Last updated: September 2026
On April 1, 2024, 3M’s entire health care business walked out the door as a new public company. That company is Solventum (NYSE: SOLV), an S&P 500 constituent with $8 billion in annual sales, approximately 20,000 employees across 38 countries, and 70+ years of advanced healthcare solutions built under the 3M banner. CEO Bryan Hanson has said publicly: “I want every single person in this organization to feel connected to it and feel that they belong.” For a student, the useful detail is narrower. Solventum’s last published intern requisition — Engineering Intern, Summer 2026, Brookings, South Dakota — paid $29.00 to $33.00 per hour, ran a 10 to 12 week full-time assignment, and stated in writing: “Applications on this requisition are reviewed during the Q4 2025 for Summer 2026 internships.” That single sentence means Summer 2027 candidates should be watching the Workday board in October through December 2026, not in the spring.
Quick Facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Where to apply | healthcare.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Search (Workday). Set a job alert now |
| Application window (2027–28) | Expect Q4 2026 (October–December). The Summer 2026 requisition stated verbatim: “Applications on this requisition are reviewed during the Q4 2025.” That req was removed January 15, 2026 |
| Rolling? | Yes, within the posted window. The employer’s own instruction: “It is in the best interest to apply as soon as possible” |
| Eligibility | Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering or higher. Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship. No GPA published |
| Duration | 10–12 weeks, full-time summer assignment (capped at 899 hours per service credit year) |
| Compensation | $29.00–$33.00/hr (Engineering Intern, Summer 2026, Brookings SD). No relocation authorized. Benefits eligibility begins after 90 days |
| Return offers | Not published. Solventum describes the internship as “a temporary position” and publishes no conversion rate |
| Locations | Brookings, South Dakota (on site, documented). Corporate presence in Eagan/Maplewood, MN. No remote internship documented |
The two facts that matter: Solventum’s own requisition says applications are reviewed in Q4 (October–December), and the last cycle paid $29–33/hr with no relocation support. Apply the day the requisition posts.
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What Is a Solventum Internship?
A Solventum internship is a paid, 10–12 week summer placement at the healthcare technology company that separated from 3M on April 1, 2024 (NYSE: SOLV). Solventum makes the wound care, oral care, health information systems and biopharmaceutical filtration technologies that 3M spent seven decades building, and it operates across 38 countries with approximately 20,000 employees. The company has been named a best place to work two years running (2025 and 2026). Engineering interns work on-site at manufacturing facilities supporting existing operations, contributing to cross-functional projects, participating in continuous improvement and kaizen events, and supporting new product scale-up and commercialization. The last published intern requisition paid $29.00–$33.00 per hour at the Brookings, South Dakota plant.
When Do Solventum Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?
Solventum is a young public company (separated from 3M in April 2024) that has not yet built a public-facing internship program page. What it has done is write the timing into its requisitions: the Summer 2026 Engineering Intern posting stated that applications are reviewed during Q4 of the prior year, and the posting was removed on January 15, 2026. That gives a window of roughly October through mid-January. As of September 2026, Solventum’s Workday board holds 440 open requisitions and zero of them are US intern roles. A Software Engineering Intern requisition existed for Summer 2025, confirming that technical internships run beyond just manufacturing engineering. Watch both the engineering and digital technology filters when requisitions post.
Zero US intern requisitions are live among Solventum’s 440 open postings. This is the normal pre-open state: the employer’s own requisition says Q4 is the review window. Set a Workday job alert now.
Summer 2027 intern requisitions expected to post and be reviewed. The employer’s own prior-cycle requisition stated: “Applications on this requisition are reviewed during the Q4 2025 for Summer 2026 internships.” Apply the day the posting goes live.
Prior-cycle analogue: the Summer 2026 Engineering Intern req was removed on January 15, 2026. Expect a roughly three-month window from posting to close.
10–12 week full-time summer assignment begins. The prior cycle ran June 2 through August 8, 2025 at Brookings, SD.
Internship ends. The role is capped at 899 hours per service credit year and is defined by Solventum as “a temporary position.”
How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.
Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open
Solventum wrote its own urgency into the requisition: “It is in the best interest to apply as soon as possible.” The prior-cycle posting window ran roughly three months (Q4 through mid-January), and the company reviews applications rolling within that window. Community reports on Reddit describe applications sitting at “In Process” for months with no rejection, and an employee explained that Solventum’s ATS “doesn’t ever reject candidates that meet requirements on the system until the position is filled.” That means early applicants get reviewed first and the rest sit in limbo. A company with approximately 20,000 employees, $8 billion in revenue and no published cohort size is not running a 200-seat program. Apply in week one of Q4 and line up alternatives while you wait.
Which Solventum Internship Programs Should You Target?
Solventum does not publish a formal internship program page. The structure below is reconstructed from the employer’s own requisition text plus confirmed prior-cycle postings.
| Program | Focus | Duration | Key details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Internship | Engineering support, continuous improvement, kaizen events, new product scale-up and commercialization at manufacturing facilities | 10–12 weeks | Paid $29–$33/hr (Summer 2026 cycle); on site; no relocation; no sponsorship; 899-hour cap |
| Software Engineering Internship | Software engineering (title-level evidence only; full JD unrecoverable) | Unknown | A Summer 2025 requisition existed (R01116294-1); confirms technical internships run beyond manufacturing |
Search Solventum’s Workday board for both “intern” and “co-op” when Q4 postings appear. Solventum’s careers page lists six function areas that may post intern roles: R&D and Engineering, Digital Technology, Global Operations & Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Corporate Functions, and Services.
What Are the Eligibility Requirements?
Solventum’s Summer 2026 Engineering Intern requisition published a clear set of qualifications. Expect similar criteria when Summer 2027 requisitions post:
• Enrollment: currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering or higher from an accredited institution.
• Work authorization: must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B status). This was bolded in the employer’s own text.
• Relocation: not authorized. The employer states this explicitly. For a Brookings, South Dakota placement, housing is on you.
• GPA: not published. No GPA appears anywhere in the requisition or on Solventum’s careers page.
• Preferred: previous internship experience, strong verbal and written communication skills, self-starter with the ability to work on a wide range of technical challenges.
What Does “No Relocation Authorized” Mean for a Student?
It means Solventum will not pay for you to move to the internship site or subsidize your housing while you are there. For a Brookings, South Dakota placement, that is a real cost consideration. Brookings is a small college town (home to South Dakota State University) with a low cost of living, so $29–$33/hr goes further than it would in a coastal metro. But you are arranging and paying for your own housing for 10–12 weeks. Factor that into the decision and start looking for summer sublets early if you receive an offer.
What Skills Does Solventum Look For, and How Do You Build Them?
Solventum’s intern requisitions are unusually skills-light. The one recoverable US intern JD (Engineering Intern, Summer 2026, Brookings SD) names no software, no GPA, no specific engineering discipline and no certification. It asks for an engineering student, communication, self-direction, and lets the manufacturing context do the rest. The four responsibility bullets center on manufacturing operations support, cross-functional project work, continuous improvement and kaizen, and new product scale-up. What does this tell you? Solventum hires on engineering judgment and initiative, not on a tool checklist. A candidate who can describe a process they improved, an experiment they designed, or a product they helped move from prototype to production is answering the requisition in its own terms.
What Solventum looks for in interns
Skills across 1 Solventum intern & analyst job descriptions · Summer 2026 Engineering Intern requisition (the only recoverable US intern JD)
Method: hand-extracted from the single recoverable Solventum US intern requisition (Summer 2026, Brookings SD). n = 1 is a small corpus; treat frequencies as directional. No named software appeared in the JD.
How Is Demand for Healthcare & MedTech Interns Moving Right Now?
Healthcare & medical technology intern hiring right now: September 2026
Across US healthcare and medtech intern postings tracked this month · aggregate market data, all employers
September 2026 is this tracker’s baseline month. The signal now is specialization: healthcare companies that manufacture regulated products need engineers who understand both continuous improvement and compliance, and the spin-off wave (Solventum from 3M, GE HealthCare from GE) is creating new, smaller employers with less established intern pipelines and more direct access to leadership.
Method: aggregate analysis of US healthcare and medtech intern postings, September 2026 baseline. Sample indexes under half of all US postings; figures show direction and relative level, not total market share.
