15 Tech Internships for Undergraduates in Idaho
- Stephen Turban
- 6 days ago
- 12 min read
A tech internship lets undergraduates solve problems with code, data, systems, and design in professional workplaces. Tech internships come in many forms. You might help with software development, test features, fix bugs, interpret data, support a team with documentation, or assist with basic operations. These tasks help you build confidence and see what kinds of tech work you enjoy.
What tech internships are available for undergraduates in Idaho?
In Idaho, tech internships are offered by local companies, engineering teams, research labs, and startups. You can find roles focused on web and software engineering, cloud and infrastructure support, data science tasks, cybersecurity basics, or interactive design. Many programs also include mentorship components, so you learn from people who are already working in the field. Local internships can also be easier to manage financially. You may not need to relocate or take on extra living costs. Overall, you gain experience that strengthens your resume for future job applications and helps you make more informed career choices.
With that, here are 15 tech internships for undergraduates in Idaho!
If you're looking for more prestigious internships, check out this set of blogs.
Location: Remote! You can work from anywhere in the world.
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Selective; 1-on-1 placements
Application deadline: Deadlines vary depending on the cohort. Spring (January), Summer (May), Fall (September), and Winter (November).
Program dates: Multiple cohorts throughout the year, including Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.
Eligibility: Students who can work for 10-20 hours/week for 8-12 weeks. Open to undergraduates and gap year students!
Ladder University Internship Program is a selective, virtual internship program where you work with startups and nonprofits from around the world! Startup partners range across a variety of tech-focused industries; companies in other sectors also recruit interns to provide technical or software development support. As part of their internship, you will work on a real-world project that is of genuine need to the startup you are working with, and present your work at the end of their internship. Interns work closely with their manager at the startup. Apply now!
Location: Boise State University, Boise, ID
Stipend: $6,300 plus $130/week for meals, up to $700 in travel funds, and fully-funded housing
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; 10 students
Dates: May 28 - July 25
Application Deadline: March 21
Eligibility: Current undergraduate students with at least one semester remaining in their undergraduate program | Must be studying Computer Science or a related field at a US college | Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
Cloud Computing Security and Privacy REU (Boise State University) puts you into a nine-week research setup where you work with a Boise State faculty mentor on a cloud-focused security project. You can work in areas like network security, applied cryptography, and privacy-preserving computing, so you’re not doing a generic cloud internship. Alongside your project, you sit through research training sessions and professional lectures that touch on things like infrastructure risk, security policy, and how research teams frame technical problems. The program also builds in cohort seminars on research ethics, library research, and how to write and present like an actual researcher. You finish by presenting at the Idaho Conference of Undergraduate Research.
Location: Boise State University, Boise, ID
Stipend: $6,300 plus a $900 meal allowance, up to $770 in travel funding, and fully-funded housing (for non-local students)
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; 10 students
Dates: May 25 - July 24
Application Deadline: Rolling admissions ending March 31
Eligibility: Current undergraduates majoring in Computer Science or a related STEM field | Expected graduation date must be after the program ends | Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
Blockchain REU (BREU) at Boise State University is a nine-week research internship where you spend the summer building a blockchain research project with a Computer Science faculty mentor. The work is framed around secure information encoding, distributed systems, and the security logic that makes blockchain useful in the first place. You also attend structured sessions on blockchain foundations, research methods, and how blockchain gets used in places like finance, government, and healthcare. You end the summer by presenting at a statewide undergraduate research conference, and the research output is designed to be strong enough for conference submissions or journal publication if the project develops well. Many former students’ research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and presented at professional conferences.
Location: Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Stipend: $26.16 – $31.47/hour; travel reimbursement may be offered to non-local interns
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; varies by discipline and available projects
Dates: 10-16 weeks; varies by research assignment
Application Deadline: January 30
Eligibility: Current full-time undergraduate students with a minimum 3.0 GPA | Must be authorized to work in the US (including CPT and OPT)
Idaho National Laboratory Undergraduate Research Assistant Internship (Science and Technology) is closer to a real government R and D placement than a campus internship. You’re assigned to an active project and spend the first phase learning the problem, the workflow, and what your contribution will actually be. Tech roles involve work in areas like software engineering, robotics, AI, and machine learning, and your tasks can include development work, documentation, and analysis tied to the lab’s larger goals. The internship also comes with lab seminars, tours, workshops, and networking events that help you understand how large research institutions operate day to day. You wrap up by writing up your work and presenting it during the intern poster session.
