2024 Summer Intern: Supply Chain Innovation & Automation - Automation Engineer

Position Summary...
What you'll do...
About Walmart Supply Chain: Innovation & Automation (I&A)
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 Segments: I&A
The I&A team consists of four different segments, including Ambient, Grocery, Fulfillment and Transportation. As an I&A intern, you will work in one of the four 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.
• Fulfillment: The Fulfilment team works closely with robotics and automation to come up with innovative ideas to serve our customers. Imagine your Walmart order being fulfilled 100% by robots, and you are the one to make that happen, by enabling the technology and tech products behind it.
• Transportation: Our Transportation team revolutionizes Walmart's transportation fleet in support of our corporate commitment to achieve zero emissions across global operations by 2040.

About Our Intern Program:
Each summer, we select the best and brightest to look under the hood of the world's largest retailer at our Walmart Home Offices across multiple locations. During the 11-week program, our interns work directly with teams who are changing the way the world shops. This is the beginning of what could be an exciting career with Walmart!
The intern experience includes:

• An impactful individual project designed to align to your skillsets and interests
• Direct access to leadership across the enterprise
• Executive-led speaker sessions with insightful Q&A
• Community outreach events
• Networking and social events
• Learning & development opportunities targeting both hard and soft skills
• Deep dives into different areas of our business
• Time management and leadership development as a full-time associate
• An in-depth look at our Belonging, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (BDEI) practices
• Compensation and housing assistance provided

As an Automation Engineer Intern in I&A, 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

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: You could be placed in either a Corporate (Home Office) setting or a Field (Distribution/Fulfillment Center) setting
Locations: Location availability is limited based on assigned role and business need

• Corporate (Home Office) locations include Bentonville, AR; Hoboken, NJ; Sunnyvale, CA; or San Bruno, CA
• Field (Distribution/Fulfillment Center) warehouse locations vary across the U.S.

Desired Majors: Industrial & Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, and other relevant majors
Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a Bachelor'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