2024 Co-Op: Supply Chain - Innovation & Automation (Automation Engineer)

Position Summary...
What you'll do...
2024 I&A Co-op - Automation Engineer

• Duration: 8-month Co-op

• Location: Bentonville, AR

Are you a motivated University of Arkansas college student looking to gain hands-on experience with one of the world's largest retail companies? Do you have a passion for innovation and automation? If so, Walmart Inc. is seeking talented individuals like you to join our Innovation and Automation Co-op program.
Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1. It is not just a belief, but our way of doing business. Our Supply Chain Team is at the forefront of a retail transformation where you can work on a team that is ultimately focused on delighting our customers, saving them both time and money in unexpected ways.
Walmart's I&A team strives to maintain focus on what we are doing and why. We are focused on automating facilities with innovative technology for a regenerative future. Together we are delivering value and maximizing efficiency across Supply Chain to better quality and service to our customers.
Our Business Segments:
The I&A team consists of two primary segments, including Ambient an d Grocery, you will work in one of the two segments.

• Ambient: The Ambient team is automating our ambient facilities with innovative technology for a regenerative future. This team delivers value by maximizing efficiency across our Supply Chain and stores to better serve our Walmart customers.

• Grocery: The Grocery engineering team supports the growing needs of the grocery distribution center network by deploying innovative automated solutions to increase capacity , improve associate friendliness, and help grocery distribution centers to supply Walmart Stores and Sam's Clubs with the quality groceries our customers expect.

As an Automation Engineer Co-op , you will...

• Design, implement, and improve engineered solutions

• Use an innovative and analytical mindset to transform processes
• Perform industry research to identify new technology and industry partners
• Identify short-term and long-term opportunities within Walmart's End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain
• Work with cross-functional teams, utilizing your engineering and project management skills to identify opportunities, propose solutions, design systems and demonstrate financial impact
• Manage vendor relationships and technology portfolios throughout the full product lifecycle including research & development, proof-of-concept testing, full-scale deployment, maintenance and KPI tracking

• Contribute to the team's strategy by developing business cases, writing white papers, and communicating findings at all levels of leadership

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package
• Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a Fortune 500 company
• Networking opportunities with professionals in the retail industry
• Exposure to cutting-edge automation technologies and processes
• Potential for future career opportunities within Walmart Inc.

If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges and want to make a big impact on one of the largest Supply Chains in the world, then this role could be the fit you have been looking for!
Office Environment: Corporate
Locations: Corporate (Home Office) , Bentonville, AR
Desired Majors : Industrial , Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, and other relevant majors
Co-op Duration : 8 months (January 8, 2024- August 24, 2024)
Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program currently
• Expected graduation date between December 2024-August 2025 (Rising Seniors)

Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications...
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Primary Location...
702 SW 8TH ST, BENTONVILLE, AR 72716, United States of America