FM Research Graduate Internship 2025 Climate Risk and Resilience - Tornado Loss Database

FM Global is offering a 3 to 6 month internship in Norwood, MA, for undergraduate students to work on the Climate Risk & Resilience Team. Interns will clean tornado loss data, link losses to tornado events, and create a GIS database. Ideal candidates should have strong analytical skills, GIS experience, and programming knowledge. This is an in-office role, with temporary relocation support available.
FM is a leading property insurer of the world's largest businesses, providing more than one-third of FORTUNE 1000-size companies with engineering-based risk management and property insurance solutions. FM helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art loss-prevention engineering and research; risk management skills and support services; tailored risk transfer capabilities; and superior financial strength. To do so, we rely on a dynamic, culturally diverse group of employees, working in more than 100 countries, in a variety of challenging roles.

Exciting and interesting technical challenges await when you join a world-class research team dedicated to reducing the impact of natural hazards. FM helps clients maintain continuity in their business operations by drawing upon state-of-the-art engineering and research.

The Climate Risk & Resilience Team at FM is seeking a creative, self-motivated individual for an internship in Norwood, MA. The intern will work under the supervision of senior staff and will have the opportunity to tackle real-world science and engineering challenges in the insurance industry. The project involves:
• Cleaning past tornado loss data
• Linking these losses to known tornadoes and tornado outbreak events
• Collecting available engineering information related to the losses
• Creating a searchable GIS database

The internship is planned to last 3 to 6 months. By the end of the internship, the intern will gain experience in
• Tornado research
• Insurance losses
• Wind engineering

We are looking for undergraduate students in good academic standing who wish to expand their research experience beyond academia. Ideal candidates will have:
• Attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills
• GIS skills (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, GDAL)
• Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB, R, Python, and FORTRAN
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort with writing shell scripts and using APIs to automate workflows
• Familiarity with both Microsoft Windows and Linux environments

This is an in-office role based in Norwood, MA. Temporary relocation support provided for selected qualified candidate.

FM is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce.

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