2023 Justice & Corporate Social Responsibility Research Tech Intern (Jan 2023)

About IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, better known as IBM, is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, with operations in more than 170 countries and over 345,000 employees worldwide. IBM is best known for producing and selling computer hardware and software, as well as cloud computing and data analytics. The company has also served as a major research and development corporation over the years, with significant inventions like the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, and the UPC barcode. In May 2021, IBM teamed up with rivals Microsoft and Google on a project designed to help companies better defend against hackers and other cybersecurity problems. That same month, the company unveiled the world’s smallest and most powerful microchip, which IBM says could quadruple the battery life of cell phones one day.

Your Role

The intern’s work will support the IBM Sustainability Accelerator engagement with Texas A&M AgriLife to provide water usage decision support to smallholder farmers in drought-prone regions. The IBM Research Intern supporting this effort will work to:

• Use machine learning to predict environmental variables.
• Implement optimization or reinforcement learning to guide decision-making
• Use Soil and Water Assessment Tool forecasts alongside local soil moisture measurements as well as weather data from IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite or alternative.

Training, Development & Rotations

Deciding to start your career at IBM is an investment in your future. Whether you’re an undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate, IBM will help you turn your years of study into tangible achievements through a vast array of global career opportunities and development programs. IBM incorporates hands-on training into employee education. Blue Opportunities provides experience-based development opportunities, such as job rotations, to enhance IBMers’ careers regardless of geography. Participants commit as little as a few hours to several months to complete project-based initiatives that further their career goals. IBM’s sequence of development opportunities from emerging leaders to the most senior executives positions IBM to grow the skills required for the workforce of the next century.

Salary & Benefits

IBM offers a competitive salary and benefits program to help employees build a solid financial foundation for meeting a diverse array of needs - health care, income protection, retirement security, and personal interests.  IBM provides a range of options, to allow you to design a program that meets your personal or family circumstances. IBMers may designate between 1% and 10% of their eligible compensation, up to certain plan and regulatory limits, to purchase IBM stock through automatic payroll deduction. The salary for this role ranges from approximately $104,160 to $143,220 per year.

Career Progression

To ensure IBM develops IBMers to their fullest potential, IBM instituted its most well-known program Basic Blue for IBM Leaders, which focuses on role-playing and developing the emotional intelligence and coaching skills expected of an IBM manager. IBM offers transparent career frameworks for associates, professionals, and executives. These frameworks provide clarity on career pathways and consistent performance and promotion expectations. IBM empowers professionals to discover and identify their next career moves by providing resources to support career growth. With a company this large, the growth opportunities are endless.

Work-Life Balance

IBM enhances employee engagement and productivity, reskills its workforce faster, and reimagines ways of working to become an adaptive, skills-based, and AI-powered organization. Dedication to every client’s success, an innovation that matters, and personal responsibility in all relationships enabled IBM to build a culture of flexibility and inclusion trusting IBMers to do what’s right for clients, for business, and themselves. IBM envisions the future of work in a post-pandemic world are focused on a hybrid workplace that supports IBMers to innovate, serve the clients and engender trust.

Culture & Vibe

IBM has a rich history of being a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Since its founding in 1911, IBM has been dedicated to building a culture of conscious inclusion and providing opportunities for all IBMers to make a positive impact on societies around the world while bringing their authentic selves to work. IBM had the first written equal opportunity policy, nearly 30 years before the United States passed the Equal Pay Act. IBM also became one of the first companies to include sexual orientation as part of its commitment to nondiscrimination. IBM celebrates diversity across all levels and is proud to stand behind its employees in the fight against discrimination and oppression across the globe.

About You

• Eligible candidates must be pursuing a Master's or Ph.D. Degree in a quantitative discipline - Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related area.
• Experience in hydrology, environmental engineering, geospatial analytics, or related fields.
• Experience solving analytical problems using rigorous and quantitative approaches
  Advanced usage of machine learning environments and model deployment.
• Experience in API/database/SQL development and management.

How to Apply

• To start your application, click this page's “APPLY” button.
• Your application will be read by real IBMers who are experts in screening resumes and specialists in their respective fields.
• You may be asked to complete some of the online assessments, which will vary depending on the role you applied to.
• If you’re successful in completing the assessments, the next stage may involve you being invited for an interview.
• After your final interview, IBMers will be in touch to let you know if you were successful then send you the appropriate documentation you’ll need to complete to begin your onboarding journey. 

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• glassdoor.com/ibm – salaries 
• ibm.com