Data Engineer Intern Summer 2025

DATA ENGINEER SUMMER INTERN

DAIKIN

Daikin is the world’s #1 indoor comfort provider and a leading innovator and worldwide provider of advanced, high-quality air conditioning and heating solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Located just outside of Houston, Texas, the Daikin Texas Technology Park allows Daikin to consolidate manufacturing, engineering, logistics, marketing and sales for Goodman®, Amana® and Daikin brand unitary heating and air conditioning products in a 4.2 million square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing and business campus. The facility is designed from the ground up to encourage collaboration and innovation.

WORK WITH A LEADER

Daikin has a robust and established internship program. Our 10 to 12-week summer program provides students with the opportunity to work individually and in groups. Our interns make an impact on real projects that help our business succeed and achieve their goals. The success of our employees is what helps define our success as an organization. That’s why we instill a culture of training, mentorship, and opportunity. Here, our work runs on collaboration, and our people have the confidence to ask questions, challenge ideas, and solve problems in unexpected ways. As part of Daikin, our team members have immense opportunity to grow—and the confidence of working in a strong and expanding industry.  

SUMMER INTERNSHIP

During the internship, college students will:

● Work on an individual project with your direct team

● Work with other interns on a group project

● Interact with leadership in the company, including VPs

● Network across functions and teams

● Participate in social and team building activities

JOB REQUIREMENTS

● Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

● Graduation Dates: December 2025 - May 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Data Engineer is responsible to put in place the framework for a Modern, Simple, Accurate and Secure Data Environment that connects data across the company and sets data up as an asset to the company. Data Engineers will support our software developers, database architects, data analysts and data scientists on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. Data engineers implement methods to improve data reliability and quality.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

● Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

● Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘big data’ technologies

● Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs

● Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

● Develop ways to improve data quality, reliability, and efficiency

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

During the internship, college students will gain the below skills:

● Knowledge of programming languages and applications & database apps and tools

● Demonstrated analytical, quantitative & creative problem-solving skills

● Effective written & verbal communication skills

● Effective organizational & time management skills including prioritizing skills

● Solid collaboration abilities; professional & diplomatic team builder

● Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects, with various teams including Engineering, Sales, IT, Finance, Marketing, Manufacturing, Logistics, etc.

●Ability to apply good judgement, decision making skills including strong work ethics & integrity on the job