Intern - Data Science

Job description

Summary

As a FedEx Intern, you will be working on projects gaining you valuable, real-world experience in a professional environment as it relates to your field of study.

Essential Functions

Under close supervision, the successful candidate may assist with providing analytical support to drive efficiency, consistency and control throughout current business initiatives. The intern may assist with industry market research, global business intelligence, and emerging trends analysis. The intern will analyze specific business metrics and research/analyze data, industry trends, and market information to gain insight into transportation and logistics metrics in identified industry vertical.

Present and deliver long-term solutions that will have significant impacts to the business and/or customer experience. Participates in various networking and/or community service events. Perform other duties as assigned. Additional Detail Assist in building, testing, and scaling end-to-end data driven solutions leveraging machine learning frameworks. Work with large, complex datasets to perform data extraction, cleaning, mapping, and pipeline automation.

Support the research & development of Gen AI/Agentic solutions enabling enterprise value.

Preferred Qualifications

Practical experience or academic project work utilizing Python, SQL, PySpark/Spark within Azure or GCP environments. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts. Knowledge of GCP services like BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI is a plus. Strong academic coursework or background in advanced descriptive, predictive modeling, machine learning frameworks, statistical analysis and other quantitative analysis of complex business situations.

Ability to communicate highly complex information in an understandable manner to both technical and non-technical audiences Strong problem-solving abilities

Minimum Education

Currently enrolled student or recent college graduate (within 6 months of graduation) at a college/university obtaining a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Degree

Master’s degree program such as Business, Finance/Economics, Computer Science, Management, Project Management, Information Systems, Operations Management, Operations Research, Supply Chain/Logistics, Transportation, Engineering, Technology, Math, Marketing or other related major.

Minimum Experience

No experience required. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to work productively and proactively, both independently and as a part of a team. Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Demonstrates interpersonal communication skills. Time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills necessary to work in a fast-paced environment, handling various tasks and changing priorities, while maintaining a high attention to detail and accuracy to achieve daily assignments and goals.

Verbal and written communication skills are necessary to communicate with across business units and to all levels of management. Ability to analyze, review, and make recommendations. Domicile This is a hybrid position located in Memphis, TN. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week. Availability to work 40 hours/week for a 10-week program, June 7th - August 13th.

Resumes should include the following information

email address, telephone number, name of college/university, degree, major, GPA, date of intended graduation (month & year). Immigration sponsorship is not available for intern positions. Sponsorship may be available for full-time, exempt positions, depending on the specific role and federal regulations. Note, sponsorship is never guaranteed under any circumstances.

Preferred Qualifications

    Pay Transparency:       Pay:  Salary is $25/hour for undergraduates and $30/hour for graduates. A $2,000 stipend is available for those relocating over 50 miles for an on site or hybrid internship or co-op experience.  Additional Details:  Posting closes on: 11/06/2026 at 4:00 PM CST / 5:00 PM EST.  For details on our comprehensive benefits, click here .

Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [email protected] .

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