Aviation Design Intern (Summer 2027)
Woolpert
$23 - $27 / hour
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Description
At Woolpert, you’ll do work that matters.
As a leading global architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm, we help clients solve complex challenges that shape communities, strengthen critical infrastructure, advance technology, and improve the world around us. Here, you’ll collaborate across disciplines, tackle meaningful projects, and build a career defined by growth, opportunity, and impact.
Overview
Join us for an internship experience that offers real-world project involvement within a supportive environment alongside ample opportunities for professional and personal growth. This internship will be a full-time position working 40 hours a week. Your work will take place Monday-Friday during standard working hours (9am-5pm).
The Aviation Design Intern will work alongside the Woolpert aviation teams working on a variety of projects across the Aviation spectrum including projects in taxiways, airports, hangars, runways and more. Work can include several disciplines across a variety of clients and project types.
This internship has a portion of work onsite/in-office. Woolpert does not provide housing or relocation for internships/co-ops.
We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.
What You Will Do
Join us for an internship experience that offers real-world project involvement within a supportive environment alongside ample opportunities for professional and personal growth. At this time, we are seeking Civil Engineering students for our Indianapolis, IN office for the summer semester (May-August). This internship will be a full-time position working 40 hours a week. The Aviation Design Intern will work alongside the Woolpert aviation market working on planning, design, and construction projects as well as supporting our task leads. Work will be on projects for the FAA, DOTs, airports, and partner consultants and include the following:
- Collaborate and participate on multi-disciplinary teams of various skills and experience across all the project phases from programming, planning, grant administration, conceptual/preliminary design, detailed design, construction.
- Ensure deliverables and Woolpert quality standards are met per the agreed scope, schedule, and budget.
- Collaborate routinely with Manager and Leadership to advise and address circumstances related to client satisfaction, changes of scope, risk management, schedule, and financial performance.
- Work as part of the Civil design team on a wide range of projects focused on airport infrastructure design, aviation research, and airport planning projects.
- Gain real-world experience working on actual projects alongside licensed professionals that are experts in their fields.
- Assist on a variety of projects doing such things as calculations, data analysis, drawings/renderings, cost estimates, and preparing design plans.
- Work on software and systems such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microsoft Office products, and Bluebeam Revu.
- Work as a member of a team that coordinates with other internal teams and external subconsultants and clients.
- Go on multiple site visits and see construction projects we work on.
- Perform tasks and solve problems with a high degree of independence.
What You Will Bring
Don’t have all of these? That’s ok, we know you’re coming to learn. Apply if you think this can be a good fit.
- Be enrolled as a student at an accredited college or university, preferably with at least sophomore status
- Pursuing a Civil Engineering, or related degree, with an interest in aviation related infrastructure
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to function well in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
- Exceptional multitasking and time management skills
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Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/
Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting your Recruiter
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
About this role
Woolpert's Indianapolis aviation team is looking for a civil engineering intern to spend the summer working on real airport infrastructure projects—taxiways, runways, hangars, and related facilities for clients like the FAA and state DOTs. You'd be embedded in a multidisciplinary group handling everything from initial planning through construction, using tools like AutoCAD Civil 3D and Bluebeam while supporting task leads on scope, budget, and schedule decisions. The role includes site visits to active projects and exposure to how licensed professionals approach complex aviation design problems.
This is a full-time, hybrid position (May–August, Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm) suited for civil engineering students at sophomore level or higher who want hands-on experience in a structured, supportive environment. You'll tackle real deliverables—calculations, drawings, cost estimates, and design plans—with enough independence to problem-solve while having access to mentorship from experienced staff. The pay is $23–27 per hour depending on your background.
You'll need current work authorization in the US and must be enrolled at an accredited university; Woolpert does not provide housing, relocation, or visa sponsorship for interns. Strong communication and time management skills matter, as does comfort working collaboratively across internal teams and external partners.
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