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.