Top Internships in Raleigh, NC

Supports AI engineering initiatives at Vantor, contributing to spatial intelligence solutions and helping develop technologies that enable customers to understand current and future conditions. The posting provides limited role-specific responsibilities but emphasizes problem-solving, innovation, collaboration, and mission-focused work. Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable export control and ITAR requirements.

Participate in meetings, trainings, and workplace events while supporting team initiatives. Generate reports, analyze metrics, summarize information, develop presentation materials, and document meeting recaps. Contribute creative ideas to improve business outcomes and work independently while communicating effectively with team members.

Supports AI safety, robotics, cybersecurity, Physical AI, and advanced mobility projects. Conducts research on standards, regulations, and emerging technologies; assists with safety assurance and consulting activities; develops reports, presentations, workshops, and client deliverables; and contributes to AI safety, cybersecurity, robotics, and technology capabilities.

Supports daily news coverage through content gathering, video research, media retrieval, asset preparation, publishing workflows, and media distribution. Assists newsroom, production, digital, and engineering teams during breaking news and live events. Participates in technical initiatives, equipment maintenance, system support, troubleshooting, repairs, and documentation for broadcast and newsroom systems.

Part-time intern supporting ABC11 community engagement and marketing initiatives. Responsibilities include coordinating speakers and events, managing community-focused social media, creating branded video and graphic content, producing news maps and graphics, and improving AI-supported content workflows. The role requires onsite availability in Durham, reliable transportation, a six-month commitment, and a portfolio or reel.

News interns assist anchors and digital producers with real-time multiplatform coverage, story production, original content creation, audience engagement on social media, and photo/video capture and editing. The internship requires 18 hours weekly from January through June 2027, including possible nights, weekends, and holidays. Interns must provide housing and transportation in the Raleigh/Durham area and submit a portfolio or reel.

Supports executive-level business cases by mapping prospect workflows, analyzing operational metrics, building financial models, and quantifying ROI. Partners with sales and customer success teams on enterprise opportunities, researches industry benchmarks, develops reusable ROI tools, and presents findings to senior leadership. The role is part-time and on-site during the spring semester, with potential continuation into a full-time summer internship.

Supports executive-level business cases, workflow mapping, operational analysis, financial modeling, ROI frameworks, competitive research, and pilot strategies for enterprise sales opportunities. Partners with account executives, customer success managers, and leadership to quantify customer value across multiple industries, develop scalable tools, and inform product and pricing decisions. Presents analytical work to senior leaders and contributes to live enterprise deals.

Summer 2027 internship supporting renewable substation protection and controls projects. Responsibilities include developing electrical drawings, performing AC/DC load and equipment sizing calculations, assisting with CT saturation and voltage-drop studies, reviewing vendor submittals and deliverables, supporting equipment specifications, coordinating cross-discipline checks, attending project meetings, and assisting with procurement and construction support.

Build AI agents, tools, data connectors, and multi-step workflows using Python, APIs, SQL, and agent frameworks. Develop retrieval strategies, evaluation sets, documentation, and weekly demonstrations for business users. Work in sandbox and read-only environments with human approval required for live-system changes. The intern must be enrolled in a relevant U.S. degree program and available for continued part-time remote work after the summer.

Build AI agents, tools, and data connectors in Python using APIs and SQL. Design multi-step LangGraph workflows with human approval, select appropriate retrieval methods, evaluate answer quality, deliver weekly demonstrations, use AI coding assistants responsibly, and document implementations. The intern will work onsite or hybrid in Cary, North Carolina and may continue part-time remotely for approximately six months after summer.

Supports clinical trial data management by reviewing and correcting inconsistent data, generating queries, validating EDC systems and SAS listings, assisting with UAT, preparing data management documents, conducting consistency checks, and completing reporting, archiving, and other study-related tasks in compliance with regulations and Good Clinical Practice.

