Spatial Data R&D Intern — Summer, Flexible Hours

The Toro Company; Minnesota; On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Dress for your day

Volunteer time

Summer hours

Competitive pay

Job summary

The Toro Company in Bloomington, Minnesota, is offering a 2027 Summer Internship Program from May 17 to August 6. The role focuses on spatial data analysis, GIS tooling, and hands-on experiments to support sensing systems for landscape applications.

You will work with ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL, and related tools, contribute to data ingestion and modeling, collaborate with teammates and partners, and gain real-world experience in a corporate setting with competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate junior/senior or master's candidate in GIS, computer or data science, or a relevant science/engineering discipline.
• Proficiency with ArcGIS, QGIS, or programmatic spatial data analysis tools (e.g., GDAL, GeoPandas, Shapely, Leaflet) required.
• Experience with MySQL, PHP, HTML, and JavaScript preferred.
• Must be motivated, self-directed, and able to communicate effectively with team members.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to ingest, curate, model, and visualize spatial data collections.
• Conduct customer site assessments using spatial data to support improved machine performance and sustainability.
• Perform literature reviews and identify potential applications for relevant models, algorithms, and methods.
• Collaborate with other team members and external partners to develop and manage experiments which simulate the requirements of the customer.
• Assist in development, testing, maintenance, and operation of sensing systems for landscape applications.

Skills

GIS tools proficiency

Programming basics

Communication skills

Education

GIS/CompSci/DS degree

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

GDAL

GeoPandas

Shapely

Leaflet

Job description

The Toro Company in Bloomington, Minnesota, is offering a 2027 Summer Internship Program from May 17 to August 6. The role focuses on spatial data analysis, GIS tooling, and hands-on experiments to support sensing systems for landscape applications.

You will work with ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL, and related tools, contribute to data ingestion and modeling, collaborate with teammates and partners, and gain real-world experience in a corporate setting with competitive pay.