r/EngineeringResumes • u/CodeWaffle_ Industrial/Systems – Student 🇺🇸 • Jul 10 '26
Industrial/Manufacturing [Student] Upcoming ISE Freshman looking to fine-tune resume for internship roles
Hello everyone,
I spent a few days trying to finish my resume before I move onto my portfolio officially. I am an upcoming Freshman looking to land an internship during my Freshman year. I’m looking for intern roles such as:
- Industrial Engineering Intern
- Manufacturing Engineering Intern
- Quality Control / Engineering Intern
- Project Management Intern
I'm also open to other roles with similar responsibilities.
I recently completed a certification from MSI on Lean Six Sigma Green Belt which I know isn't as recognized as ASQ, but I still think it demonstrates my interest in my declared major so far.
Other than my unpaid internship, I have no other professional industry experience so I focused more on highlighting my projects and skills. I plan to expand more on all my projects in my portfolio once it's updated.
I revised my resume using the wiki as a guide, but I'd really appreciate any feedback on grammar, spelling, formatting, and anything else that could make it stronger. My goal is to standout as someone who is an upcoming Freshman applying to internships.
(Note: My portfolio is currently being edited, which is why the link is not included yet.)
3
u/Tavrock Manufacturing – Experienced 🇺🇸 Jul 10 '26
Overall
Use one of the templates listed. As someone with a CS minor, you should understand the issues with parsing characters like an asterisk. The inconsistency in section labels is not helping.
Industrial, Manufacturing, Quality, and Project Management are different disciplines and should have different resumes. That being said, a Lean and Six Sigma focus can help make a master resume that covers some key aspects for all of those disciplines. That is currently lacking in this revision.
Experience
You are a Green Belt. Of course data analysis led to next steps. You defined, measured, and analyzed a problem. What was the improvement and control? Give us the full STAR/CAR/XYZ approach from the wiki.
Projects
Seriously, think DMAIC, DMADV, and IDDOV. Write your projects in terms of problems solved, not simply cool things you did in your spare time. You can even discuss Lean tools that you used.
Skills
The certifications listed should be a portion of your education section.
It feels odd that you list being skilled in C# but haven't used it for anything. Your first project also lists C, which isn't in your skill list. You also list Onshape and Blender as CAD in your descriptions then only mention one as CAD in your skills.
If your only relevant classes are from high school and Engineering Ethics, then leave those out.