Supply Chain Planning Analyst Intern - Applied AI

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position

We are looking for a Data Science Intern who will support our Supply Chain Planning team. Minimizing supply chain risk and optimizing our planning operations including demand and supply planning, inventory optimization will ensure surgeons and their associated institutions will have the products needed to succeed in providing better patient outcomes. The ideal candidate should be highly skilled in data analytics including visualization and use advanced data modeling, predictive modeling, and advanced data and AI techniques to interpret key findings from company data and translate these insights into initiatives that will support business outcomes. By the end of the internship, you will deliver: A production‑ready prototype (or MVP) for 1-2 planning use cases (e.g. Automated parameter tuning, or exception management/Triage using ML). Finally, the intern will deliver an Executive‑friendly readout and reproducible assets (code, notebooks, documentation). The internship is office‑based with collaboration across cross‑functional teams including Supply Chain Planning, Data Engineering, IT, and Analytics.

Essential Job Duties

• Work with business users to identify opportunities for data science value adds

• Research/Model data and build comprehensive reports and dashboards that enhance business area

• Use business data, statistical methods and/or suitable ML techniques to provide insight into business performance and suggest areas and methods of improving operations.

• Present insights and recommendations to management for judgment making and strategic planning.

• Work with data analysts and business users at Global Operations to enable reports that maintain long-term value.

• Utilize cutting edge technologies such as Gen AI, Agentic AI to provide business value

• Develop and automate reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards and data products to provide insights at scale, solving for data needs.

• Be a pioneer in the data space and present your research and insights to all levels of the company

Example Project Tracks:

• Planner Exception Intelligence: Build a model to prioritize which signals/exceptions planners address first; measure reduction in review time by ≥20%.

• Inventory Parameter Optimization: Use ML to recommend safety stock or reorder points per SKU‑location aligned to target service levels; simulate improvements in stockouts and inventory turns

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in either Python or R ecosystem providing data-based solutions

• Knowledge of and experience using data-based concepts and statistical techniques; Practical knowledge of Machine Learning techniques and Big Data analysis and predictive analytics

• Experience working with databases and creating dashboards / other data products using all relevant data to inform outcomes.

• Excellent SQL skills, ability to perform effective querying involving multiple tables and subqueries.

• Proven problem solving, quantitative and data abilities.

• Statistical Skills and method familiarity

• Inquisitiveness with a desire for continuous improvement

Required Education and Training

• Current enrollment in a Quantitative (Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Data Science), Supply Chain Management or related degree seeking program at the Bachelor’s or Master’s level.

Working Conditions None

Preferred Skills and Experience  

Familiarity with:

• Git, Regression, Monte Carlo Simulation, Random Forests, Time Series analysis, Principal Component Analysis, R Shiny, Markov Chains, CI/CD, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, ggplot, Clustering, Trending Analysis

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees
who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s
start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay (paid at an hourly rate), benefits, and a housing allowance. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including relevant skills and experience for this internship, degree-seeking academic program (PhD, Master’s, Bachelor’s, etc), year in school, and location. The hourly rate is prorated against the intern program salaries listed and total program compensation will be based on internship duration.