Description
The role of Undergraduate and Master's Research & Development Intern is intended to start in Summer 2027.
As a Research & Development Intern, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.
Here, you will make an impact by:
- Leveraging expertise to support the development of new technologies, providing growth opportunities, in addition to supporting existing 3M products, businesses, and operations.
- Building your technical, communication, and leadership skills.
- Collaborating with other R&D functions across 3M that can help advance projects, including researchers from other groups, analytical chemists, process engineers, etc.
- Collaborating with senior researchers on an assigned product/technology development or an application/product engineering project.
- Leading and directing assigned projects towards advanced technical solutions.
- Documenting detailed experimental records in 3M electronic laboratory notebooks that can be used for invention submissions and potentially patent applications.
- Analyzing, interpreting, and communicating experimental results.
R&D internships are available for both digital science and laboratory-based roles in the following areas:
- Corporate technology: Researchers working in one of our corporate R&D laboratories are concerned with the materials, processes, and/or analytical tools that go into the development of new technologies/methods and the generation of intellectual property, including patents.
- Product engineering and development: Interns working as product engineers or developers will collaborate with other researchers in our business and corporate research laboratories to address challenges in existing products and/or develop new products.
- Digital science and engineering: Interns working in this area will use and/or develop digital science tools to address research challenges in the corporate research and business labs.
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in science or engineering from an accredited institution.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in fields such as Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Software Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Biomolecular Engineering, or related disciplines from an accredited institution.
- Experience in machine learning, deep learning, data science, computer vision, artificial intelligence, statistics, software engineering, and/or applied mathematics.
- Strong scientific and technical acumen, with demonstrated interest and ability to make connections between science/technology and real-world concerns.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to deal with the ambiguity of early-stage scouting and evaluation of new opportunities, and the flexibility to change direction as additional information becomes available.
- Leadership and networking skills.
- Self-motivated and self-directed.
- Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and presentation).
- Completed a minimum of Freshman Year (2 semesters) by the start of the internship.
- 6-12 months of practical laboratory experience in the synthesis of polymers and small molecules, chemical/polymer processing, advanced analytical and materials characterization, vapor coating, nanotechnology, development of sensors, and optical materials.
This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN or Austin, TX.
3M provides eligible interns with a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).