Student Employment & Internships

Advanced Analytics Intern – AGCO (Spring 2024)

Role Description Who We Are Looking For AGCO is looking for a dedicated Data Analytics intern to join our team at AGCO, located in our core AgTech hub. This role is vital in aligning with our Farmer First focus and goals, empowering the agricultural community with data-driven insights. By joining AGCO, the candidate will be part of exciting initiatives that shape the future of farming through technology. Embracing our core values of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, this position plays a critical role in enhancing our data engineering capabilities. The candidate will gain valuable experience in a dynamic environment that emphasizes growth, contributing directly to making data-backed decision processes more efficient for AGCO business, stakeholders, and product owners. What You Will Do Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather, clean, and analyze complex datasets, focusing on the AgTech industry. Develop and maintain robust data pipelines, databases, and ETL processes utilizing Python, SQL, and AWS services. Utilize data analytics tools for data cleansing, processing, and transformation to optimize and enhance the quality of datasets. Leverage AWS and other technologies to ensure efficient data storage, processing, and access across the organization. Communicate effectively with AGCO business units, stakeholders, and product owners, facilitating data-backed decision-making. Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and analytics. Continuously monitor, evaluate, and adjust data-driven solutions to align with the Farmer First focus and AGCO’s core values and objectives. What You Will Bring Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Management, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Decent knowledge of Tableau for data visualization and AWS for data storage and processing. Familiarity with data engineering concepts, including ETL processes, database management, and data analytics. Ability to understand and work with complex datasets and tools like Python and SQL. A Plus If You Have Previous hands-on experience with Python, SQL, or other data engineering technologies. Exposure to data pipeline development, ETL processes, and database management in an academic or professional setting. Strong understanding of AgTech industry trends and how data analytics can drive insights within this field. Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS, beyond basic knowledge. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Solid problem-solving skills, with a passion for utilizing data to derive meaningful insights. Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, with the capacity to present complex information to various stakeholders. A proactive approach to continuous learning and staying abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering and analytics. Additional Details: This is a paid, part-time internship for Spring 2024. Students are required to work 15-20 hours a week. Based on performance, this internship can continue across several semesters (i.e. full time in the summer, part time during the academic school year).

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Summer 2024 Product Management Intern – Motorola Solutions

Role Description Department Overview At Motorola Solutions, we help people be their best in moments that matter. We create solutions that address the industry challenges of today with an eye toward the future. By unifying voice, data, video and analytics in one integrated platform, we enable individuals, businesses and communities to work together in more powerful ways. Our innovative design center at the University of Illinois-Research Park is looking for students that are passionate about the same things we are: future-facing technology, tackling complex problems, and leveraging the power of cross-functional teams to build great tech products and solutions. Come work with our cross-functional teams in an innovative work space with a great team-based work culture. Job Description This position is for University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign students graduating in December 2024 or later. Only students currently enrolled at UIUC will be considered. This position is a fully in-person internship (no option for remote or hybrid) and is located at our office at the Research Park on the campus of UIUC. Motorola Solutions’ innovation center at UIUC’s Research Park is looking for a motivated, pursuit-driven intern with a passion for product management for a full-time Summer 2024 Internship. Job Responsibilities: Work as part of a cross-functional team, consisting of the product management, user experience, and software engineering interns in developing customer-focused software solutions. Lead customer discovery sessions with service providers and their clients to determine the proper product/market fit for our solution. Work closely with the UI/UX lead on iterating fast prototypes and gaining customer feedback Work closely with the software engineering team to ensure they are tackling the biggest challenges first and properly focused on their sprints. Preferred Skills: Experience with modern product management processes and techniques, such as those outlined in the book “Inspired” by Marty Cagan. Highly motivated individual who is energized and has a willingness to learn. Well-organized and ability to manage multiple assignments at once Internship is fully in-person. Work will be in-office at our Champaign office for the entire 11-week internship. There is no option for remote work in this internship.

