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2026 Summer Intern: Automation Engineer - Supply Chain Automation

About Walmart Supply Chain Automation

Sam Walton founded our company with the belief that the customer is #1. It is not just a belief, but our way of doing business. Our Supply Chain Team is at the forefront of a retail transformation where you can work on a team that is ultimately focused on delighting our customers, saving them both time and money in unexpected ways.

Walmart’s SCA team strives to maintain focus on what we are doing and why. We are focused on automating facilities with innovative technology for a regenerative future. Together we are delivering value and maximizing efficiency across supply chain to provide better quality and service to our customers.

Our Segments: Supply Chain Automation

The SCA team consists of four different segments, including Ambient, Grocery, Fulfillment and Transportation. As a SCA intern, you will work in one of the four segments.

• Ambient: The Ambient engineering team is automating our Regional Distribution Facilities with innovative technology for a regenerative future. This team delivers value by maximizing efficiency across our supply chain and stores to better serve our Walmart customers.
• Grocery: The Grocery engineering team supports the growing needs of the grocery distribution center network by deploying innovative automated solutions to increase capacity, improve associate friendliness, and help grocery distribution centers to supply Walmart Stores and Sam’s Clubs with the quality groceries our customers expect.
• Fulfillment : The Fulfillment team works with robotics and automated technology to develop innovative solutions to better serve our customers. Imagine your Walmart order being fulfilled 100% by robots - you can be the one to make that happen by enabling the technology and tech products behind it.
• Transportation : Our Transportation team revolutionizes Walmart’s transportation fleet in support of our corporate commitment to achieve zero emissions across global operations by 2040.

About Our Intern Program:

Each summer, we select the best and brightest to look under the hood of the world’s largest retailer at our Walmart Home Offices across multiple locations. During the 11-week program, our interns work directly with teams who are changing the way the world shops. This is the beginning of what could be an exciting career with Walmart!

The intern experience includes:

• An impactful individual project designed to align to your skillsets and interests
• Direct access to leadership across the enterprise
• Executive-led speaker sessions with insightful Q&A
• Community outreach events
• Networking and social events
• Learning & development opportunities targeting both hard and soft skills
• Deep dives into different areas of our business
• Time management and leadership development as a full-time associate
• An in-depth look at our Belonging practices
• Compensation and housing assistance provided

As an Automation Engineer Intern in SCA, you will...

• Design, implement, and improve engineered solutions
• Use an innovative and analytical mindset to transform processes
• Perform industry research to identify new technology and industry partners
• Identify short-term and long-term opportunities within Walmart’s End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain
• Work with cross-functional teams, utilizing your engineering and project management skills to identify opportunities, propose solutions, design systems and demonstrate financial impact
• Manage vendor relationships and technology portfolios throughout the full product lifecycle including research & development, proof-of-concept testing, full-scale deployment, maintenance and KPI tracking
• Contribute to the team’s strategy by developing business cases, writing white papers, and communicating findings at all levels of leadership

If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges and want to make a big impact on one of the largest supply chains in the world, then this role could be the fit you have been looking for!

Office Environment: You could be placed in either a Corporate (Home Office) setting or a Field (Distribution/Fulfillment Center) setting

Locations: Location availability is limited based on assigned role and business need

• Corporate (Home Office) locations include: Bentonville, AR
• Field (Distribution/Fulfillment Center) warehouse locations vary across the U.S.

Desired Majors : Industrial & Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Engineering, and other relevant majors

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Masters degree program currently
• Expected graduation date between December 2026-August 2027 (Rising Seniors)

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

The hourly wage range for this position is $21.00-$40.00*

*The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location.

Minimum Qualifications...

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Preferred Qualifications...

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Primary Location...

2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Walmart is a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer dedicated to helping people save money and live better.

Since Sam Walton opened the first Walmart, we have opened thousands of stores across the U.S. and internationally. Around the world, customers want the same things: value, a broad assortment of quality items and services, a convenient and enjoyable shopping experience, and to do business with a company they trust.