Part Time Student - Product Engineering - Urbandale, IA

John Deere is investing in people and technology to tackle global challenges like food, fiber, and infrastructure for a rapidly growing population. Join a team where bright minds work on meaningful problems.

About the role

This Part-Time Student Program position in Product Engineering is located in Urbandale, IA. It is designed to augment the company’s regular full-time staff and supports students who work year-round in parallel to their school schedule. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize robotics, perception, and AI technologies that enable automation and autonomy solutions for John Deere products.
• Develop production-quality software and algorithms for deployment on real-time edge-compute platforms.
• Research, develop, and evaluate computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms for perception and decision-making systems.
• Develop and train multi-modal AI models using camera imagery, machine telemetry, CAN signals, and other sensor data.
• Develop synthetic data generation and simulation workflows to improve model robustness and reduce data collection costs.
• Collaborate with CVML, robotics, software, systems, and product engineering teams to integrate perception capabilities into John Deere platforms.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++.
• Experience with machine learning and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience with computer vision libraries such as OpenCV.
• Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, neural networks, and model development workflows.
• Experience working with real-world data through academic projects, internships, research, or personal projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Graduation date of May 2027 or later.
• Available to work 16–20 hours weekly during the academic year and 30–40 hours weekly during the summer semester.
• Registered as a full-time student at a U.S./local accredited university/college.
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above.
• Able to commute daily to the Urbandale, IA work location.

Skills

What makes you stand out:

• Hands-on experience developing computer vision, machine learning, perception, or robotics solutions.
• Experience with foundation models, generative AI, large vision-language models, or multimodal learning.
• Experience with 3D perception, structure-from-motion, neural rendering, Gaussian Splatting, NeRFs, SLAM, or mapping technologies.
• Strong mathematical background in linear algebra, probability, optimization, and statistics.
• Passion for innovation, autonomous systems, robotics, and solving real-world customer problems.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Benefit Pension)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

Pay

$15 – $40 hourly based on published rates for business function and education level.

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