Description 2025 Software Engineer Internship/Co-op Corteva Agriscience is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers worldwide. We are seeking a software or computer engineering student to successfully complete an internship/co-op during the Spring and Summer or Summer and Winter of 2025 in the Des Moines metro area. The Software and Automation Co-op will contribute to delivering software solutions for equipment designed by our engineering teams. As a member of the Global Seed Operations Innovation Engineering team, you will have opportunities to:
- Collaborate on a cross-functional project team to meet customer requirements and expectations.
- Develop, test, and maintain software solutions driven by a seasonal schedule.
- Gain an understanding of research field equipment and critical technology needs.
Qualifications Required Qualifications:
- Ability to work safely around common shop and seed handling equipment.
- Demonstrated respect for the environment.
- Strong teamwork skills with the highest respect for all individuals.
- Commitment to working legally and ethically.
- Currently enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited college or university, pursuing a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Proven experience developing software in C#, .NET, Python, or Java.
- Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions.
Skills and Competencies:
- Knowledge of design patterns and N-Tier architectures.
- Experience with CRUD database interaction.
- Understanding of synchronous programming concepts such as locking on shared resources, deadlocks, and race conditions.
- Experience communicating with devices through serial communication, Modbus TCP, or CAN protocol.
- Embedded development experience.
- IEC 61131 PLC programming experience.
- Machine vision experience.
- AI experience with tools such as Supervisely.
#GrowWhatMatters Corteva Agriscience™ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. Corteva provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact ...@corteva.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
- For US Applicants: See the 'Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law' poster
To all recruitment agencies: Corteva does not accept unsolicited third party resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.