Digital Farming Intern: Electrical Engineer

Chicago, IL, US

     

Digital Farming Intern: Electrical Engineer (Summer 2025) 

 

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. 

 

Intern: Electrical Engineer 

 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

As Bayer Crop Science's Digital Farming arm, we deliver sustainable digital solutions using the latest agronomic science, data science, engineering, and real-world farming experience. With groundbreaking technologies like Climate FieldView and our ForGround regenerative agriculture platform, our team is a part of some of the most important advancements in ag. 

 
We are looking for talented and motivated Electrical and Computer Engineering students with solid hardware fundamentals to help build world-class devices. Our solutions help farmers around the world improve productivity and yield with ingenious data measurement devices, mobile software, and advanced analytics. If you want to join a passionate team to work on a product with real-world impact, we are the place for you. 
 
As an Electrical Engineering intern, you will be responsible for designing, building, and testing new hardware in a fast-paced, iterative development environment that fully embraces modern tools and development best practices. We’ll provide mentorship while you work on a product that solves a real business need in an atmosphere of learning. 
 
WHO YOU ARE 

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks someone who possesses the following: 

 

Required qualifications

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering 

  • Understanding of analog and digital circuit theory 

  • Some experience in making hardware devices 

 

Preferred qualifications

  • Initiative to figure out how things work and to push the limits of your own knowledge 

  • Able to collaborate with others to design and development projects 

  • Great attention to detail and reasoning skills 

  • Demonstrated passion for quality 

  • Able to program in Python and/or C 

  • Good understanding of embedded / IoT devices 

  • Experience working with Linux 

 

WHAT WE OFFER 

  • Salary estimated range between $30-$50/hour, depending on degree level and the hiring location.  

  • Meals are provided in addition to our fully stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages 

  • 1:1 mentoring from a talented and motivated teammate 

  • Opportunity to work on meaningful projects that have a direct impact on the company 

  • Exciting company sponsored events, activities, and learning opportunities 

  • Opportunities to interact with key executives and leadership 

 

YOUR APPLICATION 

At Bayer, we strive to build inclusive experiences for candidates and employees alike in which a diverse set of perspectives and voices are represented. If this role sounds exciting to you but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we still encourage you to apply.  

  

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we actively pursue ways to celebrate our differences and don’t discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sex (including pregnancy), protected veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any unlawful criterion existing under applicable federal, state, or local laws.   

 

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at DFS_accomodations@bayer.com.    

  

Learn more about our team and mission: https://www.bayer.com/en/us/careers