Internships in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Formlabs is reinventing physical fabrication by building tools that enable innovation for industry leaders worldwide. As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will design, assemble, and test 3D printers while collaborating on engineering challenges and vendor communications.

Apprentice Piercer role at STUDS offers a 6‑week paid training program focused on ear piercing and aftercare. Trainees learn classroom theory, observe experienced piercers, and gain hands‑on skills.

Communications and Social Media at Formlabs tells the story of its 3D printing technology, building content that showcases engineering, design, and digital innovation. As a Social Media Content Intern you will produce end‑to‑end video projects, from pitching ideas and printing on Formlabs printers to filming, editing, and publishing high‑energy stories that inspire creators worldwide.

Enterprise Go-to-Market team at Lila Sciences builds data‑driven processes to prioritize customer opportunities and enable enterprise sales. The co‑op supports research on segmentation, opportunity prioritization, and competitive intelligence, turning market signals into clear briefs, trackers and lightweight tools.

Veterinary Emergency Group invites veterinary tech students to an unpaid externship in Cambridge, MA. Participants shadow credentialed technicians, gain hands‑on experience in triage, diagnostics, anesthesia, and inpatient care, and receive mentorship to build a foundation in emergency medicine. The program offers flexible length, choice of hospital location, and potential future employment opportunities.

Scientist Intern on the UX Innovation division at Charles River Analytics, building human‑centered systems for government and commercial programs. Works in small project‑oriented groups with scientists and software engineers to conduct user research, task analysis, wireframing, and usability evaluations, and to produce reports.

Business Development & Alliance Management team under the Chief Legal & Business Officer steers BioNTech's new partnerships and alliance management. The intern will assist in cross‑functional projects, coordinating contractual obligations, supporting an Alliance Health Check platform, and helping develop a collaborations playbook.

Preclinical team at Axoft, building advanced brain‑machine interfaces, seeks an R&D Intern to support in‑vivo experiments and surgical workflows. The intern will assist with large‑animal surgeries, neural recordings, tissue processing, and lab operations while collaborating with neuroscientists and engineers.

LILA Scientific Platform team builds a scientific software platform that streamlines experiment design, data capture, and analysis. The Co-Op, Software Product Management will shadow scientists, translate workflow needs into product requirements, groom backlogs, write user stories, and own a small feature from discovery to delivery.

Research Communications team at Mass General Brigham creates stories about cutting‑edge medical research and innovation. The Science Writing Intern researches, writes, and edits articles, news summaries, press releases, and social media content, interviewing experts and supporting media relations.

At Formlabs, the Electrical Engineering Intern will design, prototype, and validate electronics and electromechanical subsystems for 3D printing products used by industry leaders worldwide. Day-to-day work includes designing and building boards, hacking on firmware, debugging PCBs, and collaborating with engineers on system requirements and design decisions for products that ship to real customers.

Microfabrication team at Axoff develops ultrasoft stimulation electrodes for brain‑machine interfaces. The R&D Intern will design and characterize novel electrode materials, integrate them into cleanroom processes, and perform electrochemical testing to validate performance.

CMT invites college students to join its summer internship program in Cambridge, MA. Interns will collaborate with cross‑functional teams, tackling data‑driven projects that enhance driver safety. The role offers mentorship, hands‑on experience with CMT’s AI platform, and opportunities to present findings in company standups.

Strategy and Transformation team at PhaseV builds AI-driven competitive intelligence to guide clinical trial innovation. The intern creates and maintains a structured market landscape tracker, synthesizes insights for senior leadership, and prototypes an AI‑powered intelligence agent.

Transportation Department of Cambridge seeks a Sustainable Transportation Planning Intern to support sustainable transit, bicycle, and pedestrian initiatives. The intern will conduct outreach, design outreach materials, manage community events, and analyze transit and count data to improve citywide mobility.

Google's Software Engineering Internship program for PhD students in their penultimate academic year offers a 12–14 week paid internship across multiple U.S. locations. Interns work on specific projects critical to Google's needs, designing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software solutions while collaborating on complex computer science problems and scalable distributed systems.

Research Team at Meta focuses on advancing AI alignment to ensure safe and beneficial AI systems. The intern conducts experiments, builds models, and analyzes results to improve alignment techniques.

Marketing team at Fabri, an early-stage aerospace and defense startup, builds the company's brand and investor communications. The intern creates photo and video content, designs slide decks and graphics, writes social and press materials, and conducts market research, all while integrating AI tools like Claude Code and Cowork.

617MediaGroup Communications Team drives social‑justice campaigns through earned and paid media, digital strategy, and storytelling. The PR/Marketing Intern will develop media lists, draft press releases, support social media initiatives, and conduct research for client campaigns.