Ag/Mechanical Design/Test Intern

Job Posting: Fall 2026

FLSA Status: Hourly, non-exempt

Location: Ames, IA

Team: Mechanical Design Engineering

Reports to: Mechanical Eng. Manager

Status: Co-Op, Summer & Fall 2027

The Culture

Ag Leader was born from a passion and determination to transform agriculture forever. In 1992, Ag Leader changed the industry by bringing real-time yield data to farmers’ fingertips. Today, more than 30 years later, Ag Leader has become a global team that provides year-round solutions to help farmers plan, plant, apply, and harvest more efficiently and profitably. We are improving the lives of farmers. We are increasing the efficiency of production agriculture around the world. And we aren’t slowing down. Ready to use your talent to implement change? Join our team of innovators revolutionizing agriculture.

The Opportunity

We are looking for one individual to join our Mechanical Design Team as an Intern. The mechanical design team develops systems to interface with agricultural equipment to improve our customers’ lives. These teams create, iterate, and implement these innovative Ag Leader products from first concept to initial production sales orders.

The Right Person Will

• Contribute and thrive in a cross-functional team environment
• Commit to bringing their best every day
• Delight in problem-solving no matter the problem
• Be flexible and willing to work in a variety of programming languages
• Give and receive constructive feedback to others

Team Responsibilities

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Creates and develops parts to adapt products to existing agricultural equipment.
• Designs mechanical interfaces for sensing, measuring, and recording products.
• Designs parts and makes production drawings using CAD and generally accepted drafting techniques.
• Troubleshoots electronic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems with a sense of curiosity whe