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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Pet Behavior Understanding Intern

Biology & BiotechConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Winter 2027Aimargues, FranceHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Be a student in Master 2, an engineering school, a veterinary school, or an equivalent program, with a specialization or strong interest in ethology and animal behavior, animal or veterinary sciences, or animal welfare.
  • Have a good foundation in scientific methodology and experimental design.
  • Be comfortable with both detailed behavioral observation and quantitative data analysis.
  • Demonstrate scientific rigor and critical thinking.
  • Have curiosity and interest in new technologies, sensors, video, artificial intelligence, or digital monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design of scientific protocols based on the scientific hypothesis or effect to be demonstrated concerning animal health and well-being.
  • Analyze dog and cat behavior using videos, direct observations, or data collected by connected devices.
  • Identify and interpret behavioral patterns, paying particular attention to their biological relevance to the animal.
  • Participate in preparing and deploying trials in collaboration with scientific teams, project stakeholders, and facility teams.
  • Collaborate with field teams to ensure robust, standardized, and high-quality behavioral data collection.
  • Work with data scientists to analyze large-scale behavioral data and translate behavioral expertise into relevant variables and analysis criteria.
  • Contribute to interpreting and communicating results through scientific publications, communications, or evidence supporting health and well-being benefits.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior experience in behavioral analysis, video annotation, statistics, R or Python, or use of sensor-derived data is a plus but is not essential.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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