Job Description 

Intern – Innovation Intern 

Location: Brazil – Campinas area

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman works proactively and collaboratively with its worldwide customers in pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment to deliver exceptional service and innovative specialty chemical solutions to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.  Buckman is in the middle of a digital transformation of its businesses and focused on building the capabilities and tools in support of this. If you want to start your career in an entrepreneurial company with a sustainability mission and digital ambitions at the core of its strategy, Buckman is the place for you! 

Start date: End of July – Beg. Aug 

Job Description

Buckman is seeking for an intern to innovate in the field of digital industrial applications. You will work closely with Buckman stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of the  water industry, also touching basis with leather, paper and performance chemical industries and will contribute to the success of Buckman’s digital strategy by collaborating with the digital team, stakeholders and external partners in initiatives and successfully completing work on global projects. 

This is an exciting and impactful role that lies at the intersection of traditional Specialty Chemicals business and exciting new possibilities on the digital side leveraging Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, and other emerging tools.  The role will involve collaboration with diverse stakeholders including sales, chemical innovation professionals and marketing.  You will be involved in the entire life cycle of product development, including idea generation, rapid prototyping to develop MVP candidates, product development, and commercial deployment.  

•         Basic Qualifications

• On going B.S. or equivalent experience in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, control and automation engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, production engineering, or related areas.
• Basic knowledge of sensors and industrial instrumentation
• Basic knowledge of developing and deploying IoT applications
• Advanced English is a required, as the intern will work directly with internal and external partners from different regions of the world

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluent Spanish is a differentiator
• A tinkerer, who has a demonstrated history of learning new digital skills on their own. A hands-on contributor with a demonstrated portfolio of prior work. 
  • Participation in hackathons,
  • Participation in university competitions and projects
  • Previous internship experience
• Desirable knowledge in Industrial Internet of Things and experience developing and deploying IoT applications
• Desirable knowledge in building and programming devices
• Desirable knowledge in project management tools aimed at software development (DevOps, PlanView)
• A propensity and competence designing bespoke sensors that suit the application. 

Preferred Personality Traits

• A curious individual and a life-long learner
• A tinkerer and builder who likes to create
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary, passionate and global team members
• Strong planning and organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects
• Comfortable in constantly changing environments

Initial focus areas

• Product Ownership
• Product Development