Research and Development Engineer Co-op (Jul 2024)

About P&G

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a renowned multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, boasting a history since 1837. As one of the world's largest companies, they provide a wide array of products in beauty, grooming, healthcare, and household care. Driven by innovation and sustainability, P&G's trusted brands profoundly impact the lives of consumers globally.

Your role

Within an R&D co-op, you’ll be actively involved in creating, reimagining, and launching innovations that improve their consumer's lives, all around the world. The duration of their co-ops ranges from 4-6 months starting in January or July located on-site at their Gillette World Shaving Headquarters in Boston, MA.

As a company, P&G believes that ‘innovation is their lifeblood’. As such, they invest to ensure that their products best serve the current and future needs of their more than 5 billion consumers worldwide across their 65 iconic, trusted brands.

What will you do?

Their Associate Scientist co-op’s are constantly learning, and growing in service of improving how their products perform. In this role, you will find new ways to innovate, develop, and manufacture consumer products.  Since they are a highly collaborative company, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest technical and commercial partners. 

They strive to match your skills, qualifications, and interests with a role that works best for you and have several areas in R&D where you could work as a co-op, including:

• Products Research: Deeply understand their consumers and their needs to inform product design parameters for new or improved products.
• Product Formulation & Design: Translates the consumer’s needs into the development of delightful finished-products that use the best available technologies/chemicals/materials.
• Packaging & Device Development: Creates and improves packages and devices that delight consumers and retailers. Packaging and Device technologists lead the development of packages of superior function and premium design.  In addition to ensuring the product functions well once the consumer has brought it home, they place a premium on ensuring that their packages and devices are responsibly developed with sustainability in mind. 
• Process Development & Pilot Plant Operations: Translates ideas, concepts, and technologies into the design and scale-up of commercially feasible, state-of-the-art, chemical and mechanical manufacturing processes.
• Material Development: Start by developing 'new to the world' raw material technologies so they can meet their customer's needs with the highest quality, best-performing materials.
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S): M&S development is a powerful capability that increasingly underpins the work across all their R&D functions.  Their M&S experts are developing new to the world mathematical models that speed the pace and impact of their innovations.
• Data Science: Here, they would want you to communicate complex data or algorithms into simple conclusions that will empower others to drive action based on the insights you derive. As a Data Scientist, you will transform the business to enable better decision-making through the use of advanced analytics.

Training & development

From Day 1, you’ll be equipped with cutting-edge innovation tools, you’ll be encouraged to dive into the innovation process, and you’ll be tasked to advance real needs for their business. To enable your success, you’ll collaborate with talented technologists and mentors to strengthen your skillsets and develop new areas of mastery. The environments you’ll work in are creative workspaces where new ideas flourish and where your technical mastery is recognized and rewarded. Ultimately, their investment in you is equally an investment in the development of their future R&D talent and in advancing their lofty innovation goals. 

Salary & benefits

The pay for the role can range from $29.00 to $50.00 / hour.

What they offer you:

• Responsibilities as of Day 1 – you will feel the ownership of your project from the beginning, and you will be given specific projects and responsibilities.
• Continuous mentorship – you will work with passionate people and receive both formal training as well as day-to-day mentoring from your manager.
• Work and be part of a dynamic and encouraging environment - working over a diverse array of interesting problems.
• Promote agility and work/life balance for employees, they value every individual and support initiatives.
• Experience true support for work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.

Career progression

P&G internships serve as a catalyst for a fulfilling career, allowing you to gain valuable experience by contributing to real-world projects and innovating with industry leaders. This enriching experience promotes professional growth and could lead to future roles within P&G, potentially shaping a bright career path with the company. While no full-time employment commitments are made, outstanding performance may open the door to full-time opportunities post-graduation.

Work-life balance

At PG Careers, they prioritize work-life balance, empowering their employees to lead fulfilling lives. Through their comprehensive benefits program, they provide the necessary support and flexibility to thrive both personally and professionally. Join them and experience a harmonious blend of career growth and personal well-being.

Culture & vibe

P&G's culture and vibe are truly remarkable, emphasizing a strong commitment to corporate responsibility and excellence in product quality. Their dedicated employees prioritize integrity and trust, ensuring their actions consistently reflect their promises. Driven by a passion for positive change, P&G's unwavering efforts make a meaningful impact on the world.

About you

Qualifications:

• They are looking for Bachelor's/Master's students who are majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science degrees graduating in 2027.
• They offer a wide range of roles for Mechanical and Chemical.  Increasingly, they have roles designed for Computer Science and Data Science/Analytics.
• Overall G.P.A. of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.
• Have strong communication skills.
• Have both critical thinking and active listening.
• Can learn quickly in a dynamic environment.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• pgcareers.com/global/en/search-results
• youtube.com/@ProcterGamble