The Hershey Company's R&D team is looking for interns to evaluate new technologies and ingredients for improving current processes and products, and to provide new product opportunities through research, concept to prototype, 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
- carrying out experimental designs, creating prototypes, performing experiments, and reporting results
- creating trial protocol with the use of DOE principle
- use of benchtop development
- prototype evaluation
- analyzing experimental data
- executing experiments on pilot scale equipment
- preparing trial reports including next steps
Other
- Must be pursuing 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 independently, and as part of a team environment
- Must be open and comfortable with change
- The prospective candidate will be responsible for identifying a reliable source of transportation during the duration of the internship, preferably a car.
- The prospective candidate should be aware that they may need to handle allergens including dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, eggs and other food ingredient chemicals and allergens while wearing appropriate PPE during their internship.
