Student Employment & Internships

State Farm User Experience Internship

State Farm User Experience Internship About us: Make an impact while being a part of the #1 auto and home insurer in the United States. State Farm, a Fortune 50 company, is consistently recognized as a top employer in the U.S. Real World. Real Work. Our College Internship program offers real-world, hands-on experience in the business of insurance and financial services. We have just the right balance of training, mentoring and development you need to succeed. Job Description: State Farm is looking for a User Experience (UX) Intern to join us at our U of I Research Park Location! We are looking for an engaged and analytical individual to add to our Fortune 50 Internship Team! The selected individual will work with designers, project teams, and developers to create better experiences for our customers, agents, and associates. Interns will learn about the core activities of UX Research in an enterprise setting and have the opportunity to be engaged in all stages of research. Competitive Candidates Will Exhibit The Following: – Masters or PhD in the following: Human Factors (preferred) Psychology Industrial Engineering Sociology Ethnography – Experience in human research – Experience with applied experimental psychology – Ability to speak from an expert point-of-view as there won’t always be time to test – Proficient with SPSS Internship Details: www.statefarm.com/careers – Internship runs 12 weeks: Aug 26th, 2019- Dec 6th, 2019 – Summer interns work 10-15hrs/wk – Internship has the potential to serve as a pipeline to full-time UX opportunities at State Farm https://findjobs.statefarm.com/ShowJob/JobId/319984/User-Experience-Internship-University-of-Illinois-Research-Development-Center

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State Farm Solar Engineer Internship

State Farm Solar Engineer Internship About us: Make an impact while being a part of the #1 auto and home insurer in the United States. State Farm, a Fortune 50 company, is consistently recognized as a top employer in the U.S. Real World. Real Work. Our College Internship program offers real-world, hands-on experience in the business of insurance and financial services. We have just the right balance of training, mentoring and development you need to succeed. Job Description: State Farm is looking for an Intern to join us at our U of I Research Park Location! The selected individual will work with studying Solar Fields. Competitive Candidates Will Exhibit The Following: Current Mechanical Engineering Student or similar major Microsoft software products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint Understanding of fuels and energy content of fuels Basic Understanding of electrical systems Basic Understanding of internal combustion engines, diesel engines, fuel cells, and automotive and commercial use Basic Understanding of Chemistry with an environmental thought process i.e. carbon footprint, chemical processes found in flow batteries, hydrogen cycle, fuel cell conversions etc. Communication/presentation skills Must apply through our external site; www.statefarm.com/careers Click become an employee->Find Jobs-> Search Internships within Illinois Or search REQ8908

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Innovation and Emerging Technology Research Intern

Company Name: AbbVie Category: Software Engineering Position Title: Rapid Application Developer Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester Contact Email: innovationcenter@abbvie.com Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Position Description: The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who are able to work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include: Developing content and supporting novel innovation challenge SharePoint site that includes a collaborative game to support learning Developing marketing campaigns to keep community of ~400 engaged in the game through opportunities to offer insight and curiosity to learn progress Qualifications: Must be registered as a full-time student Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis Undergraduate and Graduate students Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details Passion for design and great user experiences Familiarity with user research and usability testing methodologies to prioritize user needs to drive design priorities Ability to design and deliver clean and usable user interface prototypes for desktop Graphic design skills desired Preferred Skills: SharePoint Web development Marketing campaign management Writing Willingness to learn Pipeline Pilot (a RAD platform) JavaScript/JQuery Web development Familiarity with databases Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible over the fall semester 2019 with an option to continue through the summer and 2019-2020 academic year. To apply: Submit your resume to Masha Trenhaile at Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com

