
Fall 2026 Co-op - Mechanical Test and Reliability
- Burlington, ON
- $31.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The KDP 2026 Fall Co-op Program will run from July 13th - December 11th, 2026
- Location: Burlington, MA
- Full-time; 40 hours per week
- Monday-Friday
- 8:00am until 5:00pm
- Hybrid: (T/W/Th in-office)
- Support Reliability and Design Validation Testing for New Products.
- Conduct data analysis on test results to support New Product Introduction milestone events.
- Support Advanced Development projects through rapid testing and mechanical design of fixtures.
- Identify gaps or potential improvement to current test methods.
- Engaging and partnering on innovative projects to gain experience in a challenging, cross functional team environment
- Participate in meet & greets and lunch & learns with KDP executives and other organization leaders
- Receive professional development training such as networking, professional skills development and presenting
- Be paired with a mentor to enhance your knowledge of other parts of the business and build your network
- Complete a project from start to finish and present it and your takeaways to your team, department vice president and other KDP stakeholders
- $31.00/hour
- Paid bi-weekly
- $5,000.00 Sign-on Bonus, paid within first 30 days of employment
- Must be an undergraduate currently enrolled in a full-time academic program from an accredited college or university, majoring in Mechanical Engineering or another related field
- Available to work 40 hours per week (M-F, 8am-5pm)
- Ability to communicate test results in an effective manner
- Passion for consumer products
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members
- Hands-on problem-solving skills
- Basic understanding of risk assessment tools
- Microsoft Office tools
- SolidWorks Proficiency
- Hands-on experience with building or troubleshooting electro-mechanical test fixtures
- Experience with manual and automated data collection and analysis
- Familiarity with DFMEA process
- Experience with Root Cause/Failure Analysis
- Experience creating or modifying test methods
- Experience with the following programs: JMP, ReliaSoft, LabView JIRA, Confluence
- Basic understanding of Reliability Engineering and predictive modeling