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Karen Smith

Co-op - Space and Defense

East Aurora, NY, USA

I had never heard of Moog when I first approached their booth at the RIT career fair, but they had a picture of the space shuttle on their display. I was immediately interested. I soon found out about all of the technology that Moog works on and how that affects so many programs. I was now hooked and was not disappointed when I was given the opportunity to do a double co-op block at the Space and Defense Plant in Product Engineering.

It has been my dream for as long as I can remember to work on the space shuttle program. During my co-op at Moog, I was able to work on a shuttle project and much more. I worked on over 40 different projects in my short six months here including fixture design, a failure investigation, F35, JUNO, Design of Experiments, display stand design and many others.

I was pleased with how great this experience was for me. During my co-op block, I realized how Moog is very different from most companies mostly because of the Moog philosophy. The people here are truly what make the company so great. Everyone is so helpful and kind. You feel like family in no time.

I would highly recommend Moog to any prospective students based on my experiences here. For those students, I have learned that Moog understands the difference between getting an assignment done quickly and improving the process along the way so future assignments are quicker. I was impressed by the level of responsibility and trust I was given even as a new co-op student.

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