Innovation Enablement Graduate Intern

What this role does: Supporting the creation of processes to evaluate internal engineering work for papers, white papers, and patents

The successful candidate will work closely with cross‑functional teams including engineering, research, operations, and business stakeholders to help establish the foundational processes of the Innovation Project Management Office (PMO). This office is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and structuring projects and ideas that can become intellectual capital such as technical publications, white papers, trade secrets, or patents.

Using gathered technical, market, and internal data, the intern will support the creation of frameworks to capture, assess, and track innovation initiatives across the organization. The role includes researching emerging technologies, documenting innovation opportunities, supporting idea intake processes, and helping define governance models for intellectual property and knowledge creation.

In addition to innovation management activities, this internship offers exposure to project management methodologies, technology scouting, competitive intelligence, and technical writing. The internship’s goal is to provide hands‑on experience in building an innovation PMO from the ground up, with a strong emphasis on structured thinking, research, documentation, and collaboration across technical and non‑technical teams.

What you will work on during your internship:

• Review requirements and standards for technical publications, white papers, and patents.
• Define classification criteria to assess whether internal projects are publishable or patentable
• Create step‑by‑step documentation and manuals for engineers and researchers.
• Analyze existing internal research and map it to publication/IP pathways.
• Support the setup of intake and review processes for innovation projects.

Department: Datacenter Engineering
Function: Other
Experience Level: Not Applicable