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Data Scientist

Company Name: AbbVie Category: Data Science Position Title:_Data Scientist Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester Contact Email: Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Position Description: The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who can work in parallel to their school schedule. This student will be responsible for exploration in a broad range of cheminformatics and bioinformatics areas like molecular target design, synthesis and purification, application of property predictions, automation integration, natural language processing and target prediction using machine learning. In this Role students will: • Formulate predictive modeling and learning scenarios and apply cutting-edge machine learning (deep learning) approaches for data-driven decision making. • Development and maintenance of internal benchmarks on a range of machine learning problems, including image recognition, NLP, and cheminformatics. • Applications of generative models in drug discovery and optimization. • Contribute to presentation and reporting of methods, results and conclusions to a publishable standard. Qualifications: • Must be registered as a full-time student • Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis • Undergraduate and Graduate students • Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent • Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship • 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year • 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester • Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details • Willingness to learn DevOps and develop automation and configuration scripts Preferred Skills: • Proficiency in a programming language (Python, R, Shiny, Java, C++, Web Services) • JavaScript/JQuery/SQL • Web development • Data base development with Oracle , NoSQL , Postgres, XML • Machine learning Proficiency able to understand python and R libraries for Machine learning. Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible summer 2019 with an option to continue through the 2019-2020 academic year. To apply: Submit your resume to Masha Trenhaile at Masha.Trenhaile@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com

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Data Analyst Intern

The AGCO Acceleration Center is a Data Analyst Intern who is a self-starter and is interested in using data to solve problems and create progressive solutions.  This person will work on projects as a member of the North America Fuse Team, which is dedicated to using technology to enable greater productivity and profitability to our customers. In addition to being involved with IoT and data analytics, this person will also have opportunities to exhibit their skills in data visualization and marketing.  Join a team in the heart of this technology and data revolution in Precision Agriculture with a Fortune 500 company that is utilizing smart farming solutions to feed the world. Responsibilities: The Data Analyst Intern will play a key role within the Fuse team. This person will work closely with the product marketing function, looking for new ways to use data to create internal value, enable our dealers, reach new customers, and grow precision agriculture technology adoption across North America. Working on varying use cases and access to multiple data sources, there is opportunity to explore new ideas, be creative, and gain experience within a unique organization. This position will focus on data-driven projects but there will be opportunities to dive into other key business functions. Successful candidates will be able to use their data expertise to explore datasets, build dashboards, uncover insights, and ultimately tell a story. If this sounds like you, we are excited to hear from you! Education and Experience Current student pursuing an undergraduate degree Major in business analytics, statistics, computer science, or any quantitative field is strongly preferred Experience with data visualization and analytics Ag-related majors or industry experience is preferred but not required Qualifications and Experience Skilled with Microsoft Excel and relational database software Experience with data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, etc. Exposure to coding languages like SQL, R, or Python Familiar with data analytic tools: Tableau, Alteryx, RStudio, etc. Proficient with statistical analysis Excellent communication and presentation skills Critical thinker, comfortable with experimentation and problem solving without specific process Nice to Have: Data mining and machine learning experience Additional Details: This is a paid, part-time internship for Fall 2019 at the AGCO Acceleration Center in the University of Illinois’ Research Park. Students are required to work 15-20 hours a week on-site at our office in Research Park. ABOUT AGCO/GSI: AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a Fortune 500 corporation offering solutions across the agriculture chain with a complete product portfolio. Our grain and protein brands include GSI, Cimbria, AP, Cumberland and Tecno – global manufacturers of grain systems, seed processing, and swine and poultry production equipment. We are dedicated to protecting every acre, every harvest and every animal in our customers’ care. By doing this, we help advance agriculture in developing countries and around the world. Location: Champaign, IL, USA To apply click here or visit: https://careers.agcocorp.com/job/Champaign-Intern-Data-Analyst-Job-IL-61820/584948700/?locale=en_US

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AbbVie AWS Student – Spring 2020