Supports sales activities including merchandising, order processing, shelf stocking, account management, cold calling, sales presentations, deal modeling, analytics, promotional initiatives, and territory support. The intern shadows sales team members, participates in blitz activities, and gains exposure to delivery and business operations. Daily local travel to customer locations and company events is required.

Mission Lead Interns embed with defense customers, identify mission problems, configure and test AI workflows, troubleshoot deployments, onboard users, demonstrate mission impact, and expand customer relationships. The role requires independent execution in ambiguous environments, close coordination with Product, Engineering, Mission, Security, and Operations teams, frequent customer-site travel, and a current TS/SCI clearance.

Supports poultry diagnostic laboratory activities, including sample handling, nucleic acid extraction, PCR and qPCR assays, gel electrophoresis, automation equipment operation, live bird studies, and experimental data analysis. The intern helps optimize molecular assays and sample workflows in a LIMS, maintains accurate records, and presents findings while developing knowledge of poultry vaccines and animal health applications.

Mechanical Engineering Intern supporting design projects involving process piping, HVAC, and plumbing systems. The role offers hands-on experience in a professional engineering environment while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must be full-time engineering students who have completed at least three years of coursework toward a mechanical engineering degree. AutoCAD or Revit experience is preferred. The position requires in-person attendance and permits up to 30 hours during school breaks, with flexibility during the academic semester.

Supports administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance tuning, provisioning, backup, recovery, patching, and upgrades for AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and on-premises PostgreSQL databases. Assists with troubleshooting, automation scripting, Terraform-based infrastructure, UrbanCode deployment automation, Bitbucket version control, monitoring, alerting, migrations, and cloud modernization projects under senior DBA guidance.

Supports ABB R&D projects involving electrical, mechanical, thermal, mechatronics, and generative AI topics. Responsibilities include evaluating emerging technologies, contributing ideas and solutions, designing components and test setups, and conducting calculations, simulations, laboratory tests, and experiments. The intern will work onsite or hybrid in Raleigh, North Carolina while collaborating with research teams and documenting results.

Supports construction estimating through quantity takeoffs, unit pricing, cost comparisons, subcontractor coordination, product research, bid documentation, and database maintenance. Conducts site visits, reviews project data and drawings, reconciles estimates, monitors costs, and assists with value engineering and estimate reviews. Collaborates with engineers, architects, subcontractors, and internal teams while maintaining accurate project records and supporting preconstruction workflows.

Supports project engineers, project managers, and superintendents on construction projects. Responsibilities include maintaining project documentation, processing submittals, coordinating information, recording meeting minutes, tracking and inspecting material deliveries, and supporting project schedules, budgets, and field activities.

Defines and delivers scoped improvements for Epic’s Discover Publish Tool. Works with engineers, product leads, operators, and partners to understand workflows, write requirements and acceptance criteria, analyze usage data, test features, provide feedback, and coordinate releases. The internship provides mentorship and hands-on experience taking product ideas from problem definition through delivery.

Software engineering internship supporting Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector. Responsibilities include constructing, troubleshooting, calibrating, testing, maintaining, and adjusting electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, or optical equipment and systems, while operating related equipment and reporting test data. The intern must be enrolled in a STEM degree program, work full-time during summer 2027, and obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. government security clearance.

Supports project managers and engineers with documentation, design deliverables, schedules, project tracking, reports, data analysis, technical studies, proposals, and occasional site visits. The intern will gain hands-on exposure to transportation infrastructure projects spanning planning, design, construction support, and alternative delivery methods while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Supports AI-enabled security engineering initiatives by developing and testing security tools, automating data collection and analysis, integrating cloud and endpoint security technologies, evaluating AI risks, documenting procedures, and collaborating with security engineers and stakeholders.

Supports commercial sales operations by analyzing performance data, maintaining Salesforce data, creating dashboards, improving reporting, and contributing to sales strategy, territory alignment, and incentive modeling. The intern collaborates with Marketing, Finance, Analytics, and sales teams on process improvement and data-driven initiatives. This is an 11-week, full-time, primarily remote paid internship for students pursuing relevant bachelor's degrees.