Acoustic 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 youre in the right place.

• Cleveland
• Lincoln
• Omaha

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 youll 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 youll 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 youll hear from leaders and integrated designers across DLR Group and build connections with fellow emerging professionals.

As an Acoustic Design Intern at DLR Group you will be an important part of our integrated design team contributing to the acoustic design of buildings of various types sizes and complexities. Working alongside 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 youve 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 on acoustic design as part of our integrated design process
• Learn the tools technology and workflow involved with BIM and how todays designers deliver successful projects
• Accompany team members on project site visits to see the real-world results of what you do
• Support senior staff in developing concepts calculations modeling drawing reviews reports and project execution

Required Qualifications:

• At least a third-year student in an accredited Acoustical Engineering program or a 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
• Goal-oriented with strong skills in problem-solving creativity and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of basic acoustic metrics calculations and concepts
• Basic knowledge of construction practices or familiarity with building design drawings
• Goal-oriented with strong skills in problem-solving creativity and attention to detail
• Experience with drafting programs such as Revit
• Experience with acoustic modeling programs like CadnaA CATT Acoustic or Odeon

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.

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

We are 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.