Are you a hands-on innovator with a passion for discovering how
 
new technologies
 
can solve real-world problems
?
 
 

Accenture Labs

seeks a well-rounded candidate with strong technical skills to join our applied research group in San Francisco as an R&D Summer Intern
. 
 
We are looking for someone who is both deeply curious about the business impact of technology and eager to explore those possibilities hands-on. They thrive on
 

rapidly learning new tools and concepts to bring groundbreaking ideas to life

.
 

We are:
 

The Digital Experiences R&D Group

 
within
 

Accenture Labs
 

works to advance the frontiers of human-machine interaction and human-centered computing
 
to transform the way
s people interact with smart tools, products, services –and each other…to reshape how we all work, live, create, and learn.
 
 

Our applied research explores ways that emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Ubiquitous Computing, and Bio-sensing can address important business problems and transform how people interact with technology across various
 
facets
 
of their lives. We divide our time across contributing directly to current client work, and to R&D to support future client offerings
.
  
 
 

Our group gives graduate students the opportunity to work with experts and senior researchers across this range of
 
emerging
 
technologies,
 
helping to translate the latest tech into tools
 
to help our client
s
 
reinvent
 
what they do and how they do it
.
 

Key Responsibilities

Create rapid prototypes to illustrate Labs’ business hypotheses about the potential of emerging tech to transform various activities and realms of experience: support design through development and testing.
 

Support more experienced researchers to define research projects, plan, execute, and communicate those initiatives.
 

Support development of internal and external thought leadership, targeted for various audiences and in a variety of formats (blogs, white papers, videos, research conferences, etc.).
 

Professional Skills and Abilities:

Ability to create a project plan and execute against it
 

Ability to work energetically within a high-performance team
 

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
 

Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills