The Windy City is a bustling metropolis home to a dynamic tech hub. No matter their size, companies rooted in Chicago find themselves surrounded by a vibrant business scene and a competitive tech sector where industries like logistics, fintech, healthcare and agriculture are thriving.
Internships in any industry are a great way for up-and-coming professionals to build sought-after skills, make valuable connections and add real-life experience to their resumes. Learn more about some of the companies on Chicago’s tech scene working to nurture the next generation of talent through internship programs.
Top Companies Offering Internships in Chicago
- Mondelēz International
- Motorola Solutions
- IMO Health
- Strata Decision Technology
- Intelsat
- Apex Fintech Solutions
- Chamberlain Group
Chicago Companies Offering Internships
Mondelēz International is a food and beverage company behind brands including Oreo, belVita, Toblerone, Sour Patch Kids and Trident. The international company’s global headquarters are located in the West Loop’s trendy Fulton Market District. Its internship listings include a manufacturing role that will focus on quality and process engineering to ensure food safety, and a sales role that will participate in sales and merchandising activities in grocery stores.
Motorola Solutions is an electronics company working to develop a connected ecosystem to help public safety agencies and enterprises collaborate to create safer communities, schools, hospitals and businesses. The company, with an office in the iconic Merchandise Mart, offers mechanical engineering and software development internships over the summer.
IMO Health operates a data intelligence platform for the clinical settings. Its solution leverages AI to help healthcare professionals make the most of patient data in areas like electronic health records, providers, health plans and more. The company is offering several paid internships on its software engineering, commercialization, finance, sales and human resources teams.
Strata is a data science company providing businesses with financial software, data and insights to help them enhance their performance. The company serves the financial services, healthcare and higher education industries with tools to help them with financial planning, analytics, reporting and more. Its internship opportunities include data science and software engineering programs.
Intelsat delivers digital connectivity solutions via satellites to governments and businesses worldwide. It serves commercial aviation, land mobility, maritime, media and space organizations with communication coverage across a global network. Intelsat’s internship listings include aircraft mechanical engineering, reliability data science and customer experience-focused software development roles.
Apex Fintech Solutions offers investment and wealth management solutions through various platforms, APIs and services. The Chicago-based company is offering two hybrid internship programs focused on digital marketing and graphic design. The former will focus on tasks like social media management and market research while the latter will specialize in creating digital and print assets, and building visual concepts.
Chamberlain Group operates a portfolio of brands powered by its MyQ product ecosystem. The company’s IoT technology enables its suite of intelligent building access solutions. Chamberlain seeks interns who will work across many of its teams, including mechanical engineering, digital marketing, industrial design and financial planning and analysis.
1871 is an innovation hub and a private business incubator. The company provides hundreds of businesses at varying stages of growth with programs, resources and community to support a growing tech ecosystem. 1871 is offering multiple internship programs spanning marketing, talent engagement, event planning and more.
United Airlines is a travel business specializing in commercial passenger flights. The airline company offers students undergoing its internship programs the opportunity to travel standby and access discounted airfare to destinations in its route network. United Airlines is offering a safety and compliance internship for students pursuing aerospace, material science, industrial engineering or related degrees.
AmericanAg is a reinsurance provider serving Farm Bureau insurance companies as well as the U.S. and international broker marketplace. The company offers services to help its clients support profit and growth and transform risk into opportunity. AmericanAg has several Schaumburg-based internships available, for testing catastrophe model software, reinsurance underwriting and reinsurance reporting.
