The Summer Startup Internship Program provides students with the rare experience of working at early-stage startups in the real world.
In this program, students at The Garage now have the unique opportunity to sharpen their skills as founders and gain valuable real-world experience working at an early-stage startup founded by alumni of Northwestern University.
Acorn is decentralizing genomics, via the use of novel qPCR & nanopore sequencing technology, enabling anyone to test any organic matter anywhere. We are launching our first device, the SENTRI, in Food/Beverage, before expanding to clinical and consumer markets.
Acorn is seeking energetic and excited talent to help with our commercial launch, either via software development of GUI/analysis code, or assembly and engineering of SENTRI units for the field. The work will be hands-on, in person, and bonuses tied to unit completions will be offered!
Preferred Qualifications:McCormick School of Engineering, seeking strong extracurriculars (Robotics, Formula, Science Olympiad in high school). Ideally, rising Junior or Senior. Majors: BME, EE, CS, CE, MechE, MADE, MatSci, but those of all technical backgrounds are welcome to apply.
Juxta is creating the first Universal Positioning System (UPS) — a GPS alternative that can monitor movement anywhere on earth with no new hardware, minimal internet connection, and remote deployment. Using custom machine learning models and a first-of-its-kind synthetic fingerprinting technology, Juxta can make any indoor, outdoor, or underground space location-aware in minutes for a fraction of the cost of any other geospatial technology.
Juxta is seeking a Software Engineering Intern to help translate world-class location research into impactful products used by leading organizations in defense, logistics, and healthcare. In this role, you’ll work on a small, high-performing team of three, gaining exposure to the full stack—from databases and backend systems to mobile applications and web portals. You’ll be expected to take ownership of meaningful features and contribute to complex, real-world engineering challenges in a fast-paced environment.
Overture Games delivers AI literacy and creative enrichment directly to K–8 students through after-school programs at partner organizations. Our programs meet kids where they are at with interactive games and projects that teach them future-proof skills (4CAI skills), communicating clearly, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and AI literacy.
We provide everything schools need: certified instructors, materials, a research-backed curriculum, and full logistical support. For schools, Overture is turnkey and free to partner with. For parents, it’s an enrichment program their kids beg to attend. For students, it’s a place where they make friends and learn to thoughtfully and safely create with technology.
We’re hiring an Operations Lead to help scale Overture from dozens of programs to hundreds.
Our mission is to revolutionize the legacy component supply chain and accelerate the next wave of innovation in Aerospace and Defense.Salient Motion designs and manufactures high-performance electromechanical actuators and motor drive systems for commercial aviation. Our products enable next-generation aircraft seating, control surfaces, and other motion-critical applications that demand precision, safety, and reliability.
Role Overview
As a Engineering Intern, you will work directly with our engineering team across mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and systems level work. This role is designed for students who want real responsibility, exposure to production hardware, and experience taking ideas from concept through execution.This is a hands on role in a fast paced startup environment. You will be expected to learn quickly, ask good questions, and take ownership of real engineering problems.
Stable's mission is to make it simple to headquarter any business on the internet. We provide companies with a business address and a dashboard to manage their physical mail online. Over 15,000 companies — including Gusto, hims, and DoorDash — use Stable to automate their mailroom and maintain a permanent business address with the IRS, state, and vendors. We serve businesses of all stages and industries, from early-stage startups to publicly traded companies.
We’re looking for a creator to make short-form video content for TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn. You'll work with our Demand Generation and Content Marketing leads on campaign direction, then own execution end to end: concepting, scripting, filming, editing, posting.
WingRep is an AI-native sales assistant that works alongside sales teams at every stage of their sales cycle. It prepares reps before calls, supports them during, and handles the follow-up after, automating admin tasks and surfacing personalized coaching so reps spend less time on busywork and more time selling. The result: faster ramp times, more consistent performance, and more closed deals without the bottleneck of manager bandwidth.
We are looking for a cross-functional GTM intern focused on getting WingRep in front of sales leaders. This role is built for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset who is comfortable doing research, crafting messaging, and executing across multiple channels independently.
Students benefit from working at an early-stage startup - in a position in their desired field, in an industry they're interested in.
Students walk away with skills that can be applied to their own startups, or in future positions in the workforce.
Students are matched with a startup they're interested in, and benefit from the experience of working directly with founders.
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