Summer 2027 APD Automation Engineer Intern

Program Overview

The Walmart Automated Pick and Delivery (APD) Internship is an 11-week paid program held during summer 2027. It is open to undergraduate students graduating between December 2027 and August 2028. The program is designed to prepare associates for a career with Walmart APD, and interns will work on meaningful projects, network with industry experts, and build their skills.

About Automated Pickup & Delivery (APD)

APD centers are Walmart's automated grocery fulfillment facilities. They combine robotics, software systems, and in-store operations to fill online grocery orders at scale. APDs are designed to:

• Increase daily order throughput per store
• Improve labor productivity (Units Per Labor Hour, UPLH)
• Deliver reliable, fast pickup experiences for customers

Role Summary

APD Engineering Interns (Undergraduate) will work on real-world automation and fulfillment problems that affect throughput, labor efficiency, system availability, and customer experience. Interns join one of several APD engineering teams and help improve how automation is designed, deployed, operated, and scaled across Walmart stores. The role suits undergraduate engineers who want hands-on experience with large-scale systems where software, hardware, and operations meet.

What You Will Learn

• How automated fulfillment systems operate end to end in live retail environments
• How engineering decisions affect cost, productivity, and customer experience
• How data, simulation, and experimentation drive operational improvements
• How cross-functional teams (engineering, product, operations) work together to scale automation

Team Options and Focus Areas

Interns are aligned to one primary team based on interest and business need.

1. Process Engineering: Focuses on operational processes and labor efficiency. This team defines how store associates and automation work together day to day. Interns help analyze workflows to find bottlenecks, improve throughput and UPLH, and evaluate how process changes affect capacity and efficiency.

2. Integration & Implementation: Focuses on operations readiness and launch, construction and design, and automation adoption. This team manages end-to-end construction and launch and makes sure stores are ready to run automation. Interns support launch planning, track readiness milestones, review site layouts, analyze operational data, and develop tools or feedback loops to improve adoption.

3. Stability & Scalability: Focuses on automation reliability, availability, and customer impact. This team works to keep automation available 98% or more of the time. Interns analyze downtime, failure modes, and recovery processes, identify patterns that reduce availability, and propose improvements to monitoring, response, or system design.

Sample Intern Projects

• Analyze an APD workflow and assess its impact on throughput, labor efficiency, and system availability
• Build a data-backed recommendation to improve a process, design, or operational outcome
• Support a pilot or site review by summarizing performance, risks, and improvement opportunities
• Use simulation, analysis, or structured problem solving to evaluate tradeoffs

Success Metrics

• Ability to understand and explain complex systems
• Quality of analysis and clarity of recommendations
• Demonstrated impact on throughput, efficiency, reliability, or design outcomes
• Learning speed and ability to work in ambiguous environments

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Walmart offers competitive pay and other benefits. For details about benefits and eligibility, visit One.Walmart.