15 Tech Internships for Undergraduates in Arizona
- Stephen Turban
- 2 hours ago
- 10 min read
For undergraduate students studying computer science, engineering, or related fields, internships are one of the best ways to build work experience. Tech internships allow you to work alongside professionals, contribute to projects, and understand how teams operate in technical roles.
What tech internships are available for undergraduates in Arizona?
Arizona offers access to a range of technology-focused employers, including companies in software, manufacturing, defense, and healthcare technology. Internships in the state provide practical work, mentorship, and exposure to professional workflows. Participating in a tech internship helps you move from classroom learning to applied work. It also strengthens your profile with industry-relevant skills, which can boost your odds of getting into graduate school or landing a tech job after graduation.
To help you explore your options, here are 15 tech internships for undergraduates in Arizona!
If you're looking for more prestigious internships, check out this set of blogs!
Location: Remote (interns can work from anywhere in the world)
Cost: Varies by the program. Financial aid is available
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Selective
Dates: Multiple cohorts throughout the year (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter); internships typically last 8-12 weeks
Application Deadline: Varies by cohort
Eligibility: Undergraduates and gap year students who are able to commit 10-20 hours per week for 8-12 weeks.
The Ladder University Internship Program connects you with global startups and nonprofits across diverse industries for an immersive, remote experience. Over 8–12 weeks, you will work on a project that directly contributes to your assigned organization’s goals, from business development to marketing, product research, or design. Throughout the internship, you will collaborate closely with your startup manager on various deliverables, gaining experience in professional communication, problem-solving, and project management. The program concludes with a final presentation of your project, showcasing the real-world impact of your work. Apply now!
Location: FOX, Tempe, AZ
Stipend: $20 per hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Selective
Dates: June 15 - January 3
Application Deadline: January 11
Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university
The FOX Technology Internship Program places you inside the technology teams that keep live television running. You work on real systems used in broadcasting, software tools, and media infrastructure rather than sample projects. Day-to-day work can include supporting live media workflows, helping engineers test systems, writing or reviewing code, and learning how broadcast technology is managed at scale. You sit in meetings, ask questions, and see how technical decisions are made under tight deadlines. Alongside project work, you attend internal sessions where engineers explain how large media systems are built and maintained.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Stipend: Paid internship; Relocation assistance available
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: June 1 – August 7 (Semester) or June 22 – August 28 (Quarter)
Application Deadline: Not available
Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. program in Electrical Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or related fields
At TSMC Arizona, you work inside an active semiconductor fabrication facility where chips are manufactured every day. Your role depends on the team you join, but it often involves analyzing production data, supporting equipment performance, or helping engineers track yield and process issues. You spend time understanding how tools behave, how problems are identified, and how fixes are tested. This is not a shadowing role. You contribute to real engineering work and report progress to your team. The experience shows how physics, materials science, and data come together on a factory floor.
Location: Tempe, AZ
Stipend: Paid; Amount not publicly specified
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: May – August (11 weeks); Exact dates not available
Application Deadline: Rolling
Eligibility: Bachelor’s or Master’s students graduating between December and May; must have a GPA of 3.5+ and be pursuing a quantitative degree (STEM, Finance, Economics, etc.)
The Analytics Internship at DriveTime puts you on a team that uses data to answer business questions. You will work with large datasets using SQL and Python, explore patterns, build models, and turn results into charts or summaries that teams use. Projects connect to areas like pricing, risk, or customer behavior. You spend time cleaning messy data, checking assumptions, and explaining results in plain language. Feedback is frequent, and your work evolves as the questions get sharper.
Location: Various locations across the U.S.
Stipend: $20 - $25 per hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: June 8 - August 14
Application Deadline: January 19
Eligibility: U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are current juniors, seniors, graduate students, or recent graduates
The Coding it Forward Fellowship matches you with a government office where technical work supports public services. Depending on your track, you might analyze datasets, help build internal software tools, work on cybersecurity tasks, or support digital product teams. You see how government systems really function, including their limits and constraints. Alongside the placement, you join weekly sessions with other fellows to talk about tools, ethics, and problem-solving in public systems. The work feels closer to service than corporate optimization.