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Summer 2024 Engineering Intern – Motorola

Role Description This internship is for the Summer 2024. This is a full-time internship (40 hrs/week), and is located at UIUC Research Park in Champaign, IL. Only UIUC students are eligible to apply. Strong preference will be given to rising senior candidates interested in full-time employment at Motorola Solutions after their May 2025 graduation. Job Description Motorola Solutions is looking for full stack software developers to work on all aspects of application development during their summer internship, including: front-end development using a number of frameworks (React/Angular/Flutter), data storage and retrieval using both SQL, NoSQL and Graph databases, GraphQL and REST APIs, backend tech stacks based on Python, GO and javascript, and cloud-based devops pipeline development. Motorola Solutions is looking for candidates with strong interests in cloud computing, microservices-based application development and container-based software deployment and orchestration. Candidates are expected to work in a team environment utilizing the latest industry standard agile practices for planning, implementing, and delivering products and services. Desired Skills: ● Experience with team software development using Agile practices ● Experience with microservices-based software architecture and containerization ● Experienced with cloud-based DevOps methodologies and processes. ● Strong communication and problem solving skills Basic Requirements: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in software engineering (CS, CS+, CE) is required. Candidates will be differentiated by their experience in the following skillsets: ● Fullstack development, including: React/Typescript/Javascript or other front end framework experience HTML/CSS Node.js SQL and NoSQL databases Python-based backend tech stacks ● Cloud devops, especially on Microsoft Azure

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Summer 2024 UX Design Intern – Motorola

Role Description Department Overview Want to design products that actually matter? Do you believe that the challenges facing commercial market today can be solved by a thoughtful and holistic approach to user experience design? At Motorola Solutions, we help people be their best in moments that matter. We create solutions that address the industry challenges of today with an eye toward the future. By unifying voice, data, video and analytics in one integrated platform, we enable individuals, businesses and communities to work together in more powerful ways. Our innovative design center at the University of Illinois-Research Park is looking for UI/UX majors that are passionate about the same things we are: future-facing technology, tackling complex problems, and leveraging the power of design to build great tech products and solutions. Come work with our cross-functional teams in an innovative work space with a great team-based work culture. Job Description This position is for University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign students graduating in December 2024 or later. Only students currently enrolled at UIUC will be considered. This position is a fully in-person internship (no option for remote or hybrid) and is located at our office at the Research Park on the campus of UIUC. Our Research Park – UIUC Office builds world-class products and applications that help people “be their best in the moments that matter.” As a UX designer, you will be part of a cross-functional team of designers, product mangers, and software engineers. As a UX Designer on this cross-functional team you will…. Use design thinking to understand people’s needs, looking holistically at customer interactions, and constantly iterate user journey forward. Collaborate closely with product owners/managers/researchers to find opportunities for new products/features and validate assumptions through user testing and research. Be an integral part of a growing team that is involved in strategic and innovative projects that will lead the company’s vision. Create detailed designs and fast prototypes working closely with customers, product managers and software engineers. What we are looking for: Hungry for Innovation and eager to challenge the status quo Comfort with embracing ambiguity and challenging problems Creative confidence, curious mind and an enthusiastic work ethic Self-starter and a strong desire for team collaboration Compelling storytelling, communication and negotiation Proficiency in Adobe CC, Figma and other industry standard wireframing and prototyping tools ***A portfolio of work is required to be considered. It demonstrates your capabilities with attention to artifacts such as user stories, user journeys, experience maps, ecosystem diagrams, service blueprints. Basic Requirements Currently pursuing a Bachelor degree with a major or minor in UX Design, Industrial Design, Human Computer Interaction or other related disciplines, OR commensurate experience with design in lieu of pursuing a related major/minor. Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Suite Creative Cloud or similar software toolset. Effective verbal communication skills, organizational skills and attention to detail Demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team while handling multiple tasks or projects ​

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Summer 2024 Communications Intern – Motorola

