Data Science Intern

About this Opportunity

MillerKnoll’s Summer Internship Program is a paid, 12-week opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their careers. Throughout the summer you will apply academic learning to real-world situations and cultivate leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Data Science Intern to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for data analysis, problem-solving, and learning new techniques. This role offers the opportunity to work on real-world data science projects and contribute to the development of data-driven solutions within a collaborative and innovative environment.

What You'll Do 
Data Collection and Cleaning:

• Assist in gathering data from various sources such as databases, APIs, and other platforms.
• Perform data cleaning, pre-processing, and transformation to ensure data quality.

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA):

• Conduct EDA to uncover insights and trends within the data.
• Visualize data patterns and present findings to stakeholders.

Model Development and Evaluation:

• Assist in developing and fine-tuning machine learning models to solve business problems.
• Help evaluate models using appropriate metrics and assist in optimizing their performance.

Support on Data Projects:

• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers on ongoing projects related to predictive modeling, clustering, or classification tasks.
• Assist in creating dashboards, reports, and other visual tools to communicate insights.

Research and Development:

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and tools in data science and machine learning.
• Participate in research to explore new methodologies and innovative approaches to data science problems

What You Bring 
The needed skills and experience for this role include... 

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python. Prior experience with R is a plus.
• Solid understanding of probability theory, statistical analysis, and their applications in data science, including experience with hypothesis testing, distributions, and regression models.
• Experience with version control and GitHub.
• Familiarity with machine learning libraries like scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow, or PyTorch, XGBoost or LightGBM.
• Familiarity with Generative-AI and Large Language Models.
• Experience with SQL for querying databases.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools like Matplotlib, Seaborn, or Plotly.
• Currently enrolled and pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or a related field from an accredited college or university, and able to provide transcripts upon request..
• You must have a GPA of at least 3.0 (overall or within your program) to qualify for consideration in the Intern Program.
• Must have satisfactorily completed basic coursework in the chosen degree program.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs. They describe how we live our purpose through the way we lead, the way we see one another, and the way we approach our work. 

We are difference-makers reflects our commitments to creating places that matter, to being a good neighbor in our communities, and to using business as a force for good. 

We are all extraordinary is our statement about the worth of individuals and our commitment to helping everyone reach their full potential. 

We are better together demonstrates how challenging one another, making room for everyone, and working and winning as one makes us stronger.

At MillerKnoll, when we come together—as a family of brands or as an individual work team—the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts. As our values state, “We are better together” when we welcome everyone to the table, keep our commitments to one another, and work and win as one.  This idea expresses our spirit of accountability, friendly competition, and inclusivity. A culture of inclusion is critical to our success—both because it makes us better and because it's the right thing to do.
 

We wish you success in your MillerKnoll journey!