Location: DriveTime Family of Brands, Tempe, AZ
Stipend: Paid internship; Exact amount not publicly disclosed
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: May 18 – July 31
Application Deadline: Rolling
Eligibility: Bachelor’s or Master’s students graduating between December and May; must have a GPA of 3.5+ and be pursuing a degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science.
In the Data Science Internship at DriveTime, you work on modeling problems tied to lending, marketing, or customer behavior. You will use Python and SQL to build predictive models, test performance, and check how results change with different assumptions. Projects move from raw data to recommendations, and you explain both the math and the reasoning behind your choices. You review work with mentors and revise based on real constraints. The pace feels closer to industry data science than class assignments.
Location: Tempe, AZ
Stipend: $20.91 - $56.97 per hour; Housing and relocation assistance available
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: May 18 – August 14 (Cohort 1); June 22 – September 18 (Cohort 2)
Application Deadline: Not available
Eligibility: U.S. citizens currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering; must have a final graduation date between December and August
This internship at Viasat centers on hardware used in satellite and defense systems. You will work with FPGA designs, write and test Verilog code, and help validate digital systems in the lab. The work connects directly to real products, so testing and documentation matter. You collaborate with engineers from different teams to make sure designs fit system requirements. The experience makes digital logic feel concrete rather than abstract.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Stipend: Paid internship (compensation not publicly specified)
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Summer internship (exact dates not specified)
Application Deadline: Rolling
Eligibility: Undergraduate engineering students with at least 60 credit hours completed
The EUV Installation Technical Project Support Internship at ASML offers you hands-on exposure to the installation and upgrade of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems used by the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. You’ll join the Customer Support EUV UIR (Upgrades, Installs, and Relocations) team and work alongside engineers and project managers in a cleanroom and customer-site environment. The role focuses on technical project support, including process documentation, KPI tracking, continuous improvement initiatives, and data analysis using tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or Python. You’ll contribute to operational challenges while learning ASML’s engineering standards, safety protocols, and collaborative work culture.
Location: Chandler, AZ
Stipend: Paid; Amount not publicly specified
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Summer; Dates not specified
Application Deadline: Not available
Eligibility: Students who have completed coursework in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering; Must have a GPA ≥ 3.0 and experience with C, C++, C#, or Java
The Garmin Software Engineer Internship involves building and maintaining software used in navigation and communication devices. You will write code in languages like C or C++, test features, debug issues, and work with tools that interact with hardware. Some days focus on fixing existing systems, others on adding new functionality. Engineers walk you through design decisions and review your work closely. You see how software behaves once it leaves the screen and meets real devices.
Location: Virtual (Open to students in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the US, and APAC)
Cost: Free
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Multi-week program; dates vary annually
Application Deadline: Not available
Eligibility: Undergraduate students majoring in Computer Science or a related field; must have completed Intro to Programming and Data Structures & Algorithms courses.
Uber Career Prep is a structured program focused on how software engineering hiring actually works. You will attend workshops on data structures, algorithms, technical interviews, and communication. Each participant is paired with an Uber engineer who gives direct feedback on practice problems and career questions. You run mock interviews and talk openly about expectations, mistakes, and tradeoffs. The program feels like guided preparation rather than a lecture series.
Location: Tonopah, AZ
Stipend: Paid internship; housing provided for qualified students
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: 10 weeks, During May - July; Exact dates not publicly available
Application Deadline: Not available (primary recruitment through college career fairs)
Eligibility: Actively enrolled undergraduate or graduate student in an ABET-accredited engineering program
The Palo Verde Engineering Summer Internship places you at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, where you spend ten weeks working inside a large-scale power plant environment. Your work focuses on applied engineering tasks such as system analysis, design support, technical documentation, and coordination across engineering teams. You are assigned individual projects and work with engineers and supervisors who guide you through how engineering decisions are made in a regulated nuclear setting. The program includes orientation sessions, professional development programming, and site tours that help you understand plant operations beyond your own assignment.
