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Internship - 2026 PhD Research & Development Intern

3M

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Sep 10, 2025
Maplewood, MN, US
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3M is looking for PhD Research & Development Interns to support the development of new technologies, provide growth opportunities, and support existing 3M products, businesses, and operations.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a PhD degree in science or engineering from an accredited institution.
  • Currently pursuing a PhD degree in fields such as Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Software Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Biomolecular Engineering, or related fields.
  • optimizing algorithms for computational efficiency, speed, and usability
  • building capabilities with software tools e.g., Microsoft Azure ML and/or AWS ML, Python
  • implementing complex data engineering processes to support innovative data science solutions
  • leveraging key ML or AI solutions toward materials and engineering problems
  • developing innovative models and simulations of complex chemical and physical processes.

Responsibilities

  • Leveraging expertise to support the development of new technologies, providing growth opportunities, in addition to supporting existing 3M products, businesses, and operations.
  • Collaborating with other R&D functions across 3M that can help advance projects, including researchers from other groups, analytical chemists, process engineers, etc.
  • Collaborating with senior researchers on an assigned product/technology development or an application/product engineering project.
  • Leading and directing assigned projects towards advanced technical solutions.
  • Documenting detailed experimental records in 3M electronic laboratory notebooks that can be used for invention submissions and potentially patent applications.
  • Analyzing, interpreting, and communicating experimental results.
  • use and/or develop digital science tools to address research challenges in the corporate research and business labs.

Other

  • Building your technical, communication, and leadership skills.
  • This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
  • Applications on this requisition are reviewed and filled on a rolling basis; it is in a candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
  • Interested candidates should include a resume as part of their application.
  • 3M provides eligible interns with a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.