The Part-Time Student Program at the AbbVie Innovation Center, located in the Research Park, is designed to augment AbbVie’s regular staff, and is for students who are able to work in parallel to their school schedule. Major duties include: Automating the management processes for AbbVie’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts Developing lambda scripts and other programs to monitor and control activities in AWS Developing small programs and components that will be used to solve problems in the R&D area Researching existing tools and best practices for cloud infrastructure and AWS Who We Are: AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that address some of the world’s most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The AbbVie Innovation Center is located in the Research Park at the University of Illinois and provides an opportunity for students and AbbVie’s Research and Development IT group to collaborate on projects to help advance our science. Qualifications: Must be registered as a full-time student Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis Undergraduate and Graduate students Cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0, or equivalent Must be authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without requiring sponsorship 10 – 15 hours/week during the academic year 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semester Creative problem solver with ability to understand larger picture but who will focus on details Willingness to learn AWS and develop automation and configuration scripts Experience working in a Linux/Unix OS environment Preferred Skills: Proficiency in a programming language (Python, Java, C++, etc.) Experience in shell scripting Experience in interfacing with web-based REST APIs Experience in database systems and query languages (SQL, postgreSQL, etc.) Note: The position will be hired through a third-party hiring agency and will begin as soon as possible over the spring semester 2020 with an option to continue through the summer and fall 2020-2021 academic year. To apply, submit your resume to: innovationcenter@abbvie.com Learn more about us at: www.abbvie.com Company Name: AbbVie Category: Computer Science, AWS Position Title: AWS student Status: Undergraduate Hourly Hours per week: 10 – 15 during academic year 35 – 40 during summer semester

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EnterpriseWorks Human Resources Internship-Fall2019

Human Resources Internship EnterpriseWorks & University of Illinois Research Park Who we are Research Park is a technology hub for corporate operations focusing on innovative, cutting edge research and development. EnterpriseWorks is an award-winning incubator at the Research Park that focuses on science and research-based start-up companies commercializing technology from the University of Illinois. We have a multifaceted team of professionals and interns dedicated to helping our startups and corporations thrive in the Research Park. Previous EnterpriseWorks interns have gone onto work at companies including but not limited to: Google, Facebook, IBM, Denodo, All State, Blue Bunny, Yelp, Solstice, and Surface 51. Human Resources Do you like interpersonal relationships? Do you want to develop your decision-making skills? The Human Resources intern will be part of the EnterpriseWorks team to support the growth of the workforce in the Research Park. The position will directly assist internal efforts with a wide range of projects related to planning and recruiting, management and strategy, programming and event planning in the progression of a talent pipeline, and the development of new initiatives and programs that retain and grow the technology workforce in the Research Park. What You’ll Do As a Human Resource Intern, you will be responsible of various internal and external projects for EnterpriseWorks and Research Park. This includes managing the Research Park Job Board which consists of communicating with over 100 companies at Research Park, representing Research Park at multiple Career Fairs and campus recruiting events, updating EnterpriseWorks Intern Onboarding Manual and Company Recruitment Guide, organize hiring process of EnterpriseWorks Interns which includes promoting positions and screening interviews. The ideal candidate will be able to have excellent communication, organization and management skills. It is important to have interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with Research Park companies and EnterpriseWorks staff. This position will begin training at the beginning of Fall 2019 and will continue throughout the semester into Spring 2019, up to 20 hours per week. Eligibility Requirements: You must meet these requirements to be eligible for this internship. Graduation date of August 2020 or later Must be a full-time enrolled student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the time of employment Must be available to work 10-20 hours/week during Fall 2019 upon performance review, the internship will continue onto Spring 2020 Qualifications: Previous HR experience or demonstrated ability to successfully manage and organize teams Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills Demonstrates initiative and leadership experience Ability to work on a deadline, handle multiple projects and think creatively and able to work in fast-paced environments and team setting Nice to have:  Students from the School of Labor and Employer Relations or Human Resource Development preferred HR experience in any student organization or other organization Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite For your application, please prepare: Resume Cover letter explaining how your experience makes you a good fit for this position Business Writing Sample Apply online here:  https://go.researchpark.illinois.edu/HRInternApp Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, we are looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Compensation: Hourly wage will be $12.00-$14.00 per hour based on experience and will be paid by the University of Illinois. Timing: Student is expected to work 10-20 hours per week during the academic year. Pending successful performance reviews, the internship can continue through multiple semesters including a full-time internship during the summer. For more information, please visit researchpark.illinois.edu. For questions please send an email to uirp-jobs@illinois.edu.

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