2026-2027 Campus Internship

About the Role

Dow has exciting opportunities for Intern Graduate PhD Scientists and Engineers within Research and Development (R&D). Opportunities exist across the R&D function and are aligned with various organizations and business units in a variety of locations including Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania and other locations in North America.

Key Responsibilities

• Solving diverse and open-ended problems.
• Driving initiatives that provide business and customer value.
• Contributing to intellectual capital.
• Incorporating innovative technologies into practice.
• Developing expertise as an industrial researcher.
• Collaborating across Dow teams to solve chemical-, material-, and industrial-related problems through both fundamental and applied research.
• Contributing to Dow’s business and sustainability goals.
• Projects span from product research to process research to application development. Examples include new molecule or material synthesis, process scale-up, reaction engineering and study and application of structure-property relationships to new product development.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Polymer Science, Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Data Science, or other related disciplines.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, polymer science, theoretical modeling, mechanical engineering, data science and/or other related disciplines.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Requires strong adaptability, learning agility, and analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Technical Skills: Developing broad and deep technical skills as an industrial researcher.
• Innovation and Technology Integration: Skills in ideation, innovation, and technology integration.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Requires excellent teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Safety Mindset: A strong safety mindset is necessary.
• Business and Customer Value Orientation: Understanding business needs and customer focus.

Qualifications

• Possession of a TWIC card or eligibility to obtain a TWIC card may be required based on final hiring location.
• Must be eligible to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
• Reliable attendance is an expectation; therefore, reliable transportation is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum GPA of 3.000 (on a scale of 4.000).