# Materials Engineering Intern

Req ID 92602 | Northville, United States ZF Active Safety US Inc. Job Description About the Team We are looking for a new intern colleague in the Materials Engineering Department at our location in Northville, Michigan (Winter Internship 2027) What you can look forward to as Materials Engineering Intern: Exposure to diverse material technology types including polymers, metals, tribology, electronics, mechanical testing, corrosion, and non-destructive testing. Working with diverse materials such as thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, lubricants, electronic materials, coatings, iron, steel, and aluminum. Working with diverse processes such as extrusion, forming, heat treating, joining/soldering/welding, and coatings/platings. Support Materials laboratory staff (Engineers and Technicians) with daily work including testing and lab equipment maintenance. Collect testing data for diverse R&D, warranty, and/or quality topics on a variety of ZF products. Interpret data and generate technical reports (supervised) to solve customer concerns. Preparation of specimens for failure analysis and materialography using automated and semi-automated equipment. Utilize equipment such as SEM/EDS,

- **Id**: 4109366
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zf-group-materials-engineering-intern>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Northville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T23:03:14Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T18:53:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3801
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 7001
- **Name**: ZF Group
- **Domain**: zf.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zf-group>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 97
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.12
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T23:03:14Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:5, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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