Location: Arizona State University (some projects may be conducted remotely within the U.S.)
Stipend: $1,500 stipend per funded semester (less applicable taxes) + up to $400 in research supplies per semester
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Offered during fall, spring, and summer semesters
Application Deadline: Third Wednesday of every March and October
Eligibility: Undergraduate students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering in good academic standing, from the second semester through the final semester
The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative allows you to design and carry out an engineering research project under faculty mentorship at Arizona State University. You will define a clear research question, build a project plan, and work through experimentation, modeling, or analysis, depending on your field. Research areas align with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and can include systems engineering, materials, robotics, computing, or energy. You work closely with faculty mentors and graduate researchers while developing skills in technical writing, data analysis, and research communication. The program provides a stipend and funding for supplies and encourages you to present your work at conferences or research showcases.
Location: American Express, Phoenix, AZ
Stipend: $24.05 to $63.00 hourly + sign-on bonus; food and refreshments provided (no travel reimbursement)
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Space is limited
Dates: One-day, in-person program; exact dates not publicly specified
Application Deadline: February 6
Eligibility: Full-time undergraduate students; expected graduation between December and June; U.S. work authorisation required
The American Express Discovery Program is a one-day, in-person experience at the Phoenix office that introduces you to how the company operates across its business and technology teams. You attend structured sessions where employees walk through their roles, career paths, and the projects they work on day to day. The program focuses on helping you understand collaboration, leadership, and decision-making inside a large financial services company. A major part of the day is networking, with time set aside to speak directly with professionals and recruiters. The program also provides insight into future internship pathways within American Express.
Location: Virtual
Stipend: Not publicly specified
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Two consecutive semesters
Application Deadline: Applications currently closed; future summer applications forthcoming
Eligibility: Juniors, seniors, graduate students, recent graduates, and industry professionals in STEM fields
The L’SPACE LEAP Internship is a virtual, two-semester program focused on leadership and mentorship within STEM and space-related fields. You work alongside experienced Advisors, helping review participant work, provide structured feedback, and support team development. The role includes leadership training sessions, exposure to industry professionals, and access to professional tools used in aerospace and engineering programs. You commit a steady number of hours each week and work within a collaborative, remote environment tied to NASA-aligned programming. The experience centers on communication, mentoring, and managing technical teams rather than hands-on engineering alone.
Location: Virtually hosted by Yale University
Stipend: Varies by project
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not publicly available
Dates: Commonly summer internships; Exact dates vary by project
Application Deadline: Rolling review; recommended by December 15 for summer opportunities
Eligibility: Students currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in computer science or a related field
Yale’s Computer Science Research Internship Program allows you to work directly with faculty on research projects in areas such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, systems, or theoretical computer science. You will contribute to ongoing research by developing code, running experiments, or working through mathematical and computational problems. Work arrangements vary by lab and may be remote or in person. Compensation and timelines depend on the specific project and faculty advisor. The experience emphasizes close mentorship and sustained research engagement rather than short-term training or coursework.
One other option - the Lumiere Research Scholar Program
If you’re interested in pursuing independent research, consider applying to one of the Lumiere Research Scholar Programs, selective online high school programs for students founded with researchers at Harvard and Oxford. Last year, we had over 4,000 students apply for 500 spots in the program! You can find the application form here.
Also check out the Lumiere Research Inclusion Foundation, a non-profit research program for talented, low-income students. Last year, we had 150 students on full need-based financial aid!
Stephen is one of the founders of Lumiere and a Harvard College graduate. He founded Lumiere as a PhD student at Harvard Business School. Lumiere is a selective research program where students work 1-1 with a research mentor to develop an independent research paper.
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