Engineering Design Internships
Engineering Design Internships at Root3 Labs
From Classroom to Real World
Looking for a hands-on internship you’ll never forget? Keep reading. As interns at Root3 Labs, you’ll officially be part of our team – that means working with our engineers, handling real projects, talking with actual clients, and getting supported by the entire staff. You’ll be given individual tasks right out of the gate so be ready to collaborate! You’ll be solving problems where you define both the “Givens” and the “Unknowns” and fabricating real prototypes in our sweet Workshop. But don’t worry, you don’t need to arrive knowing everything.
In fact, we’re here to help be your guide. The ideal candidate will have creativity, broad technical knowledge, and the irresistible desire to dig into challenging problems. We want you to wrestle with your work a bit. A little struggle is okay because for everything we do here, it’s a very iterative process. Our goal is to give you as much experience as possible working on a variety of projects so that you can get hands-on knowledge as you go. Fun fact: Engineering interns might even work on more projects than our senior engineers!
We also offer a flexible workplace to balance work, family, and personal interests. Full-time and part-time internships are available. Just ask.
Open Internships
Summer Internship Application Timeline :
- Fall Season
- Sept & Oct – Accepting applications
- Nov & Dec – Interviewing candidates & making offers
- June – Internship starts!
Research & Development Engineering Interns
Applications Open for Summer 2027. Apply now!
Put your engineering classes to good use and have fun doing it. Learn how to design & build new products for the medical device & defense industries. Our engineering interns see all aspects of the product development process and definitely get hands-on in the Workshop. Rising juniors and seniors or graduate students in computer science, electrical, mechanical, computer, and biomedical engineering programs should apply.
- When is the internship? Summer internships typically run from the end of May to the middle of August. What works for you?
- What’s the schedule? Interns typically work 40hrs Mon – Fri but times are somewhat flexible. If you prefer working earlier or later in the day, you can figure out a schedule that works for you and your colleagues.
- On-site or Remote? We’re building and testing hardware, so you need to be on-site. There’s some flexibility for interns to be remote but not with regularity.
- Vacations? If you have any unpaid vacations or days off planned during your internship, just let us know and put them on the calendar. They’re unpaid, but you don’t have to give up your whole summer.
- Do interns get paid? Yup, this is a paid internship; you’re an hourly employee. We know you’re learning new skills as part of the educational process, but we’re going to put you to work on projects that matter.
A typical day
At Root3 Labs, there’s no such thing as a typical day, and that’s how we like it. But broadly speaking, half your time will be working on calculations, talking to vendors, designing, understanding materials needs, planning, etc. The other half of the time, you’ll be making prototypes: fabricating parts in the workshop, improving the prototype, supporting the code – all that good stuff. Whether you’re here for a summer or longer, we know that you’ll walk away having far more insights into the product development process than most of your peers.
Our team is multidisciplinary so you’ll be getting exposure to comp sci, mechanical engineering, you name it. To us though, this mentorship is huge. Everyone has a supervisor, but you can call on anyone on our team to help you, give you guidance, get technical questions answered, review a client email, or just ask the kinds of career questions you want to ask. There are open doors all around so take advantage of that and get a lot of exposure to senior staff who have decades of experience.
An internship at Root3 Labs is the perfect opportunity for students looking to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and put it to work in a real-world engineering environment.
As I approach my graduation and prepare to start my full-time role this spring, I’ve been reflecting on the experiences that helped me get here, and my time interning with your team was a major part of that foundation. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the mentorship you provided during my time at Root3 Labs.
My internship was a defining experience for both my engineering education and my professional growth. I am truly grateful that you believed in me and welcomed me back to interview a second year. I am thankful for the opportunities I had to design and prototype biomechanical devices, work on operational improvements for the machine shop, and receive hands-on training with various shop machinery and engineering software. Being able to see the entire lifecycle of a product from the initial idea through fabrication and testing taught me so much about the practical application of engineering and safety standards.
I am excited to carry the foundation I built at Root3 Labs into this next chapter of my career. Thank you again for your mentorship and for the trust you placed in me. I truly enjoyed working with the team, and I hope we have the chance to cross paths again soon!
Read about Chloe’s COVID Summer 2020 at Root3 Labs.
From day one, I was given an immense amount of responsibility that I had never experienced before. I was the sole intern at the company this summer and was put on a new project for a client where I was trusted to research and select materials, make design decisions, fabricate and test prototypes, communicate with the client and write project reports without someone watching my every move.
I have gained more practical engineering experience during my internship at Root3 Labs than could ever fit on a resume, and for that I am grateful.
Duties
Apply engineering principles
Design & build prototypes
Develop electromechanical devices
Perform calcs & analyses
Design documentation
Absorb new skills
Qualifications
Interest in product development
Experience tinkering
Have worked with tools
Enjoy voiding warranties
Rising Junior, Senior, or Masters student
US Citizenship required (NISPOM)
Major Disciplines
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineerin
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Engineering (not IT)
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Benefits
$26/hr for Undergraduate Engineering Interns
$18/hr for Undergraduate Marketing Interns
Flexible hours
Unpaid time off
Training on Workshop machinery
Personal use of the Workshop
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