Location: Boise State University, Boise, ID
Stipend: $5,400 stipend plus $900 allowance for meals, $1,500 housing stipend, and funded travel
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; up to 10 students
Dates: May 30 - July 28
Application Deadline: January 23
Eligibility: Current undergraduate students majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related disciplines | Must be a US citizen or permanent resident
Data Driven Security REU (Boise State University) is a funded summer research program built around the idea that security problems now live inside data. You work with a faculty mentor on a research project that can connect AI and data science to topics like threat detection through social network analysis, countering online misinformation, or cryptography designed for real constraints. The program runs with workshops on writing, posters, research ethics, and presentation skills, so you’re expected to produce work you can communicate, not just experiment privately. You also attend lectures with Boise State faculty and visiting researchers, which helps you see how security research gets shaped across computer science and math. The program ends with a research poster at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research, and some students also get support to present their work at larger national conferences.
Location: Multiple Micron offices, including Boise, Idaho
Stipend: Competitive hourly rate plus housing and relocation for non-local interns, monthly transportation stipend, and medical benefits
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; typically 1 intern selected for each posting
Dates: May - August; usually 12 weeks
Application Deadline: Applications are open from August to March
Eligibility: Current undergraduate and graduate students
Micron’s tech internships for undergraduates provide hands-on experience at the only US memory semiconductor manufacturing firm, offering both technical work and professional development opportunities. You’ll apply to a specific posting rather than a general program; tech internship focuses include AI, data analysis, engineering, test solutions, process engineering, and more. While your work will vary substantially based on your chosen internship, tasks might include developing AI solutions for surface mount technologies, applying testing methodologies for memory devices, or scripting applications for product calibration. You’ll receive substantial professional development opportunities, including networking with Micron employees and leadership, individual mentorship, and intern social events.
Location: Boise State University, Boise, ID
Stipend: $3,000-$6,000; varies by time commitment
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; 10-15 students
Dates: May 19-July 25
Application Deadline: April 1
Eligibility: Undergraduate students studying a STEM major at Boise State | Must be a US citizen or permanent resident | Must identify as being from 1+ of the eligible underrepresented minority backgrounds: African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American/Indian, and/or Pacific Islander
Boise State LSAMP Summer Research Experience (Tech Focus) is a paid research program for Boise State undergraduates from eligible underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in graduate school. You choose a tech direction such as Information Technology Management, Computer Information Systems, or Computer Science, and you’re matched with a faculty mentor to build a research project that fits your interests. The program also includes cohort-based training in research methods, leadership, and scientific communication, so you’re not left alone to figure out how academic research works. There are also networking sessions and guidance around graduate applications, which matters if you’re trying to turn summer work into a longer academic path. You present your research at the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Location: Multiple HP locations, including Boise, ID
Stipend: Competitive hourly rate; typically between $29-$37/hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective
Dates: 12 weeks over the summer
Application Deadline: Rolling application review
Eligibility: Varies by internship; tech internships typically recruit rising undergraduate seniors or rising 2nd-year master’s students studying computer science, software engineering, or computer engineering
HP Tech Internships are role-based corporate internships where your experience depends on the specific posting you land. HP hires interns across areas like software development, cloud systems, data privacy, cryptography, and AI-focused internal tools, and the work is typically tied to engineering roadmaps. You’ll be working inside an established team, so your tasks can look like backend development, infrastructure support, firmware-related work, or building tools for internal systems. HP also builds in intern programming like speaker sessions, networking, and mentorship, but the core is still shipping real work with real deadlines. Since HP treats internships as part of its hiring pipeline, strong performance can matter beyond the summer.
Location: Multiple KLA offices, including Boise, ID
Stipend: Paid; competitive hourly rate
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective
Dates: 10-12 weeks over the summer
Application Deadline: Rolling application review
Eligibility: Current undergraduate students; some internships are only open to rising juniors and seniors
KLA Corporation Internships place you inside teams working on the kind of technology that sits behind modern semiconductor manufacturing, including optics systems, sensors, and AI-driven inspection. You apply to a specific internship posting, usually in areas like software engineering, machine learning, or optical systems engineering, and then work with a team on product and R and D tasks tied to that group. Depending on the role, you might be writing software for system performance, supporting semiconductor tool development, or helping model architectures that connect hardware and data. KLA expects interns to come in with a strong technical base, but it also trains you through internal learning programs and team mentorship.
Location: Multiple SEL offices, including Lewiston, ID | Remote opportunities offered
Stipend: $19.50 - $24.50/hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective; typically one intern selected for each posting
Dates: Varies; internships are offered year-round, and semester internships are tailored to accommodate coursework
Application Deadline: Rolling
Eligibility: Current undergraduate or associate’s degree students
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Internships are role-based, meaning you apply to a specific posting instead of joining one general intern cohort. SEL hires interns across areas like software engineering, firmware, automation, and application engineering, and the work is tied to real engineering teams, not side projects made for interns. Depending on the role, you might be testing and documenting software performance, supporting automation systems, helping with firmware development, or contributing to cybersecurity-related work inside the company’s products and internal tools. SEL also treats internships as part of its hiring pipeline, so the expectation is that you show up like a junior engineer and prove you can deliver.
Location: Neela Therapeutics, Moscow, ID
Stipend: $7,200
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective
Dates: May 20 - July 31
Application Deadline: February 1
Eligibility: Current undergraduate students at the University of Idaho; must have at least one semester of college remaining after the internship
UI Industry Internships (Idaho INBRE at Neela Therapeutics) is a 10-week paid placement for University of Idaho undergrads who want to work inside a biomedical startup building medical technology. You’re based at Neela Therapeutics, and you spend the summer contributing to research tied to central nervous system disease work, with the ability to shape your project around what you already know and what you want to learn. The technical part of the internship can include computational modeling, clinical imaging, and biotech-focused development connected to drug delivery devices and treatment optimization. A useful detail here is that planning starts before the internship, so you build your research plan with the startup team in spring and then execute once the summer starts.
Location: Multiple universities/research sites in Idaho
Stipend: Up to $6,000, depending on participation level
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Very selective
Dates: Varies by project
Application Deadline: May 1
Eligibility: Current students attending a 2- or 4-year college in Idaho
Idaho CREWS SARE Internships (Tech Focus) place you inside research projects where machine learning and computational modeling are being used to solve real infrastructure problems, mainly around energy and water systems in Idaho. You work under a faculty mentor at an Idaho college, so the experience feels closer to a research assistant role than a corporate internship. The exact projects change, but examples include building ML systems for precision agriculture, designing AI systems that integrate Indigenous knowledge into sustainability work, or developing interactive resource management tools like online games. Even though the work is research-based, it stays technical because you’re expected to build or implement something that contributes to the project, not just read papers.
Location: Idaho Power, Boise, ID, and other Idaho sites
Stipend: $24/hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Not provided
Dates: 3-4 months from May/June - August/September
Application Deadline: October 25
Eligibility: Rising undergraduate juniors and seniors in an accredited engineering program
The Idaho Power Engineering Internship Program is a paid placement where you work with a mentor to build a project tied to Idaho Power’s grid and engineering operations. The work is more applied engineering than software, but there is still a strong technical systems angle, especially if you’re interested in modeling, reliability, or infrastructure technology. Projects can involve validating relay models using simulation tools, calculating arc flash risk, or using engineering analysis to identify improvement areas for transmission systems. You also travel to power sites across Idaho, which gives you a real sense of how engineering decisions play out in physical infrastructure.
Location: Melaleuca, Idaho Falls, ID
Stipend: Competitive hourly wage plus benefits
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Selective
Dates: Approximately 90 days in May - August
Application Deadline: Rolling application review
Eligibility: Current undergraduate juniors and seniors pursuing a degree in a computer science, cybersecurity, or similar field | Minimum 3.75 GPA
The Melaleuca Cybersecurity Internship Program is built around real security work inside a large company’s internal systems, with a heavy focus on incident response. You will work alongside the incident response team, so your tasks can include investigating security logs, reporting and escalating issues, supporting remediation during active incidents, and helping with mitigation planning. The program also includes compliance work, audits, and research tied to security controls, which is the less glamorous but very real side of cybersecurity careers. You also get internal training and team exposure that makes it easier to understand how cybersecurity operates inside business systems, not just in theory.
Location: Red Aspen, Meridian, ID
Stipend: $20/hour
Acceptance rate/cohort size: Selective; one intern is selected for each role
Dates: February - May | Internships also offered during the summer
Application Deadline: Rolling application review
Eligibility: Current undergraduates or recent college graduates majoring in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field
The Red Aspen Software Development Internships are small team internships where you work on the company’s eCommerce systems, mainly around website development and platform performance. The technical focus is practical web development work: improving site functionality, running performance audits, identifying bottlenecks, and building integrations across tools and platforms. Since the company uses Shopify, you also get hands-on experience with APIs and real production web systems, which is different from building a portfolio site for class. The role also involves collaborating with design and development staff, so you get practice translating visual ideas into features that actually ship.
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 Ph.D. student at Harvard Business School. Lumiere is a selective research program in which students work one-on-one with a mentor to develop an independent research paper.
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