Chemical Engineer Intern – Summer & Fall 2025
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Job Description
About Parker Hannifin Corporation:
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies and systems. For more than a century, the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.
Job Description:
Chemical Engineer Intern – Summer & Fall 2025
• Location: RAVENNA, OH, United States
• Job Family: Engineering
• Job Type: Regular
• Start Date: July 2025 – December 2025
As a Chemical Engineer Intern, you will provide polymer compounding, processing, and testing expertise to the Fluid Connectors Group Materials Development Team, with a focus on improving existing materials and developing new materials for use in hose and tubing applications. This position reports to a senior technical staff member at the Ravenna, OH location.
Responsibilities:
• Participate as an active member of the Materials Development Team, taking direction from senior engineers and scientists leading the active projects.
• Learn how to use and operate lab scale mixing, extrusion, and molding equipment, to make experimental materials and prepare them for measurement of mechanical and thermal properties.
• Learn how to use and operate polymer compounding equipment for producing pilot scale quantities of experimental materials.
• Learn and use the principles of Design of Experiments for investigating material formulations and processing variables.
• Learn and use mechanical, thermal, and chemical property testing equipment to generate the data required to develop new materials.
• Assist with pilot scale tubing production for prototype hose builds with new materials as necessary.
• Participate in all functions of the High-Performance Team environment as required.
• Present and explain project plans, data, and results to the Team, generating reports as necessary.
• Assist other Engineers within the Division with projects, tasks and deadlines when such situations arise.
• Conduct work safely at all times within a zero allowable incidents culture.
Qualifications:
• Must be pursuing an undergraduate degree in polymer science, polymer engineering, materials science, materials engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely-related field. Successful completion of two years of academic classwork is preferred. Graduate students pursuing an advanced degree in these engineering fields will also be considered.
• Excellent communication skills (e.g., the development/delivery of presentations to technical and non-technical audiences) and accurate scientific documentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability operate effectively in a team environment, and the ability to interface effectively with related business and manufacturing functions.
• Travel: Position may require occasional travel to Parker facilities, local universities, and suppliers.
