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Summer 2027 Mars Snacking Research and Development Internship

Mars


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 3 September 2026 (6 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 1 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

AtMars we work together to build a better world for people pets and the planet. From being a socially responsible business to investing in our Associateswerealways looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself to forge your own path to build relationships across our global community to discover the right opportunities for you to grow all with ample support. Here you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands.

Start your journeyatMars today!

MarsSnackingResearch and DevelopmentInternship Experience

As aMarsSnackingResearch and DevelopmentIntern you will gain exposure to the following areas:

  • Compliance functions including scientific and regulatory affairs

  • Product process or packaging development

  • Science & Technology

  • Sensory

  • Work with a Functional Lead who will serve as your day-to-day on-site mentor to provide guidance throughout the experience.

Whatwerelooking for:

  • An individual that iscurious passionate andhas aresults-driven mindsetwith ahunger to learn and an ability to rapidly build strong cross-functional relationships that support our strategic R&D priorities.

  • Enthusiastic about our iconic brands research innovation and the consumer products industry

  • Pursuing degrees inFood ScienceEnvironmental Science Biological SystemsPackagingor Chemical Engineering.Interestedin concentrations / minors in data analytics consumer insights sensory.

  • Passionate aboutapplying robust scientific and critical thinking to solve complex problems generate insights and inform data-driven decisions.

  • Eligible candidates will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date (typically rising seniors May 2028Graduation) or the summer prior to their junior year (rising juniors May 2029Graduation). Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment.

  • Weleverageour intern program to feed our R&D Rotational Program post-graduation and build our talent pipeline for future technical and people leaders. Some of our successful interns may receive full-time offers to start their career with Mars!

  • Some of the internship positions available might belocatedat a facility that processesnuts or allows dogs and cats on site. Please let us know if this raises any concerns so that we can address them.

  • Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening.

  • Eligible candidates willbe responsible forpersonal transportation to and from worksiteduringdurationof the internship program.

What can you expect from Mars

  • The MarsInternship Experience is a 1011-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience withreal businessproblems and opportunities.

  • Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.

  • Best-in-class training and development from Day 1 including a formal mentor access to our in-house Mars University and more.

  • Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.

  • The internship experience is designed to be primarily in-person providing interns with hands-on learning opportunities access to technical training and meaningful exposure to our facilities technologies and ways of working. Being on-site also enables interns to build relationships with our experts expand their professional networks and fully immerse themselves in the R&D environment.

  • Somepretty sweetperksincluding competitive salary & benefitspackage fun freebiesandpet-friendly offices.

  • Location of the internship will be focused in the Chicago arealocationswith potentialshort-termtravel to other sitesincluding BattleCreek Michigan

About Mars Incorporated

For more than a century Mars Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global family-owned business. Today Mars is transforming innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio ofSnacking Food and Petcare products and services we employ over 140000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward.As a$65billionfamily-owned businesswe produce some of the worlds best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN PEDIGREE WHISKAS CESAR M&MS SNICKERS Pringles Cheez-It and BENS ORIGINAL.and take care of half of the worlds pets through our nutritionhealthand services businesses includingAniCura Banfield Pet Hospitals BluePearl Linnaeus and VCA.

We know we can only betruly successfulif our partners and the communities in which weoperateprosper as well. The Mars Five Principles Quality Responsibility Mutuality Efficiency and Freedom inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet its people and pets can thrive.The Mars Compass inspired by the Economics of Mutuality is used to measure the companys progress in service of its purpose;The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.

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Required Experience:

Intern


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