Role Description Motorola Solutions creates innovative, mission-critical communication solutions and services that help public safety and commercial customers build safer cities and thriving communities around the world. Motorola Solutions’ innovation center at UIUC’s Research Park is looking for a motivated, pursuit-driven intern with a passion for marketing, social media, public relations, and communications for a Summer 2024 full-time internship. The successful candidate will be self-motivated and have a passion for all aspects of communications. The primary project for the Summer 2024 Communications Intern will be to create professional quality recruiting videos for the Research Park-UIUC office. In addition to this, responsibilities include: Serve as the official photographer for all events, taking high quality pictures suitable for all communications and social media platforms. Propose, document and Implement a strategy for internal and external communications to portray the work that is being done here at Research Park, including communication blitzes in coordination with key recruiting events and staffing needs. Documentation should include a calendar of all planned communication events. Communicate news and updates about the innovation center on the site director’s and communication intern’s personal LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and/or TikTok channels. Plan external communications events with the global communications team and provide the global communications team suitable content for Motorola Solution’s LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram channels. Maintain an active presence for Research Park on MSIs internal communications channel, Batchat Update MSI’s presence on the Research Park website This is a full-time summer internship position located at our Research Park facility on the University of Illinois campus. Our presence here at University of Illinois-Research Park fosters creativity and innovation, and our Research Park facility is designed to provide a world-class environment for work, collaboration and even studying. Come join our dynamic team and help first responders be their best in the moments that matter! Note: candidates must be located on campus during the summer. This paid internship is full time (40 hrs/week) for the Summer 2024. Required skills: Minimum GPA of 2.7 or above Majoring in a field related to Communications Highly motivated individual who is energized and has a willingness to learn Proficient knowledge of all social media platforms and current trends Well-organized and ability to manage multiple assignments at once Desired Skills: Knowledge of DSLR camera usage for both photography and video. Experience using advanced editing platforms such as Lightroom, Photoshop and Premiere Pro Experience as social media coordinator for an organization or company.

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Sustainable Materials Platform Business Development Intern – ADM

Role Description ADM Company Information At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com. ADM Sustainable Material Platform MBA Internship ADM is building a sustainable material platform based on renewable chemicals to diversify the product portfolio and drive growth. Renewable chemicals are a profitable niche market and ADM is looking for opportunities being enabled by new technologies with potential to be competitive on a global scale. Change in consumer trends and increasing demand for these chemicals is enabling large scale commercialization. Renewable chemistry is the future – be a part of it with ADM! ADM is looking for interns to develop business strategy, conduct market research and perform competitive analysis for its corporate sustainable material platform. The intern will help the company assess the changing landscape of the industry and devise go-to-market strategies. This position provides a great opportunity for the intern to support the business development and R&D teams identify profitable business opportunities. The candidate will have ownership of 1 or 2 large projects along with multiple smaller initiatives. The position requires the ability to execute projects with limited direction, be self-disciplined, organized, and deliver in a fast paced environment. The internship will begin Summer or Fall, 2023 and continue through the end of the summer, 2024. The selected candidate is expected to work 20 hours per week during the semester and 40 hours per week during the summer; the position may be extended for additional semesters based on availablility of work, intern interest and job performance.    Job Description Conduct primary and secondary market research to evaluate industry trends, consumption, production, pricing, and consumer data. Identify and define new business opportunities and market entry strategies based on market research Analyze market dynamics, cost structures and capital investments to deliver actionable insights Maintain a database that compiles key information from multiple sources Perform regression analysis for revenue forecasting Summarize results and recommendations to senior management Support adhoc business development activities such as identifying potential customers for new products Qualifications Superior analytical skills Ability to research and analyze data from multiple sources, prepare and deliver concise information depending on the audience Some technical understanding is a plus Creative, self-motivated professional with excellent communication skills Well versed in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams Market research and business development experience in academia or industry is a plus Basic understanding of data visualization tools Good time management and priority setting is required Excellent verbal and written communication skill Uncompromising ethics and attention to detail are necessary ADM is an equal opportunity employer

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2024 Spring Intern – State Farm

