2027 Summer Internship (US) - AI

Zebra Technologies • Lincolnshire, IL

3d • $36 - $45 • Hybrid

About The Position

The 2027 Summer AI Internship at Zebra is designed to prepare students for the business world by giving them a thorough understanding of Zebra’s functions and hands-on experience, training, development activities, and a professional mentor relationship. The intern will support the CTO’s Solutions Startup team, which identifies and validates new business opportunities and develops promising concepts into solutions and markets.

The team is building an AI engine powered by Claude that organizes customer interviews, market and competitive research, and internal strategy materials into structured, linked intelligence. The intern will help build and maintain the ingestion pipeline and source connectors, automate recurring analyses, develop Claude-driven commands and prompts, create supporting scripts and reports, and maintain metadata, system quality, and documentation. The internship also includes team-based assignments and opportunities to develop organizational, leadership, interpersonal, and technology skills.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate (MS/MA) degree program in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Business Administration, or a similar field.
• Anticipated graduation date between May 2027 and May 2028.
• Authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Strong command of Python and hands-on experience with REST APIs and standard authentication flows such as OAuth and Microsoft Graph.
• High interest in and demonstrated project experience with LLMs such as Claude or GPT, including crafting modular, robust prompts.
• Familiarity with software revision control systems, preferably Git.
• Comfort with parsing and managing structured data formats such as JSON and YAML, and using Markdown-based documentation tools.
• Knowledge of workflow orchestration frameworks and automated data pipeline scheduling.
• Basic familiarity with business analysis and strategy concepts such as TAM/SAM/SOM, customer value propositions, and customer pain validation.
• Exceptional technical writing, attention to detail, and self-direction when dealing with ambiguous tasks.
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication.
• Willingness to learn quickly, embrace new tools or methods, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and basic familiarity with technology solutions.
• Commitment to ethical behavior and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and ingest diverse data sources into the ingestion pipeline, including mapping structures, access paths, and refresh cadences.
• Develop source connectors that support modern authentication, change and delta detection, and parsing attachments and binary files.
• Automate and orchestrate ingestion workflows, generate summary and synthesis pages, and use version tracking to reconcile possible drift or contradictions between sources.
• Design and write Claude-driven automated analysis commands for tasks such as document chunking, extraction of core findings, and structured synthesis.
• Research, draft, and test prompt templates and orchestration scripts, advancing candidate prompts toward production use.
• Create Python utility scripts, establish data-refresh flows, update reporting dashboards, and generate dynamic HTML and PDF briefs.
• Maintain metadata taxonomies, perform connector and schema health audits, and document APIs.
• Develop planning, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Increase technology knowledge and skills, especially regarding Zebra’s product portfolio.
• Manage team-based work assignments.
• Practice interpersonal skills and connect with day-to-day business contacts through follow-up activities.

Benefits

• Summer Fridays, as applicable with the team.
• 30+ social and professional events in 12 weeks.
• Global immersion with teams and interns.
• Intern allowance, when applicable.
• Zebra Total Rewards may include healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, continued learning and development, community service days, insurance, parental leave, employee assistance program, and paid time off, depending on country.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern