Automation Product Manager Intern

Position Summary

Walmart's Supply Chain Automation team builds and deploys technology that changes how products move through one of the largest supply chains in the world. The team focuses on automating facilities, improving associate experiences, increasing operational capacity, and delivering better quality and service to customers.

The Supply Chain Automation organization supports automation across Ambient, Grocery, Fulfillment, and Transportation. As an Automation Product Manager Intern, you will see how product management, engineering, operations, data, and automation come together to solve complex supply chain challenges at Walmart scale.

Fulfillment Automation Software

The Fulfillment Automation team works with robotics and advanced automation technologies to change how customer orders are processed and fulfilled across Walmart's next-generation fulfillment centers.

The Automation Software Product team focuses on third-party automation software and its integration with Walmart's in-house Warehouse Management and Control Systems. The team partners with Operations, Engineering, Technology, and automation vendors to build reliable, scalable solutions that connect software with the physical movement of products.

What You'll Do

• Learn and practice product management by gathering feedback from Operations, Engineering, and other partners, then translating business needs into product requirements, user stories, and measurable outcomes.
• Support product discovery, roadmap planning, and backlog prioritization for automation software capabilities and integrations between third-party platforms and Walmart systems.
• Use data to solve real operational problems by analyzing automation performance, spotting trends, and helping build dashboards and recommendations that improve system stability, throughput, and efficiency.
• Take part in testing, pilots, and product launches, seeing how new software features, defect fixes, and integrations move from idea through validation and deployment in a live fulfillment environment.
• Explore emerging technologies and help evaluate how Data, AI, Predictive Analytics, and Digital Twin capabilities can apply to automation and fulfillment operations.
• Work across a broad technology ecosystem, with exposure to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Warehouse Control Systems (WCS), Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Material Handling Equipment (MHE), robotics, and third-party automation platforms.

If you want to learn how technology moves millions of products through a complex supply chain, and to help build products that connect software, robotics, data, and real-world operations, this internship lets you learn while contributing to the future of automated fulfillment at Walmart.

About the Intern Program

Each summer, Walmart selects its best and brightest interns to work at its Home Offices across multiple locations. During the 11-week program, interns work directly with teams that are changing how the world shops.

The intern experience includes:

• An individual project designed around your skills and interests
• Direct access to leadership across the enterprise
• Executive-led speaker sessions with Q&A
• Community outreach events
• Networking and social events
• Learning and development opportunities for both hard and soft skills
• Deep dives into different areas of the business
• Time management and leadership development as a full-time associate
• An in-depth look at Walmart's Belonging practices
• Compensation and housing assistance

This role is in a field setting at a distribution and fulfillment center.