Structural Engineering Intern | Summer 2027

Position Summary

As a Structural Engineering Intern at DLR Group, you will be an important part of our integrated design team, contributing to the design of structural systems for buildings of various types, sizes, and complexities. Working alongside structural engineers and professionals across architecture, engineering, interiors, and other disciplines, you will gain hands-on experience with the design process from early concepts and system development through documentation and construction administration.

Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time opportunity running May 18 through August 6, 2027, and interns are expected to participate for the duration of the program. This is an opportunity to apply what you've learned in the classroom, build your technical and professional skills, and contribute your perspective to design solutions that support our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience through design.

What you will do

• Work with a licensed engineer designing structural systems for new construction and/or building renovation projects
• Attend design team meetings with a structural engineer and observe the coordination that occurs among the team members of a multi-disciplinary design team
• Assist a structural engineer with the design and development of construction documents primarily using Revit
• Visit an active construction site (contingent on the status of local construction projects)
• Coordinate structural design requirements with architecture and other disciplines

Required Qualifications

• Completed at least one year at an ABET-accredited Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Architectural Engineering program
• Experience or interest in BIM (e.g. Autodesk Revit MEP) workflow

Preferred Qualifications

• Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
• Interest in architectural building design
• A third-year student in an accredited engineering program

Additional information

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.

Pay and benefits

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested hourly rate for this position is:

Hourly Rate $20—$26 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.