Role Description Overview We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! Come join our passionate team! As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. State Farm embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a workforce that is engaged, builds on the strengths and talents of all associates, and creates a Good Neighbor culture. We offer competitive benefits and pay with the potential for an annual financial award based on both individual and enterprise performance. Our employees have an opportunity to participate in volunteer events within the community and engage in a learning culture. We offer programs to assist with tuition reimbursement, professional designations, employee development, wellness initiatives, and more! Visit our Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations and the process of joining the State Farm team! Responsibilities The State Farm Research and Development Center is a place where interns complete innovative, meaningful research in a collaborative environment focused on developing technical and business skills – a perfect complement to the classroom. Interns provide analysis and solutions through: • Assessment of risk and financial needs for insurance products • Development of innovative methods and applications to enhance insurance product pricing • Data mining and predictive modeling such as regression, forecasting, and machine learning • Research on emerging industry trends and hot topics Qualifications The internship program provides opportunities for year-round positions for all student levels, freshman – graduate students. We offer development through extensive training programs, leadership, as well as competitive compensation/benefits. As an intern in Enterprise Technology, you work on a product team that works collaboratively, using Agile methodology. Interns challenge each other while completing a variety of projects and solving real world business problems. Interns can expect to complete technical work that contributes to State Farm through the development of emerging technologies that enhance our customers’ experience. Competitive candidates will possess some of the following skills: Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics/Data Science, AWS, Cloud Computing, User Experience, Database Management/Big Data (Hadoop), Computer Vision and Virtual Reality, Android/iOS. Location: State Farm Research & Development Center 2001 S. 1st Street Ste 102, Champaign IL 61820 Hours: 10-15 hours per week Monday-Friday 8 AM- 5 PM CDT The internship dates are January 15, 2024 – May 3, 2024 Format: Hybrid- Interns will be required to work some shifts on location *Applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree seeking program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. *Applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree seeking program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. *****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity*****

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Advanced Analytics Intern – AGCO

Role Description Who We Are Looking For AGCO is looking for a dedicated Data Analytics intern to join our team at AGCO, located in our core AgTech hub. This role is vital in aligning with our Farmer First focus and goals, empowering the agricultural community with data-driven insights. By joining AGCO, the candidate will be part of exciting initiatives that shape the future of farming through technology. Embracing our core values of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, this position plays a critical role in enhancing our data engineering capabilities. The candidate will gain valuable experience in a dynamic environment that emphasizes growth, contributing directly to making data-backed decision processes more efficient for AGCO business, stakeholders, and product owners. What You Will Do Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather, clean, and analyze complex datasets, focusing on the AgTech industry. Develop and maintain robust data pipelines, databases, and ETL processes utilizing Python, SQL, and AWS services. Utilize data analytics tools for data cleansing, processing, and transformation to optimize and enhance the quality of datasets. Leverage AWS and other technologies to ensure efficient data storage, processing, and access across the organization. Communicate effectively with AGCO business units, stakeholders, and product owners, facilitating data-backed decision-making. Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and analytics. Continuously monitor, evaluate, and adjust data-driven solutions to align with the Farmer First focus and AGCO’s core values and objectives. What You Will Bring Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Management, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Decent knowledge of Tableau for data visualization and AWS for data storage and processing. Familiarity with data engineering concepts, including ETL processes, database management, and data analytics. Ability to understand and work with complex datasets and tools like Python and SQL. A Plus If You Have Previous hands-on experience with Python, SQL, or other data engineering technologies. Exposure to data pipeline development, ETL processes, and database management in an academic or professional setting. Strong understanding of AgTech industry trends and how data analytics can drive insights within this field. Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS, beyond basic knowledge. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Solid problem-solving skills, with a passion for utilizing data to derive meaningful insights. Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, with the capacity to present complex information to various stakeholders. A proactive approach to continuous learning and staying abreast of emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering and analytics. Additional Details: This is a paid, part-time internship for Spring 2024. Students are required to work 15-20 hours a week. Based on performance, this internship can continue across several semesters (i.e. full time in the summer, part time during the academic school year).

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Systems Software Engineer Intern – NVIDIA

