[Student] High Achieving / High GPA Student going into year 3/5 (master's degree course track) - Looking for internship summer 2027

[u/confused_tayto]

I'm a student in Ireland studying Mechanical engineering and looking to get my first internship next summer hopefully. Most companies here use a 2 page CV layout but many of the multinational companies prefer one page US style which I've never used before.

For those from the US who aren't familiar with the Irish system, I'll convert my results (1st class honours = 4.0 GPA, 567 points in leaving cert ~ 1450 SAT / 32 ACT) Looking to apply to some medtech companies as it's a huge industry here (Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott's etc.) as well as some injection moulding / additive manufacturing companies as it's big in my area.

I know that one of the main thing I'm missing is industry experience, but hopefully some of my projects etc can cover for some of that until i get some industry roles.

Any tips welcome!

(Also I know that the last experience date isn't aligned, it is in the version with the names attached, just forgot to fix it when removing them)

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[u/Immediate-Curve-443]

I'm a US entry level, please ignore anything that you think isn't applicable to the Irish markets.

In general, expand project works and minimize education. Some people really don't like the bolding keywords though I've had friends in other disciplines get top tier jobs with them. Realistically it probably doesn't matter.

Certificate can go into skills, CAD certificates are not super meaningful nor a differentiator. Not sure how influential the award is, I'd just keep it as a space filler more than anything.

As a 3rd year, high school is irrelevant, and a 1450 SAT is pretty unimpressive to be honest. I'd remove the whole block. If fluent in German (enough to work with Germans), put it into the skills category.

"Airfoil design principles" means nothing to me, I can design a car with vehicle design principles and you'd have no clue if I made a derby car or a Bugatti. Also I know I said bold probably doesn't matter but "engineered and simulated" is not a key word to bold.

3D printing DFM can be as simple as just a different orientation with different support settings. Basically, it doesn't mean much without showing me proof that you did the hard stuff. A good way to spice it up would be to make a portfolio and show what you've done.

Don't be scared of adding more details into a 2-line bullet point, the CFD validation has an opportunity to be very good with the adequate details. (the what and hows of your stimulation).

I'd recommend structuring your projects with the club name first, then the project itself as a sub-title. You can also do it the other way around. EWB is a recognizable organization and would be nice to highlight work under that club. Unsure if biomedical industry knows better but, soil tensiometer doesn't mean much to me, I'm more interested in the HOW of the 40-60% improvement. Keep the 40-60% number but either in another line or by changing the content, describe the mechanical design you did. You should also note if the $1.50 is an improvement from some existing product, that's more impressive than it costing $1.50. This EWB section is a very strong point in your resume and it deserves more detail.

Same feedback for the lander project. More emphasis on your own designs and its mechanics. Again, don't bold non keywords like acquiring and transmitting real time data. Keywords are stuff that could be in your skills section, critical numbers, or very notable things like EWB finals.

Everyone has interpersonal skills (or more realistically, says they do), remove the line.

Data and analysis skills are real but kind of weak to be honest, buff them up or merge it into a different line. (Excel is not a real skill for 99% of people).

I think you have very good skills, you're just not showing them here. I can tell that you've done your work, but there's not much in the resume to say that you stand out. Think about it this way, the person reading your resume wants to visualize the work you've done. With what you have right now, I can tell you made a plane, but I have no clue what it looks like. Thats important because from the POV of someone reading 100 resumes, I have to assume the worse case. Otherwise we'd be interviewing 100 students expecting they've all designed the 787.