keep our commitments to one another, and work and win as one. This idea expresses our spirit of accountability, friendly competition, and inclusivity. A culture of inclusion is critical to our success—both because it makes us better and because it's the right thing to do.
We wish you success in your MillerKnoll journey!
Who We Hire?
Simply put, we hire everyone. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.