Industrial/Systems Engineer Intern
An Industrial/Systems Engineering intern at Fulfyld's e-commerce fulfillment warehouse in Madison, AL, supporting process analysis, time and motion studies, ergonomic assessments, and productivity measurement. The role mixes warehouse-floor observation with data analysis (primarily Excel) to recommend workflow, layout, and labor improvements.
- Compensation
- $20–$25 / hr
- Location
- Madison, AL
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Intern
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, or a closely related discipline
- Completed foundational coursework in process analysis, statistics, operations research, ergonomics, or manufacturing systems
- Comfortable collecting data in an active warehouse environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or a comparable analytical tool
- Ability to organize findings and communicate recommendations clearly
- Willingness to ask questions and learn from warehouse employees
- Ability to balance academic methods with practical operational constraints
- Dependable, organized, and able to manage an assigned project
- Able to spend extended periods standing and walking in an active warehouse; use required PPE
Nice to have
- Junior, senior, or graduate-level standing
- Experience with time studies, process mapping, or Lean methods
- Familiarity with 5S, standard work, root-cause analysis or continuous improvement
- Coursework or experience in ergonomics or human factors
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python or another analytical tool
- Previous warehouse, manufacturing, logistics or operations experience
- Familiarity with warehouse management or inventory systems
- Experience presenting technical findings to non-technical audiences
Full description
Industrial/Systems Engineer InternPosition overview
Fulfyld is seeking an Industrial Engineering Intern to support warehouse optimization, ergonomics, productivity measurement, and continuous-improvement initiatives within our e-commerce fulfillment operation.
This is a hands-on position combining warehouse observation, data analysis, and practical process improvement. The intern will study how products, orders, and employees move through the facility, identify opportunities to reduce waste and improve safety, and help test solutions in a live operational environment.
The ideal candidate is an Industrial or Systems Engineering student who is curious, analytical, and comfortable spending time both on the warehouse floor and working with data. This internship is designed to provide meaningful project ownership and exposure to fulfillment operations, process engineering, and warehouse technology.
Compensation: $20-25/hr.
Key responsibilities
- Process analysis and improvement
- Observe and document receiving, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping and value-added-service processes.
- Conduct time and motion studies.
- Develop process maps, flowcharts and standard-work documentation.
- Identify unnecessary movement, waiting, rework and material handling.
- Analyze warehouse travel paths and product flow.
- Recommend practical improvements to workflow, layout and labor utilization.
- Assist with testing and measuring process-improvement pilots.
- Compare results before and after implementation.
- Document findings, recommendations and expected financial impact.
Ergonomics and workstation design
- Evaluate packing, receiving and production workstations for ergonomic risks.
- Observe lifting, reaching, bending and repetitive-motion requirements.
- Gather employee feedback about workstation design and physical constraints.
- Recommend adjustments to work height, placement, material presentation and equipment layout.
- Help prioritize ergonomic improvements based on risk, cost and operational benefit.
- Support warehouse leadership in documenting approved workstation standards.
- Final safety and ergonomic decisions will remain with qualified company leadership.
Productivity and labor measurement
- Establish baseline productivity measurements for key warehouse processes.