Mercury Marine: Advanced Manufacturing/Operations Analytics Engineering Co-op
Posted Aug 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a school project or class where you had to pull data from one system, clean it up, and turn it into something someone else could actually use.
whether the candidate has hands-on experience with the ETL and analysis workflow the role requires, even at a student level
Tell me about a time you were juggling more than one project or deadline at once. How did you decide what got your attention first?
ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, which the posting flags as essential
Describe a situation where you had to explain something technical to someone who didn't have your background.
communication skills across audiences, since the role requires presenting to management and working with hourly employees
Tell me about a time something you built or analyzed didn't work the way you expected. What did you do next?
resilience and troubleshooting instinct when a project hits a wall
Why manufacturing, and why did you apply to a role that mixes hands-on automation work with data analytics instead of picking just one lane?
genuine interest in the cross-disciplinary nature of the role versus applying broadly without fit
Technical
Walk me through how you would connect to a piece of operational equipment on a plant floor and start collecting data from it, if you had never worked with that machine before.
basic understanding of data collection from industrial equipment and comfort figuring out unfamiliar systems
Say you're given a data set in Power BI or SQL and asked to find where a process is losing time or money. What's your first move?
practical analytical thinking and familiarity with the specific tools listed in the posting
Have you worked with CAD before, and can you describe a model or design you built from scratch?
real exposure to CAD modeling versus just having taken a course that mentioned it
What do you know about PLCs, servos, or robot programming, and where did you pick that up?
whether the candidate has any real automation exposure or is coming in cold, and how honestly they represent that gap
What do you understand about Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen, even if you've only seen it in a classroom?
exposure to continuous improvement concepts and willingness to apply new frameworks on the job
Situational
If a machine operator on the floor told you your data was wrong or didn't match what they see every day, how would you handle that?
respect for frontline knowledge and skill at reconciling data with ground-truth reality
Imagine you're handed a manufacturing print with quality requirements you don't fully understand. How would you go about interpreting it?
comfort with technical documentation and willingness to ask questions rather than guess
You're occasionally asked to lift up to 50 pounds and work fully onsite in a plant. How do you feel about that kind of physical, hands-on environment day to day?
realistic expectations about the working conditions and honesty about physical requirements
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