# 2027 PhD Research & Development Intern

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Maplewood, MN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

The PhD Research & Development Intern will work on-site at 3M's facilities in Maplewood, MN or Austin, TX. As a PhD Research & Development Intern, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative 3Mers around the world and make an impact by:

- Leveraging expertise to support the development of new technologies and existing 3M products, businesses, and operations.

- Building your technical, communication, and leadership skills.

- Collaborating with other R&D functions across 3M to advance projects.

- Working on an assigned product/technology development or application/product engineering project.

- Leading and directing assigned projects towards advanced technical solutions.

- Documenting detailed experimental records in 3M electronic laboratory notebooks.

- Analyzing, interpreting, and communicating experimental results.

R&D internships are available in various areas, including:

- Corporate technology: Researchers work on developing new technologies and methods.

- Product engineering and development: Interns work on addressing challenges in existing products and developing new products.

- Digital science and engineering: Interns use and develop digital science tools to address research challenges.

To be successful in this role, you must be currently pursuing a PhD degree in science or engineering from an accredited institution. Additional qualifications include:

- Experience in machine learning, deep learning, data science, computer vision, artificial intelligence, statistics, software engineering, and/or applied mathematics.

- Strong scientific and technical acumen.

- Strong problem-solving skills.

- Leadership and networking skills.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Completed a minimum of Freshman Year (2 semesters) by the start of the internship.

- 6-12 months of practical laboratory experience.

- Hands-on experience in areas such as additive manufacturing, robotics, mechanical design, and/or hard goods.

- Experience with Microsoft Azure ML and/or AWS ML.

- Fluent in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, MATLAB, C, C++, and/or R).

3M offers various benefits, including a housing and transportation stipend for eligible interns.

## Skills

### Required
- PhD degree in science or engineering
- Strong scientific and technical acumen
- Problem-solving skills
- Leadership and networking skills
- Excellent communication skills

### Nice to have
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Data science
- Computer vision
- Artificial intelligence
- Statistics
- Software engineering
- Applied mathematics
- Microsoft Azure ML
- AWS ML
- Python
- MATLAB
- C
- C++
- R

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