Wind Tunnel Intern - Land O'Lakes Inc.

When you intern at Land O'Lakes, you're joining a Fortune 250 agribusiness and food production leader with more than 100 years of operations as a farmer- and member-owned cooperative. With business units spanning crop insight and inputs, animal nutrition, dairy foods, and sustainability solutions, you will experience a hands-on, purpose-driven internship. You'll have opportunities to network with industry leaders, tour our state-of-the-art facilities, and be challenged with a business-critical project, all while gaining skills that will impact your career trajectory.

WinField United offers unmatched agricultural expertise to help farmers, retailers, and other partners succeed. As a customer-owned wholesale supplier of crop protection inputs, seed, and crop nutrients with a commitment to shaping the future of farming, we are uniquely positioned to help retailers and farmers implement modern farming practices ....To grow more food with fewer inputs ....To be even better stewards of precious land and water resources ....To always be mindful of the next generation of farmers.

We have a Wind Tunnel Intern position opening for Summer 2024 in River Falls, WI at the WinField United Innovation Center. Relocation assistance provided. The wind tunnel laboratory is focused on studying the physics of agricultural sprays in our two state of the art wind tunnels. We do this primarily through measurement methods such as laser diffraction, high speed shadowgraphy and physical sampling. Our first area of interest is understanding the atomization processes and the influence of factors such as nozzle geometry, fluid properties, and external flows on the spray droplet size distribution. The second main area of interest is droplet transportation with trajectory and deposition measurement and modeling.

Required Qualifications:

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, physics, or other related field of engineering or laboratory science.
• Sophomore or junior (preferred) standing in college
• Required GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Adhere to strict safety standards when handling crop protection products and other chemicals and properly wear personal protective equipment while working in the laboratory.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with 3-D CAD and rapid prototyping
• Prior laboratory experience conducting experiments and organizing data is a plus
• Prior experience designing and fabricating fixturing and simple mechanical systems
• Prior experience programming for sensory integration and control loops

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Excellent communication, writing, and critical thinking skills.
• Manage time and effectively prioritize and implement projects and general work tasks.
• Give and receive feedback, work collaboratively, exhibit effective social and interpersonal skills.
• Resourceful and innovative in finding solutions to problems.
• Flexible and can adapt to changing business surroundings.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.