IT Analyst Intern - Summer 2026

Job Posting Start Date 03-23-2026 Job Posting End Date 03-27-2026

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products and that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, this Summer, we’re looking to add an IT Analyst Intern located in our Buffalo Grove, IL site.

Reporting to the IT Manager the Intern will be mainly focused on completing a mid-term team project and occasionally helping with short-term tasks.

What a typical day looks like:

• Attend internal meetings and conversations with different departments (such as finance, procurement, planning, supply chain, quality, warehousing) to gather business requirements and translate into technical requirements.
• Solve complex problems.
• Create, enhance, and maintain complex reports/dashboards (SQL-Based) to provide real-time data to top management (Analytics).
• Collaborate with local/regional/corporate multi-disciplinary / multi-cultural teams.
• Create work instructions to final user for training/education purposes.
• Create technical documentation for system enhancements.
• Occasionally, attend customer meetings.

Student qualities we’re seeking for this internship assignment:

• Bachelor’s level student pursuing a degree in Computer Science or an affiliated discipline such as Software Engineering, Information Technology, or Computer Engineering
• Strong Full‑Stack Development Foundations (.Net/APIs)
• Knowledge MS Office Suite.
• Strong SQL (PL/SQL, T-SQL) & Relational Database knowledge.
• Experience in data analytics.
• Strong verbal, presentation and written communication skills as well as organization, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Willing to learn and understand complex manufacturing processes and the back-end (IT) architecture that supports them.
• Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and ITIL knowledge is a plus.
• Previous internship or experience in manufacturing/supply chain processes is a plus.

Internship Program Requirements:

• Available to start on June 1st and work 40 hours/week (in-person) for 10-12 week Summer assignment (Mon – Fri)
• Currently enrolled in a 4-year accredited university
• 3.0 minimum GPA

Pay Range (Applicable to Illinois)

$16.74 USD - $23.02 USD Hourly

Job Category

Intern

Relocation: Not eligible

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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