Purdue University R&D Engineer Co-op- Purdue Students Graduating in 2028/2029 ONLY

What you'd do

• Products Research: Deeply understand our consumers and their needs in order to inform product design parameters for new or improved products.
• Analytical & Measurement Science: Creates & develops ways to measure and characterize our products translating the consumer use experience to product specifications, ensuring superior and consistent functionality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Product Design & Development: Translates the consumer’s needs into the design and technical specifications of delightful grooming products which can be manufactured at scale.
• Product Formulation & Design: Translates the consumer’s needs into the development of delightful finished-products which use the best available technologies/chemicals/materials.
• Packaging Development: Creates and improves packages that delight consumers and retailers.
• Packaging 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, we place a premium in ensuring that our packages are responsibly developed with sustainability in mind.
• Blades & Metals Process Innovation: Deliver groundbreaking blade edge innovation through mastery of process, product, and equipment.
• 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 we can meet our customer's needs with the highest quality, best performing materials.
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S): M&S development is a powerful capability which increasingly underpins the work across all our R&D functions.
• Our M&S experts are developing new to the world mathematical models which speed the pace and impact of our innovations.
• Data Science: Here, we 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.

What they want

• We are looking for Bachelor's/Master's students who are majoring in engineering degrees graduating in 2028 or 2029.
• We offer a wide range of roles for Chemical, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering. Increasingly, we have roles designed for Data Science/Analytics.
• Have strong communication skills.
• Have both critical thinking and active listening.
• Has the ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Candidates attending Purdue University must be able to work from Cincinnati/Mason, OH without relocation assistance.
• 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, we value every individual and support initiatives.