Job Description: We are seeking System Software Engineer interns to accelerate Apache Spark and related distributed frameworks on GPUs. Apache Spark is the most popular data processing engine in data centers for data science. It is used for a wide variety of data workloads, from data preparation, to running ML experiments, and all the way to deployment of ML applications. Data scientists spend a considerable amount of time exploring data and iterating over machine learning (ML) experiments. Every hour of compute required to sort through datasets, extract features and fit ML algorithms impedes an efficient business workflow. At NVIDIA, we are passionate about working on hard problems that have an impact. You will work with the open source community to enable Apache Spark data processing with GPUs. As an intern you will be paired with a senior engineer and assigned one or more projects to further the usability and tools for our product. We will benchmark solutions and measure performance against theoretical optimal results. Data workflows can benefit tremendously from being accelerated, enabling data scientists to explore many more and larger datasets to achieve their business goals, faster and more efficiently. What you’ll be doing: Creating a collection of GPU accelerated libraries for data processing, data analytics and ML Designing and implementing solutions to enhance Apache Spark for GPU aware scheduling, distributed ML execution and beyond Engaging open source communities, including Apache Spark and RAPIDS, for technical discussions and contributions Working with Nvidia strategic partners to deploy sophisticated machine learning and data analytics solutions in public cloud or on-premise clusters Presenting technical solutions in industry conferences and meetups What we need to see: Pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related field Outstanding problem solving skills Excellent programming skills in C++, Java, Python and/or Scala Working experience with key open source big-data projects including Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Apache Flink, and Apache Kafka Able to work successfully with multi-functional teams across organizational boundaries and geographies Highly motivated with strong communication skills Ways to stand out from the crowd: Prior contribution at major open source distributed system projects would be a huge plus Working experience with acceleration libraries (CUDA, RAPIDS, UCX) is helpful NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love a challenge? If so, contact us!

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Digital Innovation Intern – Ameren

About the Position We are looking for passionate students from across campus energized by the idea of working in a fast paced, dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. At Ameren’s Innovation Center, the Innovation Intern position supports challenging projects and conducts research in areas of advanced technology that contributes toward the Company’s strategic investment in forward-thinking initiatives. Interns gain valuable work experience in various aspects of technology research & development within a large Fortune 500 energy company. The Innovation Center is comprised of groups of interdisciplinary (technical & non-technical) students working on projects in the areas of data analytics, application development, and emerging technology research. As an Innovation Intern, you will have the opportunity to support planning, execution, and completion of various initiatives. Candidates have the potential to be placed in an internship position supporting one of the following: Data focused intern: You will use your analytical thinking to help solve real & exciting business problems by: Wrangling, “munging”,  and processing data from raw to read-to-use Applying machine learning models and algorithms to real business problems Using and improving your data science & analytics tool box (i.e, Python, R, Power BI, SQL, Excel, etc) Acting as a data consultant to provide solutions to our business Telling stories and delivering results via reports and presentations Being able to thrive in a collaborative environment where you will learn from, teach, and mentor other team members on the above referenced items App Dev focused intern: Provide support developing applications using languages including but not limited to: Python, JavaScript, SQL, Java, C#, HTML, CSS, Angular, and have knowledge using SQL, PowerShell/Bash and more Contribute to projects that may include web, mobile, cyber, IoT, AR/VR, and automation Leverage UX/UI techniques to develop and design great experiences for the end users Support team as a contributor in an Agile team App Dev: Infrastructure Automation focused intern Provide support to our Digital Technology & Operations Infrastructure Automation team, supporting and creating solutions such as: Automating scripts for infrastructure processes Creating dashboards and alerts for event monitoring Building algorithms to predict failures Innovation Operations focused intern: The Innovation Operations team (iOPS) supports both the App Dev and Data teams through: Project management UI/UX Operations support Communications/Marketing Champion storytelling by translating technical work to the business by creating and delivering reports and presentations of project work and results Establish metrics and monitoring controls for projects/initiatives Assist in the research and development of innovation explorations Explore solutions and business cases for cutting edge and emerging technologies Assist software/hardware development and support by creating requirements, Provide technical assistance to developmental projects within Company segments Work with Innovation Center project teams to develop project status reports and summaries Employ continuous improvement methods to modify and streamline the process of innovation explorations Mentor team members and provide guidance on the above-referenced items The Innovation Intern works part-time or full-time in an office environment at the Research Park of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus, but may also need to work off-site dependent upon project needs. Terms will approximately coincide with Spring, Summer and Fall Semesters. Qualifications Registered as a full-time student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Will consider undergrads and graduate students in, STEM paths, business, agriculture, and many other related majors based on experience and background A cumulative GPA of 2.5 required and a 3.0 or above is preferred Previous Intern/Co-op experience is preferred In addition to the above qualifications, a successful candidate has: Ability to work effectively as part of a team Good communication skills Able to work in a collaborative and self-directed environment All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.

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