NJIT Students Find Summer Work at Merck, Meta, Apple, National Institutes of Health and More
NJIT students have found excellent work in co-ops and internships this summer. It is a great way to gain real-world experience in their field of study, and to network with professionals in their chosen field. And, of course, the added benefit of earning money to help pay for tuition and other expenses.
Hands-on, real-world experience allows students to apply what they have learned in the classroom, and bring back a more-focused approach to their studies. Additionally, such experience provides students with the opportunity to further develop important skills, such as problem-solving and critical thinking, in a goal-oriented setting.
In addition to a great education that prepares students for the workforce, NJIT also offers career services and job placement assistance to help students transition out of education and into the job market. Leveraging NJIT’s long-established partnerships with top businesses and organizations providing internship and co-op opportunities is just one example of how students can prepare for the workforce.
Here are a few NJIT students and where they are working this summer.
Akshatha Gangadhar Murthy ’25 — Biomedical Engineering
Murthy is working in Global Safety & Environment (EH&S) at Merck, and provides occupational compliance and technical support to the Wilson teams related to programs like high-risk work, audits, inspections, safety team, SDS management and incident investigations.
Rivka Farrell ’23 — Biology
Farrell is working at National Institutes of Health researching the interconnectedness of multiple epigenetic pathways that are involved in regulating the expression of a specific receptor in neuroendocrine cancer. Additionally, this internship includes weekly journal clubs, career development courses, bioinformatic courses as well as opportunities to connect with other interns and NIH staff.
Mehakpreet Kaur ’23 — Computing & Business
Kaur is working for Apple as a software engineer. Kaur works with partners throughout the organization to help them integrate with systems, focusing on documentation, backend API work. She frequently participates in partner calls and meetings.
Akaash Patel ’23 — Computer Science
Patel is working at Meta as a data engineer for the Facebook Messenger organization, specifically in the health pillar. Patel helps build data pipelines and dashboards that aggregate team and app performance metrics helping leadership understand how well the organization is doing and identify areas of improvement.
Aashka Mistry ‘23 — Computer Engineering
Mistry, a Lodi, NJ native, is currently interning at L3Harris Technology in Burnsville, Minnesota. She works as a software engineering intern for the Integrated Mission System (IMS) sector. Her role is in Commercial Aviation Solutions (CAS) and gets to work on codes and virtual aircraft simulators. Her day-to-day responsibilities include working on DR, meaning that if a customer has any issues with their simulation, they go in to look at the code and see why it’s not working and then fix it. She has also been part of two projects in which she was able to do development work for the virtual maintenance trainer. “My main takeaway from my time here is that there are a lot of cool fields I could go into as a computer engineer. That means that I need to keep practicing and keep advancing my skills and be really good at it,” she said.
Parthiv Patel ‘23 — Civil Engineering
Patel is working at NJ Transit, and his reporting location is at NJ Transit Headquarters in Newark. He’s a construction management intern and his main role is to provide support to his supervisor. He helps with scheduling work, pay applications, cost analysis, inspection reports and independent cost estimates. He also looks after work progress and reports any abnormalities. “During my time at NJ Transit, I got to experience and be part of the corporate world. I learnt how to properly manage my weekly routine and got a surplus of networking opportunities,” he said.
Paloma Almodovar Gonzalez — Master’s in Data Science
Almodovar Gonzalez is currently working at REGENT Craft as a market data analyst. REGENT Craft, a start-up that develops fully electric seagliders, is headquartered in Boston. Her tasks include analyzing market data in depth and deriving conclusions by using visualization tools to present them to possible investors. One of her main takeaways is to appreciate “clean” data, “It’s hard to come by and it takes a lot of time and effort to put together,” she said.
Layla Neira ‘25 — Architecture
Neira is working at DIGroupArchitecture. It’s her first time working at an architecture firm and is expected to start her third year at NJIT in the fall. In the future she hopes to get a master's degree in architecture, along with LEED AP certification.
