Top Internships in Santa Cruz, CA

Support Bantam Communications' public affairs teams by conducting research, drafting and editing communications, coordinating with clients and partners, tracking tasks and timelines, and using AI tools to draft and polish materials while learning across campaign, advocacy, research, and communications work.

Design, implement, and evaluate applied research projects to improve alignment, safety, and evaluation of LLM-based guardrails. Work on experiments (e.g., synthetic data quality metrics, explanations for blocked content), deliver results with mentor guidance, and present findings to the team to shape product capabilities.

Support field projects across health, agriculture, and education in Sub-Saharan Africa: engage with ministries and donors, build data capture and analysis solutions, train AI for nutrient detection using handheld spectrometers, and design/run national-scale STEM programs and contests. Work will be chosen based on interests and abilities.

The Research Scientist Intern will architect algorithms, train AI models, collaborate with healthcare professionals, and publish research in medical AI applications.

The intern will assist in regulatory projects related to CMC, support document preparation, maintain regulatory information, and contribute to process improvements while gaining hands-on biotech experience.

Contribute to cloud-native services and tooling for a GPU cloud platform: work on Kubernetes scheduling, APIs, automation, IaC, CI/CD, testing, code reviews, and cross-functional features.

As a Growth Operations Intern, you'll assist in user acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention strategies for an AI infrastructure platform, working with data to drive growth and improve user experience.

The Social Media/Marketing Intern will create content for Twitter and engage with communities on various platforms to support Loopring's marketing efforts.

The Platform Engineer SkillBridge intern will support the development and deployment of cybersecurity applications in a Kubernetes environment, contributing to product strategy and innovation while guiding junior engineers.

Support sales and marketing initiatives through data analysis and research, conduct outreach, and manage sales enablement tools.

Rotational internship across Customer Support, Product Management, and Customer Success. Provide technical support, manage incidents, improve incident intake and workflows, test support processes, use AI tools and automation, support account management tasks, gather end-user requirements for data pipelines and reporting, analyze source data for quality issues, and create technical documentation.

Summer 2027 Strategic Communications internship supporting corporate positioning, crisis, financial and public affairs teams. Interns gain on-the-job experience, mentorship, and exposure to client work across listed practices and locations. Responsibilities include research, communications support, travel to clients/offices, and participation in professional development programs.

Summer 2027 intern joins an Economic Consulting project team, supporting professionals and senior leaders on client engagements. Interns select practice area and location, complete on-the-job learning, receive mentorship, and may travel to client sites and offices. The program is a pathway to entry-level consulting roles.

Summer 2027 paid internship in FTI Consulting's Technology segment. Interns join project teams, work with professionals and senior leaders, gain hands-on experience in Technology or Advanced Analytics practice areas, and are mentored by a dedicated coach. Candidates must be students graduating Dec 2027–Sep 2028, work full-time during the internship, and be authorized to work in the U.S.

Summer 2027 corporate internship at FTI Consulting. Interns join project teams, support professionals and senior leaders across corporate practices (digital, marketing, PR, editorial), perform client-facing and office work, and receive mentorship and professional development. Program runs late May–August with opportunities for future full-time consideration.

Summer 2027 corporate finance intern will join project teams, work with professionals and senior leaders, select practice area/location, support client work, travel to client and office sites, and complete a pre-recorded video interview as part of hiring. The program is a pathway to full-time consultant roles.

Assist in designing and verifying tests for power electronics systems, simulating controls, and collaborating on project requirements in a power systems context.

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

As an engineering intern, you will develop AI solutions, collaborate with teams, optimize algorithms, document your work, and showcase projects.

Engage qualified US prospects to conduct discovery calls, deliver demos, handle objections, follow up across channels, maintain CRM records, close deals, and meet monthly sales targets while collaborating with SDR and marketing teams.

Create an introductory Industrial Organization course (student-project), focusing on market power, oligopoly, collusion, antitrust, and competition. Choose any educational medium, work with a volunteer mentor, and align deliverables with academic internship requirements.

As a Hardware Test Engineering Intern, you'll design and build test benches for power electronics, execute reliability tests, analyze data, and collaborate with engineering teams to enhance product development.

MBA interns will support strategy and operations initiatives for a high-growth technology startup. Responsibilities include marketing and customer acquisition planning, strategic partnership development, market and customer research, data analysis, and stakeholder presentations. Interns will work with the CEO, executive team, and investors, with regular check-ins and travel to company offices for kickoff and final presentations.

Supports data collection, cleaning, validation, reporting, dashboard preparation, and basic analysis. Tracks business and product metrics, identifies trends, documents datasets and processes, responds to ad hoc requests, and helps improve data usability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Support client onboarding and implement AI agent solutions: configure integrations, troubleshoot deployments, coordinate stakeholders, manage tickets, and analyze customer data to drive adoption and value.