Build These Skills Before You Apply
And every skill in the chart maps to a remote Externship where you finish a real company project before the Q4 window opens.
| Skill (from real JDs) | JD evidence | Externship that builds it |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous improvement & operations | Manufacturing operations support, kaizen events, cross-functional improvement projects | Amazon Fulfillment Center Operational Strategy |
| Regulated healthcare context | Medical device manufacturing, compliance discipline, documentation standards | Pfizer Advanced AI-Powered Document Intelligence |
| Scale-up & commercialization | New product scale-up, build-measure-learn methodology, prototype to production | Corporate Strategy Externship mentored by Eric Ries |
How close is the overlap? The Amazon operations project rehearses the continuous improvement and kaizen work Solventum’s own JD names as a core responsibility, the Pfizer project builds regulated-healthcare documentation discipline that transfers directly to a medical-products manufacturing floor, and the Eric Ries strategy project is the closest available rehearsal for the “new product scale-up and commercialization” bullet most student candidates cannot speak to.
What Is the Solventum Application and Interview Process Like?
Solventum publishes no interview process description. The steps below combine verified application mechanics with community-sourced timing signals:
1. Set a Workday job alert at healthcare.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/jobAlerts. With zero live intern requisitions and a Q4 window, this is the entire strategy between now and October 2026.
2. Apply the day the requisition posts. The employer’s own instruction: “It is in the best interest to apply as soon as possible.” Search the Workday board for “intern” and filter by US location.
3. Upload a resume AND fill in the application fields. Solventum warns: “your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history.” Do both.
4. Interview stages are unknown. Solventum publishes no interview format. Indeed shows a company-answered FAQ about interview questions, but the details are not verified.
5. Expect silence and line up alternatives. Community reports describe applications sitting at “In Process” for months. An employee explained the ATS does not reject qualifying candidates until the position is filled.
Because Solventum is a young public company still building its campus-recruiting infrastructure, timelines may be less predictable than at established medtech peers. The most actionable preparation: finish a continuous improvement or scale-up project you can describe concretely, so your application is ready the day the req posts.
What the Community Says
Reddit has limited Solventum-specific internship discussion, but the threads that exist capture the exact moment of the 3M–3Solventum split from an applicant’s perspective and the dynamics of the Twin Cities medtech hiring market.
In the spring that 3M Health Care became Solventum, applicants reported months of silence on the Workday portal. The top reply, from someone with knowledge of the split: “With the separation of the healthcare company last I heard all internships were on hold.” A second commenter confirmed: “Solventum split happens on 4/1. You won’t hear back until after that.” The pipeline restarted from a standing stop, which is part of why there is no large, legible program today.
An employee explained how the applicant tracking system actually works: “They don’t ever reject candidates that meet requirements on the system until the position is filled. Chances are others were selected for interviews, and you are stuck in limbo.” A second employee confirmed intern projects at Solventum are often proposed by individual managers for their own groups rather than allocated by a central program. Apply early, and have a plan B.
In the Twin Cities medical technology cluster, an internship is the standard entry point. One commenter with 51 upvotes: “If you are a STEM or business-related undergrad…get an internship. This is your foot in the door.” Another described acquaintances who “have shuffled between Medtronic, Boston Sci, Solventum, Abbott and Johnson and Johnson.” A Solventum internship is worth pursuing partly for what it unlocks next door.
How Do You Stand Out at a Two-Year-Old Company With No Published Program Page?
Three moves, all executable before Q4 2026. First, diary the window: Solventum’s own requisition says Q4 is when applications are reviewed, and the prior-cycle posting lasted roughly three months. Apply in week one. Second, learn what a kaizen event actually is before the interview. The engineering intern JD names “continuous improvement projects, experiments, and kaizen events” as a core responsibility. Being able to describe a time-boxed cross-functional improvement workshop you have run or joined maps directly onto a stated bullet. Third, have a scale-up story, not just a design story. “Providing support for new product scale-up and commercialization” is the bullet most student candidates cannot speak to. Any experience taking something from a working prototype to something repeatable — a lab protocol, a fabrication process, even a well-documented build — is worth more here than another CAD project. And remember: Solventum is a $8 billion company that is barely two years old as a public entity. There is no entrenched intern alumni network yet. Every seat you win is a first-generation relationship.
