AI & Data Engineering Intern
About The Position
Valmont is seeking an AI and Data Engineering Intern for its Agriculture Division Software Engineering Department in Omaha, Nebraska, with a Spring 2027 start. The intern will support data-driven decision-making and irrigation optimization by working with cloud-based data systems, developing predictive models, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver data insights. Valmont’s internship program includes hands-on project work, leadership development, job shadowing, and interaction with senior leaders. The position is part-time during the academic year and full-time with flexible scheduling in the summer. A full-time position after graduation may be possible. The role requires working in the office either Tuesday or Thursday. The internship is paid and provides meaningful, career-related experience, with tuition assistance and other benefits potentially available depending on hours worked.
Requirements
- Be a junior, senior, or recent graduate pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Have proficiency in SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
- Have strong Python programming skills, including experience with Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, and Matplotlib or Seaborn.
- Have familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
- Have strong experience in data cleaning, feature engineering, and model development, and be able to interpret data, solve problems analytically, and translate findings into actionable insights.
- Be able to work in the office either Tuesday or Thursday.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with time-series or sensor data, particularly in agriculture or environmental contexts.
- Familiarity with geospatial analysis tools such as GeoPandas or QGIS.
- Understanding of precision agriculture, irrigation systems, or agronomy.
- Exposure to MLOps practices and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
- Experience with dashboarding and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Plotly Dash.
Responsibilities
- Extract, clean, and preprocess data from Azure-based databases.
- Perform exploratory data analysis to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities.
- Engineer features for predictive modeling and decision-making.
- Develop and evaluate machine learning models to support irrigation optimization.
- Document methodologies and findings, and present insights to key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate data solutions.
- Identify data quality issues and propose process improvements.
Benefits
- Paid internship with meaningful, career-related work experience.
- Tuition assistance and other benefits may be available depending on hours worked.
- Supportive culture focused on learning and growth.
- Opportunities to collaborate with intern peers and company leaders.
- Healthcare, including medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage (offerings may depend on role, work schedule, or location).
- 401k retirement plan with company match.
- Paid time off.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, including maternity leave.
- Work Life Support.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year.
- Voluntary programs such as tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, and mortgage services.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
