Imaging R&D PhD Intern: Hardware & Vision

Proctor & Gamble; Mason (OH); On-site; USD 83,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful work from Day 1

Hands-on experience

Mentorship and learning

Visible business impact

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Procter & Gamble is seeking a PhD student intern to advance imaging technologies for research and product evaluation at the Mason Center. You will design, prototype, and test imaging hardware and capture workflows to improve image quality, repeatability, and quantitative assessment.

The role combines imaging science, engineering, automation, and image analysis to support stronger product performance. This 12-week program runs May through August 2027 with in-office work 4–5 days per week.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Imaging Science, Applied Physics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience conducting independent research and communicating technical results.
• Hands-on experience with experimental research, engineering development, computational methods, or hardware prototyping.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, or a similar scientific programming environment for data analysis, algorithm development, or experimental research.
• Available to work a 12-week internship from May/early June to August in the summer of 2027, in the Mason location 4-5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype imaging hardware and supporting software.
• Integrate and evaluate components that impact image capture.
• Develop and apply image-processing and image-analysis methods.
• Design and conduct experiments to evaluate image quality and overall system performance.
• Analyze images and experimental data using different scientific computing tools.
• Identify technical challenges, recommend improvements, and document system designs, methods, results, and learnings.
• Communicate findings to multidisciplinary partners and deliver a working prototype or validated workflow.

Skills

Analytical skills

Independent research

Python

MATLAB

Education

PhD candidate

Job description

Procter & Gamble is seeking a PhD student intern to advance imaging technologies for research and product evaluation at the Mason Center. You will design, prototype, and test imaging hardware and capture workflows to improve image quality, repeatability, and quantitative assessment.

The role combines imaging science, engineering, automation, and image analysis to support stronger product performance. This 12-week program runs May through August 2027 with in-office work 4–5 days per week.