Internship: Data Analysis on Milking Data

As an intern, you will dive into live milking data coming straight from the Astronaut. Every single day, millions of milking records flow in from farms across the globe. During this internship, you will explore how this rich stream of data connects to real farm management practices. Your analysis will help uncover patterns, insights, and opportunities that can directly support farmers in improving their operations. How do you know whether any actions are for the better for the cow? There is no direct feedback, only signals hidden in data. Your task is to turn this data into meaningful insights to define what “better” really means from the cow’s perspective. You will be working on real-world data with real impact, on a global scale.

Requirements:

• You are currently following an HBO Bachelor program such as Business and Data management, Biosystems engineering, Agrotechnology or similar studies.
• You have strong analytical and communication skills.
• You are a critical thinker.
• You are proactive, structured and comfortable working independently.
• You have knowledge with SQL, Python, Statistics. Cow knowledge is only nice to have
• You speak fluent English (Dutch optional).
• You enjoy working in an international and cross-functional environment.

You will work in a collaborative international team of data analysts and farming experts, where data and domain knowledge come together. You can work from the office or choose a hybrid setup, depending on what suits you best.

• €650,- internship compensation per month (based on 40 hours)
• An international working environment
• Our modern Lely Campus offers extensive sports facilities including an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, basketball and volleyball fields, table tennis and table football. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training and challenge your colleagues during an active break
• Enjoy fresh coffee and tea from our in-house barista, with milk directly from our own farm, and a healthy and affordable company restaurant
• A free Lely shuttlebus brings you to and from the metro in Maassluis, ensuring a smooth start and end to your workday
• We celebrate success, from anniversaries to festive events, at Lely we know how to do it
• We are proud to have won the Rotterdam Entrepreneurial Award 2025

See yourself in this role? Apply now via our website.

Internship Interview Days:
On May 26 and 27 from 13:00 to 16:00, and May 28 from 9:00 to 12:00, we will be hosting the Internship Interview Days. Apply before May 15 to sign up, and hopefully we’ll see you there! If you are invited to the Internship Interview Days, you will have the opportunity to personally meet your future internship supervisor at the Lely Campus in Maassluis. Make sure to save the dates in your calendar, and who knows, see you then!

We believe in a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future for dairy farmers by combining robotics, engineering, and in‑depth farming knowledge.

That belief started 75 years ago with the dream of two brothers in Maassluis. Since then, we have grown into an innovative global leader in automated systems for dairy farmers worldwide. With 2,500 specialised professionals, we continuously work on new agricultural revolutions. We still do this from our Campus in Maassluis, a building with the highest achievable sustainability performance in the Netherlands, and among the best worldwide. All with one clear goal: to make dairy farming an attractive profession for future generations.