2027 Summer Intern

About the Role

The 2027 Summer Intern: Global Capabilities and Life Science role at PepsiCo offers an opportunity to grow your career and make an impact within a leading food and beverage company. Interns contribute to PepsiCo's connected system, from sourcing ingredients to delivering products.

Key Responsibilities

As an R&D Global Capabilities and Life Sciences Specialist, you will participate in frameworks related to:

• Technical Insights
• Digital Solutions
• Compliance
• Life Sciences

Potential areas of work include:

• Measurement Sciences: Collaborate with cross-functional partners and leverage analytical instruments, methodologies, and procedures to deliver accurate data.
• Food Safety and Quality: Ensure food products are safe for consumption and meet quality standards.
• Digital Solutions: Explore how statistical experimentation, modeling, and artificial intelligence can accelerate product development.
• Consumer Science: Lead sensory and consumer product research to enable consumer-informed product-package-process decisions.
• Regulatory Affairs: Assist with nutrition and food policy, including working with brands to create compliant packaging and product claims.
• Life Sciences: Apply scientific expertise across health and wellness platforms, research, and scientific substantiation for product innovation.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must graduate with a bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree within one (1) year of internship completion.
• Eligible to work in the United States without work authorization sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives into strategic and tactical project goals.
• Proven ability to make significant technical and scientific advances utilizing internal and/or external resources.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to incorporate business needs into technical decisions.
• Ability and interest to work in a laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing scale environments.
• Familiarity with data science preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple assignments/tasks.
• Effective communication skills (oral and written).
• Willingness to travel.

Qualifications by Area of Focus

• Measurement Sciences: Enrolled in BS, MS, or PhD program in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials Science, or related chemistry field.
• Food Safety and Quality: Enrolled in BS Program in Food Safety, Food Science, Engineering, Microbiology, Food Management, Agricultural Science, Public Health, or Chemistry program.
• Digital Solutions: Enrolled in MS or PhD program in Statistics, Data Science, Biostatistics, Applied Statistics, Statistical Science, or related field. Strong foundation in computer science, software engineering/application building, and data visualization.
• Consumer Science: Enrolled in MS or PhD program in Food Science (thesis in Sensory), Consumer Psychology, Behavioral Science, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Neuro-Marketing, Sociology, Bio-Psychology, Sensory, Psychology, or a related field.
• Regulatory Affairs: Enrolled in a BS program in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutrition Science, Food Science, or related field. Passion for nutrition and food policy.
• Life Sciences: Currently enrolled in an MS or PhD program in Nutrition Sciences, Public Health, Exercise or Sports Science, Physiology, Behavioral Science, Health Sciences, or a related discipline.

Location

Actual working location will be determined at the point of offer: Plano, TX, Valhalla, NY, or Chicago, IL.

Compensation

The expected compensation hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2027 campus intern openings is $21.09 - $55.40 hourly. Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process when determining actual starting salary. Hourly pay is pre-determined and non-negotiable.