2027 Co-Op Engineers in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri at Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc

Job Title: 2026 Engineering Co-Op
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Director of Research and Engineering
Location: O'Fallon, MO
Timeframes: January 2027-August 2027
FSLA Status: Hourly, Temporary, Seasonal
*Rawlings does not provide housing for Internships and Co-Op Programs.

General Overview: This is an Engineering Co-op position that will split time between Quality Assurance and Product Development, located at our O’Fallon, MO Tech Center, reporting to the Director of Research and Engineering and Sr. Manager, Product Development for Rawlings Sporting Goods.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs quality audits and new product development testing of sporting goods items, including detailed testing and measuring requirements.
• Reviews and tests returned goods, including feedback to the Product Manager and Product Engineer.
• Learns and understands test equipment such as height gage, micrometers, calipers, weighing scales, ultrasonic thickness gage, helmet drop testing, durability test machines, NOCSAE test equipment, compression/tensile testers, spectrophotometers, etc.
• Organizes and maintains testing log sheets and QA documents.
• Maintains maintenance of the testing equipment.
• Assists Engineering team at Asian Technical Center (ATC) in development of new testing methods and assists with any other new projects or additional tasks.
• Assists Product Engineers on new product development for bats, helmets, protective equipment, bags, gloves and/or balls.
• Creates and maintains specification documents for new products.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Materials Science (must be currently enrolled in school, Junior standing or higher preferred).
• Knowledge of hands-on product and process testing is an advantage.
• Ability to complete and handle detailed measuring; ability to maintain the quality of work under stressful situation.
• Knowledge of common manufacturing techniques.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis and process control analysis.
• Requires excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Computer skills – Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, SQC Pack, Minitab, CHARTrunner, LABVIEW, or any other data acquisition and analysis software.
• Requires strong organizational skills.
• Good verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to work in a demanding, dynamic environment where precision, quality and confidentiality is top priority.

Working Conditions: Manufacturing and warehouse working environment, lab environment, and/or office environment. Potential work hazards exist due to work environment.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. Employee may be asked to perform other instructions and/or duties as necessary. Employee will be evaluated in part based upon performance of the tasks listed in this job description.