Summer 2027 Intern, AI Foundry Incubation
Salesforce
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- SalesforceStakeholder management
- Nice to have
- StatisticsPythonRSQL
- Work
- On-site in Palo Alto · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Python18%Stakeholder management12%Statistics12%of 100 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 10, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Salesforce AI Research's Incubation team is seeking a Summer 2027 intern to help validate and shape future product development. This role bridges foundational AI technology with customer needs, understanding pain points, connecting them to emerging research, and validating technologies with real users.
Key Responsibilities
- Design user research plans to validate pilots and experiments.
- Conduct discovery interviews and synthesize learnings.
- Produce reports on user studies and their outcomes.
- Make recommendations for pilot direction and future experiments.
- Establish standardized research protocols, templates, and assessment frameworks for unified user evaluations.
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate research findings into product development recommendations.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Currently pursuing a graduate degree in a relevant field, such as Human-Computer Interaction, Information Science, Business, Economics, Psychology, or a related discipline.
- Experience conducting qualitative or quantitative research, including interviews, surveys, or experimental studies.
- Ability to analyze and synthesize research findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Interest in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and understanding how people interact with technology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience conducting user research, usability testing, or customer discovery for software or AI-powered applications.
- Familiarity with research methods such as experimental design, A/B testing, longitudinal studies, or adoption analysis.
- Experience working with qualitative and quantitative research tools, including Excel, SQL, Python, R, or survey platforms.
- Understanding of product incubation, technology adoption, and business impact measurement.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams or conducting research in an industry setting.
- Ability to use tools for data synthesis and collection at scale.
Internship Details
- This is a Summer 2027 internship.
- Minimum duration of 12 weeks.