IT Intern - Summer 2027

Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.

About the role

Our summer internships are full-time (40 hours/week), paid positions lasting 10-11 weeks. We offer competitive compensation, educational and social programming throughout the summer, as well as housing assistance and relocation support for eligible interns. As an IT intern, you will have broad exposure to our global organizations and leadership teams. Your participation in special projects and strategic initiatives will be critical to overall success of our business strategies.

• Develop digital healthcare and virtual reality platforms that help patients, doctors, and hospital networks collaborate.
• Use human-centered design principles to improve system usability for our 90,000 plus employees and millions of customers worldwide.
• Leverage data analytics and statistical methods to develop business centric insights to support decision making.
• Identify and recommend new ways to save money and time by streamlining business processes, applications, and systems.
• Assess our Global IT security and identify meaningful solutions to mitigate risk.

Location and Work Model

The IT Internships are based in Minneapolis, MN. All interns must reside in the U.S. for the duration of the internship. Medtronic is working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of its commitment to professional growth, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering the extraordinary.

Requirements

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Working toward a bachelor’s degree in management information systems, computer information systems, business information systems, a related information systems or business analytics major with an anticipated graduation date of Winter 2027 or Spring 2028.
• Ability to participate full time, 40 hours per week, as part of the intern cohort from June 1-August 14 for semester system programs or June 15-August 21 for quarter system programs.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. Medtronic does not sponsor work authorization for internship positions. Individuals on temporary visa classifications, including E, F‑1 (CPT or OPT), H‑1, H‑2, L, B, J, or TN, as well as anyone who requires employment sponsorship now or in the future, are not eligible for the Program.

Nice to Have: Preferred Requirements

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Power BI, AWS, SQL, Python, or similar technologies.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, data visualizations, or data-driven insights.
• Experience collaborating on team-based academic, research, internship, or organizational projects.
• Relevant coursework, projects, research, certifications, and/or internship experience in IT, computer science, data analytics, business analytics, engineering, or related fields.
• Experience applying data analysis and technical skills to solve business or operational challenges.
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

Pay

Medtronic offers a competitive hourly rate of pay that falls within the range of $23.25 to $33.25 per hour. The hourly rate offered will be determined by the position and is subject to variation based on the number of years of school completed.

Benefits

The following benefits are available to regular employees who work 20+ hours per week:

• Health, Dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)

The following benefits are available to all regular employees:

• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

Temporary employees (such as interns) are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.