Mechanical Engineering Internship 2025/2026

The future of food production hinges on an important question: How do we feed the world’s growing population without compromising our natural resources? Both dairy and beef farmers feed our population and hold the keys to vital climate solutions. At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers to run the most productive and sustainable farms. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and/or helping their cattle gain more weight (for beef farming) and improving the health and well-being of their cows.

We bridge deep tech into farming. Halter enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. Can you imagine watching 500 cows or cattle walk calmly towards the milking shed or their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a mob of cows walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionising farming with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry.

People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.

To find out more, visit our careers website, LinkedIn & Instagram.

**About the role**

Halter is looking for high performing Mechanical Engineering students to join the Halter Hardware team for the summer. Your work will be fundamental in ensuring the success of the hardware team goals and will be pivotal in driving key performance improvements across the product. You will work closely with the Electronics, Mechanical, Firmware and Production engineering teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where decisions are made quickly and everyone has an impact. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly to our production hardware.

This internship will run from Monday 17th November 2025 through to Friday 14th February 2026. It will be full-time 40 hours a week over this time period.

**What your day could look like**:

- Product Development - Assist the mechanical team in designing, prototyping and testing new devices. We’re in an exciting phase of development at the moment and you’ll get exposure to design for injection molding, sheet metal, metal extrusion, and die casting.
- Production - Assist production engineers in solving complex production challenges, increasing efficiencies and refining the production machine.
- Testing & Validation - Design & execute thorough test regimes to fully qualify new products or product iterations.
- Reduce device cost, increase device reliability and performance.
- Design and build ancillary jigs, fixtures and test equipment to support hardware development & production.
- Assist with the procurement of components and parts
- Assist the hardware team with any other miscellaneous projects required to complete high level team objectives.

**Who are we looking for?**:

- You are enrolled in your penultimate, final year or have a recent completion of a mechanical or mechatronics engineering or similar degree.
- Someone with the right attitude. We’re looking for the deeply curious, those who are driven to learn and grow in all areas.
- Someone who is energetic and excited about what we’re striving for at Halter.
- A student who is passionate about their field of study and gets involved in extracurricular activities that are relevant to their degree.
- We want someone who is hungry, who wants to be stretched and wants to start doing the best work of their life, right now.
- An intern at Halter is a fully fledged member of the team and you’ll be given opportunity, ownership and responsibility like everyone else.
- If this sounds a little intense, it is. You’ll be working alongside an epic team of the best and brightest. You’ll be having an impact and you’ll be learning quickly - that’s Halter.

**Why our team loves working at Halter**:

- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real
- We offer a competitive remuneration package

**Our Office First Approach**

There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world-class, in-person office culture is the best way for high-performing teams.

Being office first is a core