Top Internships in San Diego, CA

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.

Supports global transportation operations by collecting, validating, and analyzing logistics data across parcel, truckload, air, ocean, and intermodal modes. Responsibilities include freight cost and carrier performance analysis, dashboards, recurring reports, freight audits, carrier data validation, process improvement, issue resolution, and stakeholder presentations. The intern will complete an individual supply chain project and present findings to senior leaders.

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.

Marketing intern supporting digital marketing, CRM administration, campaign coordination, event tracking, email copy, content creation, website maintenance, brand-standard documents, and market review production. The role offers hands-on experience in wealth management marketing and business development while requiring onsite work in San Diego during the academic year and summer.

Supports wealth advisors with investment and alternative-investment research, portfolio and client-data maintenance, financial exhibits, custodian paperwork, client applications, presentations, and client communications. The intern develops practical skills in investment management, financial planning, and client service while using Salesforce, Morningstar, Orion, Wealth Access, and Microsoft Office.

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.

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.

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

Supports project managers on electrical construction projects by coordinating field and office activities, tracking materials and labor schedules, assisting with change orders and estimating, reviewing subcontract scopes, coordinating BIM and prefabrication, maintaining project documentation, monitoring safety and quality, and supporting procurement and closeout processes.

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.

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 aerospace proposals, production, field, and repair projects by assisting with cost, schedule, risk, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional coordination. The intern collaborates with product line leaders and teams across design, analysis, requirements, hardware, testing, supply chain, manufacturing, and suppliers while contributing to process improvements and successful project delivery.

Supports aerospace program and finance activities through industry analysis, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, proposal support, and process improvement. Collaborates with design, analysis, requirements, hardware, testing, supply chain, manufacturing, and product-line teams while helping manage cost, schedules, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communications across development, production, field, and repair projects.

Supports IT solution design and implementation, analyzes cybersecurity protocols and recommends improvements, and collaborates with data science teams to analyze data and generate actionable insights. The internship provides hands-on experience, mentorship, professional development, and exposure to aerospace technology. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant bachelor's or higher degree program, maintain a 3.0 GPA, and graduate in December 2027 or later.

Summer intern assisting with IT solution design and implementation, supporting cybersecurity initiatives through security protocol analysis, and collaborating with data science teams to analyze data and generate actionable insights. The role offers hands-on experience, mentorship, and professional development within Honeywell Aerospace. Candidates must remain enrolled in a relevant degree program, maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, and meet U.S. person requirements.

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Interns support process improvement, lean and continuous improvement initiatives, production process optimization, quality efforts, manufacturing data analysis, and problem-solving. They collaborate with cross-functional teams and help maintain manufacturing documentation and standard operating procedures while gaining hands-on exposure to manufacturing technologies and equipment.

Supports aerospace research and development by assisting with experiments, prototype testing, data collection, analysis, documentation, and troubleshooting. Collaborates with experienced engineers and team members to validate new concepts, improve project outcomes, and advance Honeywell's technology initiatives.

Summer 2027 interns will support IT solution design, cybersecurity initiatives, and data science projects at Honeywell Aerospace. Responsibilities include implementing business-focused IT solutions, analyzing security protocols and recommending improvements, and collaborating with data science teams to generate actionable insights. Interns receive hands-on experience, mentorship, professional development, relocation benefits, and short-term housing when eligible. The role is available at multiple U.S. locations.

Supports aerospace research and development through experiments, prototype testing, data collection, analysis, documentation, troubleshooting, and collaboration with experienced engineers. The intern contributes to validating new concepts and improving innovative aerospace technologies. The role is available at multiple U.S. locations and includes relocation benefits and short-term housing for eligible interns.

Supports manufacturing and industrial engineering projects focused on process improvement, lean principles, waste reduction, production optimization, quality, data analysis, problem-solving, and maintaining manufacturing documentation and standard operating procedures. The intern collaborates with cross-functional teams, gains hands-on exposure to manufacturing technologies and equipment, and receives mentorship and professional development within Honeywell Aerospace.

Hands-on internship offering cross-functional exposure to consulting, marketing, HR, operations, sales, partnerships, events, and content. Interns receive mentorship, structured development, real responsibility, and potential consideration for future roles.

Supports Manufacturing Engineering projects involving process development, metrology, statistical data analysis, tooling and fixture fabrication, process documentation, validations, and continuous improvement. Works under the guidance of a Manufacturing Engineer while assisting with manufacturing procedures, training materials, engineering drawings, and quality-system compliance.

Generalist intern supporting founders across operations, product, and growth. Responsibilities include researching customers and payer workflows, onboarding medical practices, improving prior authorization processes, analyzing feedback, and building simple internal tools and processes. The role requires curiosity, resourcefulness, clear communication, ownership, attention to detail, and careful handling of sensitive information. No prior healthcare experience is required.