Internships in National City, California, United States

Data Analyst Intern responsible for developing and designing data and analytics projects for Watkins Wellness. Create comprehensive reporting, mining and analyzing financial and operational data, designing data systems, collaborating with partners to reveal insights.

Digital Communications Intern at the Office of Senator Steve Padilla in Chula Vista, CA. This paid, six‑month, part‑time internship requires 17 hours per week at $20 per hour. Interns will curate and develop digital content for the Senator’s platforms—including newsletters, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter)—while answering constituent phone calls and assisting with events and constituent services.

Strategic Planning & Community Benefit team at Sharp HealthCare builds community health impact plans. The intern conducts CHNA research, data analysis, and supports reporting and internal communication.

Internship with Wounded Warrior Project’s Project Odyssey program. Gain experience in experiential education, adaptive recreation, program logistics, and participant engagement.

Leidos Space Division seeks a Mission Operations Engineer Intern for San Diego team, summer 2026. Intern will develop tools, automate payload operations, build scripts for on‑orbit payload control, support ground system software testing, author documentation, and participate in reviews.

Future Builders Internship Program - Homebuilding - Land

Labcorp seeks an Oncology Research & Development Intern for an 11‑week paid onsite internship in San Diego. The role offers hands‑on exposure to clinical testing, Next Generation Sequencing, data analysis, and assay development.

Vertex seeks a Ph.D. student for a 6‑month co‑op in Data and Computational Sciences. The role involves physics‑based simulation and AI for small‑molecule lead optimization, working with computational chemists and medicinal chemistry partners.

QuidelOrtho seeks an Operations Strategy Intern to deliver data-driven insights, build dashboards, perform root-cause analysis, support financial models, and create executive presentations for key projects.

Internship offers paid 12‑week, 40‑hour per week experience in San Diego newsroom. Gain hands‑on journalism, story pitching, research, writing, editing, photo/video production, SEO, social media, data analysis, and mentorship from veteran editors.

Business Analyst Intern will assist in implementing technology solutions to help businesses operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. Responsible for gathering and communicating project requirements, supporting business processes, and maintaining corporate databases and financial applications.

Vertex Fall Co-op 2026, Strategic Operations, Innovation & Change Management is a 6-month experiential training program for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in business, communications, information science, data/analytics, life sciences, or related fields. The role supports innovation and change management for Global Research and the San Diego site, clarifying major changes, demystifying AI tools, and improving information sharing to ease adoption of new tools and ways of working.

Vertex Fall Co-op 2026 offers 6‑month experiential training in predictive and investigative safety assessment. PhD candidates in biology, biomedical, computational, molecular, or cell biology will develop in silico and in vitro models for liver toxicity, identify biomarkers, and validate gene expression using qPCR, Luminex, and high‑content imaging.

Instrumentation Engineer Co-op at Vertex offers a 6‑month paid program for advanced undergrad or grad students in Electrical, Mechanical, or Physics. Students design, prototype, and build a low‑profile electric motor instrument, develop embedded or PC‑based control systems, and collaborate with scientists and mechanical teams.

QuidelOrtho seeks a Logistics and Distribution Intern to support the mission of "Changing Lives, One Test at a Time." The internship is a full‑time, 10‑week paid program (June 15–August 17 or July 6–September 7) at the San Diego, CA facility. Interns will gain hands‑on experience in logistics, inventory control, material handling, and process improvement while contributing to productivity and accuracy.

Lab Assistant (Intern), Product Development at Catalent’s San Diego facility. This part‑time (15‑20 hours per week) on‑site role supports early‑stage development of small molecule and peptide drug candidates.

Lab Assistant (Intern), Product Development at Catalent is a part‑time, 15‑20 hour per week, on‑site internship focused on early‑stage small molecule and peptide drug development. Interns will support formulation development (tableting, solutions, suspensions, encapsulation, spray drying) and analytical chemistry techniques (pH, density, powder X‑ray diffraction, thermal analysis, microscopy, dissolution testing).

Human Resources Intern at Havas Formula San Diego. Provide administrative and operational support to HR team, assist day‑to‑day functions.

Intern - Radio Frequency (RF) Test and Circuit Design Engineer - 2026

Vertex Summer Intern 2026 in the Department of Pharmacology offers a multi‑week experiential training program for PhD or post‑doctoral candidates in Biology or Pharmacology. Interns work on meaningful projects evaluating therapeutic candidates in ex‑vivo and in‑vivo models, including primary tissue assays, organ perfusion, and dissection.