Data Engineering Intern

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Overview

We are seeking a motivated Data Engineering Intern to support manufacturing and operations advanced analytics/AI initiative. This role provides hands-on experience working with enterprise datasets, building data transformations, data pipelines and supporting analytics infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in SQL and data modeling an interest in data engineering, and a desire to learn modern data platforms such as Databricks. Exposure to manufacturing, operations, supply chain, data science, or Tableau is a plus.

This internship offers practical experience developing scalable data workflows and supporting real-world business analytics.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining ELT pipelines in Databricks/python
• Write and enhance SQL queries for data transformation, aggregation, and validation
• Perform data quality checks and help troubleshoot pipeline issues
• Optimize basic SQL queries for readability and performance
• Assist with ingesting structured and semi-structured data
• Document transformation logic, table definitions, and data sources
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and manufacturing stakeholders to support analytics needs

Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified candidates will be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Mechanical/Operations/Data Science/Computer Science Engineering or a related major. 
• Students must be recently graduated, or graduating this Spring.

Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge of SQL (joins, aggregations, filtering, basic subqueries)
• Exposure to Python for data processing
• AI for data analytics and insights
• Familiarity with Git for version control
• Experience building pipelines for reporting
• Exposure to basic data science concepts or coursework
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Pay Range: $23.75 - 54.30/hour USD

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Disclaimer:

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.