Engineer

MillerKnoll Summer Internship Program is a paid opportunity that allows you to gain real-world experience and cultivate your professional skills. Besides the work you’ll do within your field of study, you'll participate in one-on-one meetings with mentors, a summer-long project, learning sessions with senior leaders, and much more.

Job Title: ML/AI Engineer

Location: Zeeland, Michigan

Department: Enterprise Technology & Data Enablement

Duration: May 2026 – August 2026

Schedule: Full Time

Why join us?

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

About This Opportunity

MillerKnoll’s Summer Internship Program is a paid, 12-week opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their careers. Throughout the summer you will apply academic learning to real-world situations and cultivate leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.

As an ML/AI Engineering intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on real-world machine learning and generative AI projects, contributing to impactful solutions that serve the business. You’ll collaborate closely with data scientists and engineers to prototype, test, and support AI/ML models and applications.

What You'll Do

You'll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, influence others, and be an owner every day as you...

• Assist in designing, training, and evaluating machine learning, deep learning, and LLM-based models.
• Contribute to developing GenAI-powered applications using modern tools and frameworks.
• Support the team in implementing MLOps/LLMOps practices such as version control, experiment tracking, and model monitoring.
• Help build and maintain data pipelines and preprocessing workflows for training and evaluation.
• Prototype and test new AI/ML approaches to validate feasibility.
• Collaborate with engineers and data scientists to integrate models into APIs or user-facing tools.
• Document code, workflows, and findings for knowledge sharing.
  
  

What You Bring

The needed skills and experience for this role include...

• Strong foundation in mathematics and algorithms, especially in linear algebra, probability, statistics, and optimization.
• Strong Python skills and experience with ML concepts and frameworks such as Scikit-learn, XGBoost, time series forecasting, PyTorch or TensorFlow, and Transformers.
• Familiarity with GenAI application development tools as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Cohere, Anthropic, etc.), embeddings, prompt engineering, and RAG.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
• Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong collaboration skills—able to contribute in a highly interdisciplinary and agile setting.
  
  

Education

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field .
• You must have a GPA of at least 3.0 (overall or within your program) to qualify for consideration in the Intern Program.
  
  

Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work in the US and will not require sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations
  
  

What We Offer

• Mentorship from experienced professionals
• Exposure to impactful projects and business challenges
• Opportunity to develop technical and analytical skills
• Collaborative and inclusive work culture
  
  

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days. We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities. We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at [email protected].