Audiovisual Systems Design Intern | Summer 2027

Audiovisual Systems Design Intern | Summer 2027

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group's Audiovisual Systems Design team h as an opening for an Audiovisual SystemsDesign Summer Intern . This role could be based in the following studios:

• Cleveland
• Seattle

We have multiplepositions and locations available; please refer to all openings posted and apply to the locations that are most suitable for your living situation during the course of your internship. This is not a remote position.

As an intern at DLR Group, you’ll be part of our Emerging Professional Experience (EPX) Program, designed to give you a meaningful introduction to life within an integrated design firm and a strong foundation for your career in the AEC industry.

Each person at DLR Group has a design voice, and EPX gives you opportunities to develop and share yours. Through hands-on project work, mentorship, and learning experiences, you’ll gain exposure to the people, disciplines, and ideas that shape the built environment. You may participate in design discussions, project meetings, site visits, business development efforts, office activities, and other experiences that broaden your understanding of the design profession.

The program combines three core components: mentorship, project work, and weekly learning sessions. Topics may include design culture, sustainability, design technology, communication, marketing and business development, project and resource management, research, equity, career development, and more. Along the way, you’ll hear from leaders and integrated designers across DLR Group and build connections with fellow emerging professionals.

Position Summary

As an Audiovisual Systems Intern at DLR Group, you will be an important part of our integrated design team, contributing to the design of audiovisual systems for buildings of various types, sizes, and complexities. Working alongside audiovisual system designers and professionals across architecture, engineering, interiors, and other disciplines, you will gain hands-on experience with the design process from early concepts and system development through documentation and construction administration.

Our Summer Internship Program is a paid, full-time opportunity running May 18 through August 6, 2027 , and interns are expected to participate for the duration of the program. This is an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom, build your technical and professional skills, and contribute your perspective to design solutions that support our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience through design.

What you will do

• Collaborate with architects and engineers as part of our integrated design process
• Learn the tools, technology and workflow involved with BIM and how today’s designers deliver successful projects
• Accompany team members on site visits to project sites to see the real-world results of what you do (office and project dependent)
• Assist in developing concepts, calculations, modeling, drawing review, and project execution
• 2D Drafting and 3D Modeling using Autodesk Revit Software

Required Qualifications:

• At least a third-year student at an accredited Engineering program, program related to technical audio or video system use or development, or similar field
• Excellent communication, technology, and organizational skills
• Good multitasking skills to easily switch between projects while keeping track of tasks
• Ability to work in a team environment
• A desire to learn about the architecture/engineering design process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with drafting programs such as Revit
• Goal oriented with strong skills in problem solving, creativity, and attention to detail
• AVIXA Recognized AV Technologist Certificate or other equivalent certified credentials

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a school/employment or any other visa, regardless of expiration date, now or in the future.

• Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities.

Hourly Rate

$20 - $26 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

DLR Group is 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together. DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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