Purdue University R&D Engineer Co-op- Purdue Students Graduating

Job Description

Purdue University R&D Engineer Co‑op – Purdue Students graduating in 2028/2029 ONLY

BOSTON GO & TECH CENTER

Your first step towards an amazing career in Research and Development (R&D) at Procter and Gamble (P&G) starts with applying to this co‑op. Within an R&D co‑op, you’ll be actively involved in creating, reimagining and launching new innovations which improve our consumers’ lives… all around the world.

The duration of our co‑ops ranges from 12‑24 weeks within the fiscal year located on‑site at our Gillette World Shaving Headquarters in Boston, MA. As a co‑op, you'll receive a co‑op allowance. At P&G, Intern/Co‑Op sessions are considered temporary employment, with a predicted ending point. No full‑time employment commitments are made.

As a company, P&G believes that ‘innovation is our lifeblood’. As such, we invest to ensure that our products best serve the current and future needs of our more than 5 billion consumers worldwide across our 65 iconic, trusted brands.

From Day 1, you’ll be equipped with cutting‑edge innovation tools, you’ll be encouraged to dive into the innovation process, and you’ll be tasked to advance real needs for our business. To enable your success, you’ll collaborate with talented technologists and mentors to strengthen your skillsets and develop new areas of mastery. The environments you’ll work in are creative work spaces where new ideas flourish and where your technical mastery is recognized and rewarded.

Ultimately, our investment in you is equally an investment in the development of our future R&D talent and in advancing our lofty innovation goals.

What will I do? Our Associate Scientist co‑ops are constantly learning, growing in service of improving how our products perform. In this role, you will find new ways to innovate, develop and manufacture consumer products. Since we’re a highly collaborative company, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest technical and commercial partners.

• Products Research:
  Deeply understand our consumers and their needs in order to inform product design parameters for new or improved products.
• Analytical & Measurement Science:
  Creates & develops ways to measure and characterize our products translating the consumer use experience to product specifications, ensuring superior and consistent functionality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Product Design & Development:
  Translates the consumer’s needs into the design and technical specifications of delightful grooming products which can be manufactured at scale.
• Product Formulation & Design:
  Translates the consumer’s needs into the development of delightful finished-products which use the best available technologies/chemicals/materials.
• Packaging Development:
  Creates and improves packages that delight consumers and retailers. Packaging technologists lead the development of packages of superior function and premium design. In addition to ensuring the product functions well once the consumer has brought it home, we place a premium in ensuring that our packages are responsibly developed with sustainability in mind.
• Blades & Metals Process Innovation:
  Deliver groundbreaking blade edge innovation through mastery of process, product, and equipment.
• Process Development & Pilot Plant Operations:
  Translates ideas, concepts, and technologies into the design and scale‑up of commercially feasible, state‑of‑the‑art, chemical and mechanical manufacturing processes.
• Material Development:
  Start by developing 'new to the world' raw material technologies so we can meet our customer's needs with the highest quality, best performing materials.
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S): M&S development is a powerful capability which increasingly underpins the work across all our R&D functions. Our M&S experts are developing new to the world mathematical models which speed the pace and impact of our innovations.
• Data Science:
  We would want you to communicate complex data or algorithms into simple conclusions that will empower others to drive action based on the insights you derive. As a Data Scientist, you will transform the business to enable better…