Hershey Company's Technical Center is looking for an R&D Cocoa Science Intern to evaluate new technologies and ingredients for improving current processes and products, and to provide new product opportunities through research, prototyping, and scaling up to commercialization.
Requirements
- Strong interest in hands-on work and applying technical rigor and scientific principles and practices
- Comfortable with laboratory and pilot plant equipment
- Computer literate (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Demonstrated problem solving and evaluation capabilities
- Excellent troubleshooting skills
Responsibilities
- Provide support to research projects or portions of larger projects which provide innovative new products and/or product/process improvements in R&D.
- Perform prototyping and development from benchtop to pilot plant to full manufacturing scale.
- Test ideas through experimentation, applying technical rigor and scientific principles, and practices.
- Determine next steps through problem solving while understanding the business impact.
- Assist team in accomplishing project tasks.
- Provide input for technical feasibility for new product concepts.
- Partner with Supply Chain to provide technical support to drive quality and value improvement in products and processes.
Other
- Pursuing minimum an undergraduate Bachelor's degree (preferably junior or senior).
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Prior internships with related experience are highly valued
- Highly motivated
- Proficient in written and communication skills
- Able to work both independently and as part of a team environment
- Must be open and comfortable with change.
