2025 Summer Internship: Mobility Strategy - Advanced Technology & New Business Models

Company Information

PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced power trains, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

Silicon Valley Innovation Center

As technology and transportation increasingly started to converge, the PACCAR Silicon Valley Innovation Center was formed in 2017 to help PACCAR identify the relevant mega-trends, evaluate their impact, and enable PACCAR to continue its leadership in this new transportation paradigm.

The Innovation Center works across a broad range of areas including autonomous driving, driver assistance, data monetization, electrification, connected vehicles and data monetization, and sustainability among others. The Innovation Center is a modern facility in the heart of Silicon Valley. You can find pictures at https://paccarinnovation.com.

If you’re excited about future mobility and want to play a part in shaping its direction, this is the place to be! PACCAR’s leadership position and deep industry ties provide a fascinating vantage point from which to apply and hone your MBA skills.

Requisition Summary

Silicon Valley Innovation Center has an opening for a Mobility Strategy – Advanced Technology & New Business Models Intern to add to our Silicon Valley team in Sunnyvale, California. This is a high-visibility and high-impact internship. Output from this internship will culminate in presentations to PACCAR senior leadership and be used to inform future product and business decisions. This role is at the intersection of technology, business and commercial vehicles mobility. In this role, you will work closely with the Innovation Center's Managing Director of Innovation Business Development and his team on key strategic questions of high importance to PACCAR’s future.

Duration and Location:

This internship is for 10- to 12-week, full-time, and exclusively in-person activity. Specific start and end dates are flexible. The internship will be at our Silicon Valley office in Sunnyvale, California. For this internship position, the hourly range is $35 – $50. The hourly rate is determined by several factors including, but not limited to relevant industry and function benchmarking, academic and professional excellence, and local market conditions.

Job Functions / Responsibilities

This position will be working on various projects and reports to include but not limited to:

• Structure and right-size ambiguous business problems of high importance to PACCAR’s future.
• Develop and implement, as applicable, action plans to solve these high-visibility problems using both quantitative and qualitative analyses, stakeholder interviews and cross-functional collaboration.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to the PACCAR senior leadership.

Skills

The skills that are important to be successful in this position are as follows:

• Good grasp of business strategy: comfortable selecting, tailoring and applying suitable business frameworks to address strategic challenges. Prior Management Consulting experience is desired though not required.
• Advanced analytical, interviewing, listening, and rapport-building skills.
• Intellectual horsepower to quickly come up to speed and ask relevant questions on unfamiliar areas while being humble and low ego.
• Self-starter who takes initiative and get things done with limited oversight.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills and poise and professionalism geared towards an executive audience.
• A deep interest or prior experience in transportation / mobility / logistics or technology is a plus. Although a tech background is not necessary, comfort with technology concepts, such as platforms and APIs, is important.

Education

The candidate we seek will be currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program or in a related graduate program such as Supply Chain, Logistics, or Transportation/Urban Planning.

General Description of all Benefits

As a U.S. PACCAR intern, you have a full range of benefit options including:

• Competitive salary and 401k with up to a 5% company match
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
• Paid holidays
• Sick Leave
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• EAP services including wellness plans, estate planning, financial counseling and more
• Global Fortune 500 company with a wide array of growth, training, and development opportunities
• Work alongside experienced goal-oriented colleagues recognized as experts in their field

General Description of Other Benefits

• This position offers relocation assistance benefits for those who are located 50 miles away or more.

Competencies

• Lead Innovation and Quality Initiatives
• Drive for Results
• Use Sound Judgment / Business Acumen
• Demonstrate Adaptability
• Influence Others
• Act with Integrity

Additional Job Board Information

PACCAR is an E-Verify & Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability corporation. Peterbilt promotes Diversity and Inclusion through mentorship, events, and affinity support groups – The Diversity Council, Peterbilt Women’s Initiative (PBWIN), Veterans Group, Peterbilt Black Organization for Leadership and Development (B.O.L.D) and ADVOCATE (An LGBTQ support group).

The salary range for our intern positions is as follows:

• Undergraduate Students: $25.00/Hour
• Graduate Students: $30.00/Hour
• Additionally, this role includes a 30% cost-of-living adjustment for California residency; this role is eligible for the full range of benefit options listed above.