Top Internships in Chicago, IL

This intern role in Federal Security Operations focuses on cybersecurity, project tracking, and maintaining relationships with customer stakeholders in a mission-driven environment.

This internship role focuses on SRE skills, requiring collaboration and problem-solving in dynamic environments for Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange team.

Project-based internship to create a business plan for Just Markets Institute, build internal processes and systems with mentor guidance, and support educational and marketing teams while meeting course requirements.

Create lists of potential members, collaborate with market research to identify interested groups, and complete a flexible, mentor-guided business development project aligned with internship course requirements.

Project-based internship to create an introductory Economic Anthropology course (medium of your choice) focused on sustainability, equity, and efficiency. Interns are matched with volunteer mentors, must meet academic internship requirements, and will develop educational content flexible to course needs.

Work as a project-based communications intern within a six-person marketing team. Create a strategic communications plan targeted to specific audiences, develop marketing strategies to promote educational content and boost membership, and collaborate with a volunteer mentor and staff. Projects are flexible to meet spring internship course requirements.

Supports construction site safety by conducting inspections, identifying hazards, recommending corrective actions, verifying corrections, investigating incidents, assisting with emergency response and safety inspections, maintaining fire protection and grounding systems, compiling accident documentation, interviewing employees, and conducting industrial hygiene sampling.

Summer 2027 electrical engineering internship supporting the analysis, design, documentation, coordination, and implementation oversight of electrical systems for vertical building projects. Responsibilities include equipment research, client and consultant coordination, design reviews, addenda preparation, project documentation, final-check preparation, and periodic job site observations across education, government, and healthcare projects.

Summer 2027 mechanical engineering intern assisting with the analysis, design, documentation, coordination, and implementation oversight of mechanical systems for vertical building projects. Responsibilities include researching equipment, supporting client relations, reviewing project documents, preparing addenda, coordinating with multiple disciplines, and conducting periodic job site observations. The role is full-time in-office for 10–12 weeks and supports education, government, and healthcare projects.

Assist in designing, developing, testing, and deploying enterprise AI applications focused on Generative AI, RAG, and agentic workflows. Support LangChain/LangGraph implementations, RAG pipelines, backend APIs, database integrations (Cosmos DB, SQL Server), Azure deployment and monitoring, CI/CD with Azure DevOps, prompt engineering, documentation, and cross-functional troubleshooting.

Summer internship focused on quantitative research and trading: analyze market data, develop models and tools, run simulations, apply programming (Python), and learn from traders, researchers, and engineers to support trading decision-making.

Work as a mentored software engineering intern building production trading applications. Contribute to performance, reliability, and scalability improvements, collaborate with engineers and traders, and ship real-world code.

Work with researchers, engineers, and traders to analyze large-scale market and order-flow data, develop predictive machine learning and deep-learning models, and build statistical and stochastic models for pricing, forecasting, and risk management. Contribute to AI-driven research projects, test strategies, and apply modern research techniques and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate discovery and improve trading performance during a supervised, apprentice-style internship.

Part-time law student internship providing administrative litigation support: manage physical and electronic case files, assist with discovery and trial preparation, perform basic legal research and templated drafting, track deadlines and project tasks, and help improve department processes under attorney supervision.

Create an introductory Game Theory course (choice of medium) focused on the Prisoner's Dilemma and collective action problems. Work with a volunteer mentor, meet internship course requirements, and produce flexible educational content.

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.

Tax Interns will prepare tax returns, conduct basic tax research, and learn foundational tax concepts while supporting clients across various industries.

Support audit execution under supervision: document business processes and controls, perform testing, evaluate evidence, prepare workpapers, and use data analysis/data mining to identify risks, trends, and opportunities. Contribute to analytics-based procedures, evaluate accounting and management controls, ensure compliance with policies and regulations, and gain exposure to enterprise systems such as SAP and Concur.

Create an introductory Development Economics course (focus on economic history and public institutions) using a chosen educational medium; work with a volunteer mentor and JMI staff to meet internship course requirements.

Create static paid-social ads (4:5, 9:16, 1:1) and multiple weekly variations for A/B testing. Use AI tools to accelerate concept, copy, and visual iterations; build modular templates for promotions; iterate from performance data and collaborate with growth on hooks, messaging, and layout to drive clicks and conversions.

Project-based student internship to develop a content strategy, produce educational media, and support fellow marketing interns. Interns are paired with volunteer mentors and work flexibly to meet course requirements while promoting JMI's mission.

Support federal and state tax engagements by gathering data, preparing business and individual returns, completing workpapers, conducting tax research, preparing resolution notices, and assisting with field exams and special projects. The intern will work with various client industries in a collaborative public accounting environment from January through April 2028.

Audit interns participate in audit, review, and compilation engagements; test significant financial statement areas, prepare workpapers and audit reports, identify issues, learn client processes and industries, support client retention, and complete continuing education on accounting and auditing standards.

Supports energy engineers on energy conservation and cost-saving projects for commercial and industrial buildings. Responsibilities include energy analysis, data collection, customer report writing, research, calculation template and tool development, and learning about HVAC, utilities, lighting, audits, commissioning, rebates, electrification, and strategic energy management. The role includes customer communication and regional travel for site visits.

Supports consulting clients in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing Generative AI solutions. Responsibilities include facilitating workshops, analyzing requirements and processes, supporting proof-of-concepts, exploring data, developing documentation, testing solutions, tracking project plans, translating business needs into technical specifications, and delivering GenAI training. The role emphasizes Microsoft AI technologies, prompt engineering, Agile and SDLC practices, continuous AI learning, and client collaboration.