What Other Companies Should You Consider?
Solventum’s peer set spans the healthcare and medical technology companies that compete for the same engineering and operations talent, especially in the Twin Cities corridor.
- 3Mthe former parent company; Solventum was 3M Health Care until April 1, 2024, and many employees, sites and teams came across in the separationGuide →
- Medtronicthe anchor of the Twin Cities medtech cluster with a far larger, more structured campus program and higher intern volumeGuide →
- Boston Scientificsame Twin Cities cluster; a realistic alternative for a student who wants a medical device internship with an established cohort programGuide →
- Thermo Fisher Scientificdirectly relevant: agreed to buy Solventum’s Purification & Filtration business for $4.1 billion in February 2025Guide →
- Becton Dickinsonclosest portfolio comparable outside Minnesota in wound care, infection prevention and medical consumables at similar scaleGuide →
- Baxter Internationalanother close portfolio peer in hospital products and infusion with comparable spin-off and restructuring dynamicsGuide →
Our engineering internships guide maps the full landscape of STEM opportunities, and the 3M internship guide covers the parent company for students who want to understand both sides of the April 2024 split.
FAQ
Can I still apply for a summer 2026 Solventum internship?
No. The Summer 2026 Engineering Intern requisition was removed on January 15, 2026, and that cohort has started. The next open cycle is Summer 2027: based on Solventum’s own prior-cycle requisition, applications are reviewed in Q4. Set a Workday job alert now and watch for postings from October through December 2026.
How much do Solventum interns get paid?
The last published US intern requisition stated $29.00 to $33.00 per hour for an Engineering Intern in Brookings, South Dakota, in Solventum’s own pay-transparency language. That figure includes base pay plus variable incentive pay if eligible. No housing stipend or relocation support is provided. Indeed has no Solventum intern salary data because the company is barely two years old.
When do Solventum Summer 2027 internships open?
Expect Q4 2026, roughly October through December. As of September 2026, zero of Solventum’s 440 open requisitions are US intern roles. The employer’s own Summer 2026 requisition stated that applications are reviewed during Q4 of the prior year. That is the most reliable timing signal available.
Is Solventum the same company as 3M?
No, not since April 1, 2024. 3M spun off its entire health care business as Solventum Corporation (NYSE: SOLV). The name, combining “solving” and “momentum,” was revealed in November 2023. Solventum’s own job postings still carry the line “3M Health Care is now Solventum” and warn that some documents may still reflect legacy branding.
Can international students intern at Solventum?
Not without independent work authorization. The requisition states, in bold: “Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).” F-1 students with existing CPT authorization may be eligible, but Solventum does not sponsor.
Where are Solventum internships located?
The only documented US intern location is Brookings, South Dakota, listed as on site with relocation not authorized. Solventum’s larger US presence includes Eagan, Maplewood and Saint Paul in Minnesota, Columbia and Maryland Heights in Missouri, and sites in California, Iowa, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states. Remote roles exist at Solventum, but no remote internship is documented.
Does Solventum convert interns to full-time?
Not published. Solventum describes an internship as “a temporary position,” caps it at 899 hours, and sets benefits eligibility at 90 days. No conversion rate exists in any Solventum source. What is documented is that internship experience is an explicit screen in Solventum’s next-level-up postings, which list “previous internship experience” as a qualification.
What will I actually do as a Solventum engineering intern?
From the requisition’s four responsibility bullets: provide engineering support for existing operations in the manufacturing facility, contribute to cross-functional teams and projects, participate in continuous improvement projects, experiments and kaizen events, and support new product scale-up and commercialization. It is a plant-floor manufacturing engineering role, not a research or corporate role.
Solventum’s Q4 window is approaching and its requisitions review rolling. Spend the lead time building proof: a remote Externship turns “interested in healthcare manufacturing” into a finished operations or scale-up project a Q4 application can point at.
About the Author
Bifei Wang has spent 17 years focused on human flow and the growth of young professionals, spanning international education, career training and coaching, and recruitment process outsourcing. Over 7 years at Extern, he has had one-on-one sessions with thousands of students exploring careers in consulting, finance, tech, marketing, and data, giving him a firsthand view of how the job market has shifted for early-career professionals and what it actually takes to break in.
