MBA Intern - Hardware Operations

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100 companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

About the Role

As a member of our Hardware Operations team, you will play an integral role in building a world-class supply chain that is responsive, customer-focused, and capital-efficient.

This is a generalist internship designed to match you with the area of highest impact. Approximately two months prior to the start of your internship, we will match you with one of our four core operational pillars—Procurement, Global Operations, Supply Chain, or Fulfillment. This timing allows us to align your work with the most critical real-time business needs while considering your specific interests and skillset.

What You'll Do

Your core responsibility will be leading 1–2 strategic projects focused on improving a critical part of the business. Beyond project work, you will also have exposure to the day-to-day operations of your selected group, gaining hands-on experience in running a global supply chain.

Depending on your specific placement, your project scope and daily focus will cover:

• Procurement: You may lead projects on supplier selection or structuring strategic deals. Your day-to-day will involve exposure to negotiations and vendor management.

• Global Operations: You may drive a project on logistics strategy or international expansion. Your day-to-day exposure will likely involve managing 3PL partnerships and freight operations.

• Supply Chain: You may scope a project improving production management or inbound/reverse logistics. In your daily role, you will see how we handle demand/supply planning to balance inventory.

• Fulfillment: You may tackle a project regarding distribution network logic or order processing efficiency. Day-to-day, you will be exposed to the workflows that drive our customer service experience.

What You Bring

• Currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program graduating in 2027.

• Ability to work at Verkada HQ (San Mateo, CA) for Summer 2026.

• High-impact self-starter: you take initiative to move projects forward and can operate well with little guidance. You’re excited by the possibility of leading cross-functional workstreams and generating buy-in among senior leadership.

• Raw smarts: we are looking for people who can look at complex problems and solve them start to finish. Strong analytical skills: you nerd out about data, can quickly structure analyses to answer key business questions to drive decision-making, and will also have perspectives on building the right data architecture. Excel skills are a must; SQL / Tableau / Looker experience a plus.

• Process and operational thinking: you can tackle a problem independently and quickly iterate to a solution, and then also document it in a way that's easy to understand for all audiences. Previous Salesforce experience is a plus.

• Communication and stakeholder management: you'll need to be able to connect with sales reps and hardware engineers alike to figure out how we build the right processes and workflows to drive efficiency while also giving us the data to measure how we're doing. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.

• Flexibility and hustle: you manage change and ambiguity well, and have no problems juggling multiple priorities while executing in a fast-paced environment. You’re comfortable pivoting quickly and often.

• 3+ years of professional experience with a passion for Supply Chain and Operations

US Benefits

Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees. Our benefits and perks programs for interns include but are not limited to:

• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily

• Monthly housing stipend (in addition to hourly wage)

• Fully-covered flights to-and-from our San Mateo HQ office

• Intern events and mixers

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Pay Disclosure

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Estimated Hourly Pay Range
$50—$75 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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