Product Development Quality Innovation Intern

Role Description:

Join the Zoetis Product Sustainability, Quality and Logistics team as a Summer Intern supporting our R&D (VMRD) business unit. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and perfect AI-powered digital agents that empower development teams to perform FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and Raw Material Assessments more efficiently and effectively. Your work will focus on making these digital tools intuitive, powerful, and ready for broad adoption—driving deeper risk insights while keeping things simple for users.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT QUALITY INNOVATION INTERN

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Internship Summary:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and optimize AI-powered digital agents for FMEA and Raw Material Assessments. Develop and refine these tools to ensure they are user-friendly and seamlessly integrated into current quality workflows. Support documentation and gather feedback to drive continuous improvement and adoption across Product Development, Quality, and Logistics.

Internship Job Duties:

• Design and enhance AI-powered digital agents for FMEA and Raw Material Assessments.
• Integrate these tools into existing quality workflows for biotechnology and pharmaceutical development.
• Collaborate with team members to gather feedback and identify improvement opportunities.
• Document processes and solutions to support ongoing adoption.
• Troubleshoot and refine agent functionality based on user input.

Internship Qualifications:

• Recent graduate or nearing completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• Experience or strong interest in building or working with AI-powered digital tools (any platform a plus).
• Strong collaborator, able to work effectively across cross-functional teams and communicate with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Skilled at gathering, analyzing, and integrating feedback from multiple sources to inform design and workflow integration.
• Interested in digital innovation for biotechnology and pharmaceutical development.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

 

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

 

 

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):

 

Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour

Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20 per hour

Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour

Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

Full time

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