AI/ML Innovation Internship: Shape Next-Gen Product Design

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Pahokee (FL); On-site; USD 20,664,000 - 34,440,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Nike’s Advanced Product Intelligence internship sits within the Advanced Innovation Collective, applying AI/ML to accelerate product concept development across design, engineering, and data analysis. The intern collaborates with ML Engineering, Computational Engineering, Generative AI Design, and Data Analysis teams on intelligent models and prototypes.

The role is project-based with tailoring options, concluding with a stakeholder presentation and documentation to scale the work beyond summer.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master’s degree with graduation between Winter 2027 and Summer 2028.
• Strong foundational understanding of core machine learning concepts including supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, and model evaluation.
• Hands-on experience building AI/ML-powered systems or prototypes in academic, personal, or professional settings.
• Experience in surrogate modelling, computer vision, transformers, 3D geometry, or simulation data.
• Proficiency in Python and ML libraries (PyTorch, OpenCV, NumPy, pandas, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).

Responsibilities

• Apply AI/ML expertise to help teams explore, evaluate, and improve product concepts faster.
• Build intelligent models, workflows, and prototypes that use product performance data to accelerate innovation.
• Prototype AI/ML tools to support engineering and creative workflows for footwear and apparel design and simulation.
• Explore AI/ML applications in engineering simulation workflows including FEA, optimisation, and virtual product development.
• Train lightweight predictive ML models using various datasets.
• Build interactive prototypes or internal tools usable by Design and Engineering teams.
• Present the project to stakeholders at the end of the internship.
• Contribute to documentation to scale the work beyond the summer.

Skills

ML fundamentals

Python programming

Data analysis

Communication

Model evaluation

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Computational Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

NumPy

pandas

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Job description

Nike’s Advanced Product Intelligence internship sits within the Advanced Innovation Collective, applying AI/ML to accelerate product concept development across design, engineering, and data analysis. The intern collaborates with ML Engineering, Computational Engineering, Generative AI Design, and Data Analysis teams on intelligent models and prototypes.

The role is project-based with tailoring options, concluding with a stakeholder presentation and documentation to scale the work beyond summer.