Who We Are Ridge Tool Company (brand name RIDGID®) is the world's leading manufacturer of professional quality pipe and tube working tools serving the plumbing, mechanical, construction, HVAC and facility maintenance industries. The RIDGID trademark is recognized by professional tradesmen and engineers for uncompromising product quality, performance, durability and service. What We Are Seeking Ridge Tool is currently seeking to place co-op students in the following fields: Mechanical Engineering – Employees will gain experience in engineering lab testing, computer aided design, manufacturing processes and product design. The position will also provide an opportunity to apply engineering theory toward solving real world challenges. Electrical Engineering Co-Op – This position is perfect for students interested in embedded system circuit board design. EE co-ops get the opportunity to utilize various types of lab equipment to conduct tests as well as build circuit board prototypes using through hole and surface mount technologies. They will also learn schematic capture and PCB layout used to design embedded circuit boards on CAD. Students will also learn “C” programming of microcontrollers and be given the opportunity to design, build and test complete circuit boards. Software Engineering Co-op – This position is perfect for students interested in pursuing a career in software development within a collaborative team environment. Software engineering co-ops get hands on experience developing real applications for the business and our customers using a wide range of technologies like Java, .NET, iOS, and Android. Software Quality Assurance Co-op – This position allows a student to work directly with multiple software development teams to gather and understand requirements as well as write and execute test cases against newly developed or modified software. Students will also write automated functional tests to quickly regression test applications without requiring human intervention. Our Location Ridge Tool is a global company with its corporate headquarters in Elyria, Ohio, USA (30 miles west of Cleveland). This 650,000 square foot building houses global offices, engineering/innovation center, training center, factory service and manufacturing. Ridge Tool is a subsidiary of Emerson, which has more than 60 divisions selling products in more than 150 countries. Emerson employs in excess of 125,000 people worldwide. Ridge Tool is approximately one hour away from The University of Akron via the Turnpike (I-80.)