Top Internships in Portland, OR

Mechanical Engineering Interns will assist with designing and developing mechanical systems, components, and assemblies; conduct engineering research and analysis; collaborate cross-functionally on technical problems; and participate in testing and validation. The role provides hands-on exposure to industry-standard tools, manufacturing processes, product testing, and real-world engineering projects, along with mentorship and professional development.

Develop and implement embedded software and systems, analyze system efficiency and stability, optimize I/O performance, and support software quality assurance. Responsibilities include coding, testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring embedded system software while working closely with hardware. The internship provides hands-on engineering experience, mentorship, professional development, relocation benefits, and short-term housing eligibility.

Build and ship production software across the frontend and backend, working closely with founders, customers, and product teams. Develop AI-powered features and systems involving web scraping, unstructured data, PDF parsing, and cloud infrastructure. Translate real-world real estate and financing problems into technical solutions, make high-impact decisions, and own shipped code. The internship may convert to a full-time role.

Provides pharmacy customer service under pharmacist supervision, including medication counseling, over-the-counter recommendations, prescription entry and dispensing, insurance processing, prescriber communication, immunizations, inventory handling, quality assurance, and pharmacy safety. Maintains a clean, welcoming department and supports sales, compliance, and customer experience goals.

Support outbound prospecting, market research, CRM tracking, product demos, and cross-team coordination. Draft MoMs, follow-ups, proposals, and content while learning B2B SaaS and AI.

Newsroom interns contribute to breaking news coverage and enterprising projects across news, features, sports, and visuals. They work under experienced editors, receive mentorship and newsroom training, and produce accurate, engaging journalism. Internships last 10 weeks and are available in winter, summer, and fall. Interns must arrange housing and have reliable transportation to meet sources and cover events.

FP&A Interns support financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and strategic decision-making across commercial, manufacturing, product development, and service functions. Responsibilities include analyzing business and market data, developing data-driven recommendations, evaluating inventory and workforce tradeoffs, communicating insights to stakeholders, and presenting project outcomes to Finance leadership. The role includes mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and exposure to a potential post-graduation finance rotational program.

The FP&A Intern will support financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and strategic decision-making projects across Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, Product Development, and Service. Responsibilities include analyzing business and market data, developing data-driven recommendations, evaluating inventory and productivity strategies, communicating insights to stakeholders and senior leaders, and presenting project outcomes to Finance leadership. The intern will work with a mentor and FP&A manager while building experience for potential full-time finance opportunities.

Supports Kiva’s Business Development team by researching prospective partners, conducting outreach, managing inquiries, analyzing partner performance, creating case studies and pitch materials, and supporting partner onboarding and engagement. The intern also assists with marketing collateral, presentations, charts, graphs, and borrower-support content while developing partnership-building, research, communication, and relationship-management skills.

Supports Kiva’s strategic partnerships pipeline through prospect research, outreach drafting, pitch decks, proposals, conference preparation, and partnership materials. Tests and documents AI tools for business development workflows, helps organize engagement history, and contributes to templates and special projects. The role provides practical experience in business development, storytelling, partner engagement, and AI-enabled workflows while supporting corporate, foundation, and individual donor partnerships.

Paid six-week remote internship supporting government data infrastructure. Responsibilities include building and maintaining web scrapers and ingestion pipelines, researching data sources, validating data quality, monitoring source failures, improving scraper resilience, and documenting extraction logic. The role uses TypeScript, Python, browser automation, APIs, structured data formats, Git, and AI-assisted tooling.

Supports instructional design for commercial sales training by applying the ADDIE process, developing interactive eLearning with multimedia tools, creating curricula, evaluating learning materials, and assisting with LMS operations. The intern works with Articulate 360, Vyond, Adobe Creative Suite, and other content development platforms while demonstrating strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and independent work skills.

Supports Purina animal nutrition sales with national retail and farm-and-ranch accounts. Responsibilities include executing sales-growth projects, participating in sales calls, conducting market research, and traveling extensively to assigned territories. The intern must be able to travel up to 75%, lift 50 pounds, traverse uneven ground, and maintain a valid unrestricted driver's license. The position runs from May through August 2027 and is virtual, with proximity to an airport required.

Supports Kiva U.S. loan operations by screening applications, assisting borrowers during fundraising, managing delinquency, improving processes and infrastructure, collaborating with partners, analyzing data, collecting borrower stories, and enhancing training resources. The role is a six-month, part-time remote volunteer internship supporting entrepreneurs and cross-functional program initiatives.

Corporate Treasury Services intern supporting special projects, training, community service, networking, and department presentations. The role provides practical experience in financial services and requires collaboration with department managers, communication skills, basic accounting or math ability, confidentiality, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. The internship runs from June 1 through July 30, 2027, in Jackson, Memphis, or Birmingham.

Supports employees with everyday technology needs, including laptop, account, and application setup and maintenance. Assists with support requests, troubleshoots common technical issues, contributes to IT documentation and projects, and collaborates across the organization. The intern gains hands-on exposure to IAM, MDM, project management solutions, troubleshooting, and security practices while working hybrid in Midtown Manhattan.

Assists with transportation and logistics operations under close supervision. The intern gains exposure to freight planning, asset utilization, safety management, DOT compliance, driver payroll, customer value delivery, logistics analysis, driver supervision, profit-and-loss management, maintenance coordination, and driver retention initiatives.

Assists the Supply Chain department with transportation and logistics operations under close supervision. Responsibilities include freight planning, asset utilization, safety and DOT compliance, driver payroll, logistics analysis, driver supervision, profit-and-loss management, maintenance coordination, customer-specific tasks, and driver retention initiatives. This part-time internship requires 20–25 hours weekly during the academic semester.

Develop and deploy AI solutions from problem framing through production. Responsibilities include identifying AI opportunities, leading MVP development, building data pipelines, experimenting with generative LLMs, fine-tuning NLP models, and delivering scalable features. The intern will collaborate cross-functionally, communicate technical impact to business audiences, and work with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.

Conduct quantitative UX research using surveys, statistical modeling, and log analysis to understand user attitudes and behavior. Translate findings into compelling insights that inform Pinterest’s product roadmap and business decisions. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, data professionals, and researchers on impactful user experiences.

As an Intern, you will monitor geopolitical events affecting supply chains, analyze data for risks, and support the Intelligence Solutions team.

Supports Muon’s Legal and Contracts team across commercial space law, regulatory compliance, government contracts, corporate matters, and export compliance. Responsibilities include maintaining compliance matrices, researching legal and regulatory topics, drafting written summaries, assisting with agreements and filings, and documenting export records. The role is a full-time remote summer internship offering mentorship and exposure to satellite, aerospace, national security, and government contracting matters.

Provides first-level IT support, troubleshoots hardware and software issues, assists with installations, system administration, account access, network monitoring, IT asset management, documentation, and technology projects. The six-month internship offers hands-on experience in corporate IT infrastructure and support services.

Software Engineering Interns contribute to production TypeScript backend features, applied AI and computer vision pipelines, and end-to-end deployments to active mining sites. Responsibilities include using LLMs, AWS Rekognition, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, and CI/CD; translating user challenges into product features; and collaborating closely with senior engineers and leadership. The role is fully remote and emphasizes ownership, autonomy, and shipping real-world software.

Supports livestock marketing and communications initiatives through advertising and promotional development, digital marketing enhancements, social media analysis, KPI reporting, convention and event coordination, media relations, market research, and tactical rollout recommendations. The intern collaborates cross-functionally with marketing, digital, market research, public relations, and agency teams while managing multiple projects and deadlines.