Graduate Engineer Intern - Software Development

Mayo Clinic; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayo Clinic is offering a Graduate Engineer Internship in Rochester, MN, for Summer-Fall 2027. The on-site, full-time role pairs a graduate student with mentors to gain engineering experience across multi-disciplinary projects.

Successful candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field and be pursuing or planning graduate studies. Training in ML concepts, Python and related tools is provided as part of the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related technology degree from an accredited college or university.
• Enrolled in or planning to enroll in a graduate degree program.

Responsibilities

• Assist with engineering tasks, including component design and prototype work.
• Participate in design reviews and gather user needs, requirements and specifications.
• Document activities and progress for internal reports and milestones.

Skills

ML concepts familiarity

Python 3

Documentation

Research & analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Graduate degree pursuit in a related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

MATLAB

NumPy

Job description

This graduate internship is a full-time position Summer-Fall 2027 (May or June through December) on site in Rochester, Minnesota.

The primary purpose of the Graduate Engineer Internship is to provide a graduate student with relevant engineering experiences. One or more mentors will be assigned to the intern to provide instruction, guidance and to assess performance. The intern is responsible for learning the procedures and processes of the Division of Engineering and the assigned work unit. In addition, the intern will be given selected engineering work assignments to reinforce the learning experience and to provide benefit to the work unit. The engineering assignments may include designing components, developing a project strategy, gathering user needs, requirements and specifications, evaluating commercial components, assembling prototype systems, performing design verification and design validation, troubleshooting, and participating in design reviews. All assignments are within the context of the Division of Engineering Quality Management System (including safety risk management) and are performed in a multi-disciplinary development environment. The intern will be responsible for completing all internship-related assignments and reports for both Mayo and the participating educational facility (if applicable).

The incumbent must have received a bachelor of science in engineering, business administration, management information systems, or other technology-related degree from an accredited college or university and be enrolled in or intending to enroll in a graduate degree program.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and algorithms (overfitting, decision trees, logistic regression, etc.)
• Familiarity with Python 3 and foundational libraries (NumPy, pandas/polars, matplotlib, etc.)
• Working knowledge of deep learning/machine learning frameworks (such as TensorFlow, Pytorch, scikit-learn, R, and/or MATLAB)
• Familiarity with or interest in sensor-based AI and machine learning on limited-compute devices
• Familiarity with or interest in optimizing machine learning models to reduce computational load
• Desire to participate in research and analysis on emerging tools, frameworks, architecture and best practices in machine learning
• Ability to produce documentation related to task activities

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.