As we celebrate National Intern Day, we are excited to introduce our inaugural group of Scout Motors interns. These talented individuals have brought fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and boundless energy to our team, contributing significantly to our effort to revitalize an American icon.
Here’s a glimpse into the impactful projects some of our interns are working on this summer:
Move With Intent: Engaging with Gen Z
Teagan Moose, Product Marketing Intern, is delving into the world of generational market research. Teagan explains, “I am currently compiling data to explore how Scout Motors can effectively engage with Gen Z. By gaining a deeper understanding of this audience, Scout aims to develop a more impactful marketing strategy, helping revitalize this American icon.”
Her work is crucial to ensuring that our marketing strategies resonate with younger generations, keeping Scout Motors relevant and influential in a rapidly changing market.
Figure It Out: Simplifying Fastener Selection
Jacob Feingold, Product Management-Body Systems Intern, is taking on a project that explores the intricacies of fastener selection within our Body System. “I am leading a project that involves investigating fastener selection and proposing opportunities for commonization. I hope to reduce complexity in Body System fasteners to help ensure our selection is intentional, down to the last bolt,” Jacob shares.
His meticulous approach aims to streamline our processes, ensuring every component is chosen with precision and purpose, ultimately enhancing the quality and efficiency of our vehicles.
Step Up: Enhancing Manufacturing Processes
Thomas Beaver, Production and Manufacturing Intern, has been immersed in understanding and optimizing manufacturing processes. “I have gained a comprehensive understanding of various manufacturing processes in an automotive plant. I am specifically working to learn and understand the constraints of the constantly evolving process that Scout Motors is currently honing. This involved evaluating the buildability and feasibility of different car parts while considering ergonomics, human factors, costs, and time. I developed multiple Python programs to automate data extraction and consolidation from Excel files in order to significantly improve data commonization,” explains Thomas.
His efforts are pivotal in enhancing our manufacturing efficiency and ensuring high-quality production.
Make It Matter: Testing for Adventure
Rochelle Smith, Engineering Intern, is spearheading an exciting and hands-on project that involves rigorous vehicle testing. “I am currently planning a summer ride and drive event where we will test the towing and HVAC capabilities of our competitor vehicles and define the test cases for our Scouts. This trip will assess the vehicles at their towing limits in demanding environments of large elevation increases and high temperatures, which will help us to create a vehicle that can support drivers in America on whatever adventure calls them,” says Rochelle.
Her work will ensure our vehicles are robust and reliable, ready to tackle any challenge and support drivers on all their adventures.
Lead With Respect: Enhancing Driver Satisfaction
Owen Patch, Quality Intern, is working on a project to understand and improve driver satisfaction. “My main project involves a lot of sifting through and labeling feedback from the J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey (IQS). This project’s objective was to identify major pain points for car buyers and a respective software tracking feature that could be used to identify/predict driver dissatisfaction. We could also potentially identify areas of confusion for drivers and implement cost savings by identifying if a particular feature isn’t being used, among other things,” Owen shares.
His insights will help us enhance the driver experience and optimize our vehicle features.
Go Together: Mapping Out Processes
Alexander Rishmawi, Manufacturing IT Intern, is part of the production and logistics team working on technical integration and data. “I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with different teams across Scout to help in mapping out Scout’s end-to-end processes, specifically Order to Delivery (O2D). We’ve started scheduling workshops for different teams to go through their respective parts of the O2D process step-by-step. Our end goal is to have O2D mapped out to its smallest steps along with the IT applications that are used so that the entire process is fully documented,” says Alexander.
His work is essential for ensuring our production processes are seamless and efficient, contributing to the overall success of our operations.
We are incredibly proud of the contributions all our interns are making at Scout Motors. Their dedication, creativity, and hard work are driving us forward and helping to shape the future of Scout vehicles.
As we continue to grow and innovate, we are excited to see the lasting impact these talented individuals will have on our team and products.
