Surveyor Product Management Intern
Trimble
Your Title: Surveyor Product Management Intern
Job Location: Christchurch, NZ
Our Department: Field Systems
Internship Period: 18th November 2024 - 14th Feb 2025
Recruitment Timeline: Interviewing May/June, offer by Mid-July
Number of Positions: 1
Are you passionate about surveying and eager to make an impact on surveyors around the world? If so, we have the opportunity for you!
Join our team and work on the development of Trimble Access Field Software, used by thousands of surveyors globally. This role offers you the chance to innovate, contribute, and collaborate with a dynamic team dedicated to creating top-notch solutions for the surveying industry. If you're ready to make a difference, we invite you to apply and become a part of our journey to shape the future of surveying.
Join our 2024/2025 cohort, for a paid internship this summer!
What You Will Do
In this role, you will be fully immersed in the field software product development team, and will progress over the 3 month time period from familiarizing yourself with the Trimble Access product development process, participating in aspects of the product life cycle and working on product development initiatives. Some activities as part of these stages can include:
Evaluate performance and provide analysis of new, existing and emerging Surveying technologies to provide input on product vision and development.
Perform hardware and software testing based on experience in land surveying, photogrammetry, data analysis and GIS principles to ensure customer expectations are satisfied prior to product launch.
Work directly with our customers and development teams to provide support and understand opportunities for performance improvements and enhancements related to survey/geomatics applications
Create, present and document the unique selling points of emerging survey/geomatics technology as highlighted in our software portfolio for customer education.
Execute key tasks of Go-To-Market plans for software product launches, including social media campaigns, blog posts, video content, and live customer demonstrations.
A successful internship will conclude with professional relationships within the Trimble Geospatial marketing and engineering teams, task-based project leadership skills, and in-depth knowledge of Trimble Access, and other Trimble Geospatial hardware and software products.
What You Should Bring
A professional or educational background in or studying towards a qualification in engineering, survey, geomatics, photogrammetry, remote sensing, or construction
Good personal time management and organizational skills
An ability to complete deadline-driven tasks
Interest and enthusiasm for new technologies and solutions in the geomatics space
Strong verbal and written technical communication skills
Experience with industry hardware and software solutions: TSC Controllers, R series GNSS receivers, S/SX Series Total Stations, Trimble Access and SiteVision an additional bonus
A desire to work in a dynamic position to learn, ask questions, and help improve Trimble solutions!
About Your Location
Based at Trimble’s main campus in Christchurch, New Zealand you will love our outstanding culture.
At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 400 people in New Zealand, are passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.
Please Note: Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered.
About Our Team
This position will report directly to a Survey Field Software Product Manager, which covers the Survey products Trimble Access and Spectra Geospatial Origin. The team members you will work with are split between the Christchurch, New Zealand location and the Westminster, Colorado location. Though this role is software focused, the team places a large emphasis on systems and workflow functionality - so the position will also regularly interact with GNSS, Optical, Scanning, and controller hardware products.
Information to Review
The following links are recommended in order to better your understanding of Trimble, and the products available within this particular division.
Land Surveying | Trimble Geospatial
Videos to Review:
Trimble: Innovation at its best
Trimble: A History of Outstanding Innovations
About Trimble’s Internship Program
As a Trimble intern, you will not only gain valuable hands-on experience, but you will also be given challenging, meaningful tasks that will give you insight to what it's like working full-time as a valued member of a team. Our internships are designed to prepare you for your career journey, while growing as a professional through lunch and learns, professional development courses, team building activities, and social networking events with other interns whether you are in person or remote. Over the course of your internship, we want you to feel like you belong, innovate, and grow personally and professionally. Join Trimble’s community to have a global impact where we value you, your experience, and your skills to propel your career forward.
Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment
We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.
We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.
