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The 8-month co-op program targets college juniors and seniors. We allow some business positions to work part-time during the school year, and full-time over the summer. You’ll work on a variety of real-world projects as part of our largest student program that covers all functions at a variety of different locations.
This program targets students in their freshman or sophomore year who are a technical or engineering major. You can focus on shop work and can be design-, test- or electrical-focused. Engineering Prototype Interns are located in Bismarck or Gwinner, and work for three months over the summer.
The Project Intern Program targets engineering students who have had a previous co-op or SDP with Bobcat. This program allows you to gain additional onsite exposure to different projects and leadership. Project Interns can work in Wahpeton, Bismarck or Gwinner and be manufacturing-, quality-, design- or test-focused. This is a 3-month summer program.
The Student Development Program targets NDSU engineering students who have had a previous co-op with Bobcat. You’ll work part-time in Fargo during the school year. Areas of focus include quality, design, finite element analysis (FEA) and embedded. This program allows you to work on more complex projects compared to the co-op program.
At Bobcat Bootcamp, we bring all of our co-ops together for equipment training for half of the day. You’ll get firsthand experience seeing our products at work in the field. We also bring in competitor equipment, so you can really see what makes us stand out against others in the industry. The other half of the day, enjoy a tour of the West Fargo North American Headquarters and have a meet and greet with directors/VPs.
Students tour our 750,000-square-feet Gwinner factory to see how our Bobcat loaders, utility work machines and attachments are made for half of the day. For the remainder of the day you’ll have the opportunity to ask a panel of Bobcat employees questions related to skill building and professional development, their careers, life after college and more!
At our Bismarck Acceleration Center, you will join a team and be challenged to solve an innovation question. For example, what’s a product you would propose that we can enter the market within the next three years? Once the challenge is completed and ideas pitched to the crowd, winners are voted on by a panel of directors/managers from Bobcat. Teams can be recognized for being the crowd favorite, most unique and best overall and will win prizes. You’ll also be given a tour of our state-of-the-art Research and Development Center, which includes a full lab with a sound chamber and indoor digging area.