2026 Intern, Tech Incubation & Acceleration (Spring/Summer/Fall)

Lab Summary:

The Emerging Technologies Group is uniquely positioned to be at the heart of Samsung Research America’s innovation engine aimed towards advancing Samsung’s product offerings across smartphones, wearables, TVs, XR/AR devices, and identifying the next big growth drivers for Samsung. The group’s mission is to discover, incubate, and accelerate high-potential innovative technologies that lay the foundation for future Samsung products and services. To achieve this mission, the group collaborates closely with external entities such as universities, startups, VCs, and government labs, in addition to Samsung’s product and advanced research labs. SRA’s academic and startup programs enable research breakthroughs on cutting edge technologies by fostering collaborations between academia and industry, and the Emerging Technologies Group is at the core of these programs. Our team also drives the technical and business validation required to commercialize these technologies across Samsung’s ecosystem – from Smartphones and Wearables to PCs, TVs, and Home Appliances.

Position Summary:

You are passionate about evangelizing and realizing a technology vision for products that are beyond the horizon. In this role, you will be researching new emerging technologies, developing business cases, and driving pivotal academic and startup collaboration initiatives in new technology areas. You will work closely with cross functional SRA teams, university professors and researchers, startup founders, and SRA researchers to identify,  mature, and commercialize nascent technologies. You are a highly motivated self-starter who will contribute significantly to defining problem statements, creating roadmaps, catalyze building irrefutable evidence for technology viability, defining milestones and success metrics, and driving projects with aggressive schedules to completion.

Position Responsibilities:

• Identify and research emerging technologies and evaluate the associated product and business opportunities that enable Samsung to deliver new and exciting value to consumers.
• Build compelling business cases for partnership, investment, or M&A into new technologies and entry into new market segments and present to executive leaders.
• Be a significant contributor to SRA’s academic and startup collaboration programs, including driving program deliverables across technical analysis, early-stage technology research and PoC development, and risk mitigation.
• Partner with SRA teams on internal innovation programs, and support project ideation and scoping.
• Support efforts to track project milestones and impact, and present and demonstrate the research outputs to executive leaders.

Required Skills:                                         

• Currently pursuing a Ph.D. or MS in a relevant technology field or MBA at a top ranked university
• Master’s degree in a relevant technology field (e.g. Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, other etc.) (past technology, consulting, or strategy work experience preferred)
• Exposure to several technologies, including but not limited to: Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics, Health/Medical Tech, Computer Vision, Advanced Materials, etc.

Special Attributes:

• Positive attitude and energy, imagination, resilience, flexibility and resourcefulness.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to adapt to the audience and situation.
• Strong analytical skills to build deliberate, objective recommendations and respond to challenges and objections.
• Structured thinking to navigate ambiguous technological, organizational and scheduling situations.
• Resilience to overcome hurdles and address failures with alternative paths.
• Ability to rally the team to believe in the technology vision and execute on tight deadlines.

Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The hourly pay rate range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the hourly pay rate range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well.Hourly Pay Rate Range$34—$63 USD

Additional Information

Disclosure of Trade Secrets

Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secret