Summer Internships - Instruments and Controls

Position: Summer 2026 Internships - Instruments and Controls
Freese and Nichols is excited to launch intern recruiting for our Instruments & Controls team in Tampa, Florida and Raleigh, North Carolina!

What will your summer look like?

Working under professional engineers, you will be working on projects that impact your surrounding communities and beyond. While you will be working in one engineering discipline, you will have the opportunity to learn about our other technical practice areas so you can learn about where your passions may lie. Of course, an internship is a large part of learning more about what you can do with your degree, but we also want to give you the opportunity to expand your network through connections with the young professionals employee resource group Rise & Thrive who will host events across the company over the summer.

What does the role look like?

This internship will require you to be in office each day to help build connections with your group, fellow interns, and others. Relocation or housing stipends will NOT be provided for internships. This internship is housed in our Electrical practice on our Instruments & Controls team. Learn more about what each practice does.

Majors we hire:

* Electrical Engineering

* Computer Engineering

* Computer Science

* Mechatronics Engineering

Responsibilities:

* Assist in the instrumentation and control design of water and wastewater facilities

* Assist in the design of computer networks and radio communication systems

* Perform specific and limited tasks within a broader assignment

* Apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations

Qualifications

* Experience with Revit or AutoCAD

* Student organizational involvement

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About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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