Structural Design Intern

Overview

Compensation: $21 – $26 per hour

Join the firm AIA calls “a trailblazer in sustainable, high-performance architecture.” Winner of the AIA 2025 Firm Award https://www.aia.org/about-aia/press/lpa-design-studios-receives-2025-aia-architecture-firm-award, we’re an integrated collective of designers and researchers united in a mission to eliminate carbon emissions and build a more equitable, livable future.

LPA is seeking a passionate Structural Design Intern to join our integrated team of architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects and master planners. We are an award-winning multidisciplinary design firm that focuses on collaborative and sustainable design. Our structural engineering group has earned top awards https://lpadesignstudios.com/press-releases/two-lpa-projects-win-top-national-structural-engineering-awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA), which honor “the most innovative projects in the world”.

As a member of our structural engineering team, you will work on a broad range of projects from office, education and recreation buildings to complex laboratories, health care facilities, and performing arts centers. Our award-winning projects aim to have a positive and enduring environmental, economic and social impact. Here https://lpadesignstudios.com/playlist/top-10-lpa-structural-engineering-awards is more information about some of our work and our projects across LPA.

You will join a high-performing, multi-disciplinary design team, and you will impact projects at each stage of design. We offer numerous education and mentoring opportunities including software training, tech talks, and monthly LPA-U courses centered around innovative and sustainable design practices. Join a firm where your voice is heard, creative design ideas are encouraged, and your work is highly regarded.

What You'll Do

• Participate in the integrated design process with other disciplines at LPA
• Assist Project Engineers and Project Managers in the comprehensive structural design of a large variety of building types and structural systems
• Work on research for next generation design and analysis methods related to projects
• Provide mentorship from Managing Directors and Design Directors as well as other in-house disciplines on all projects
• In-house management and leadership training opportunities
• Provide an opportunity to work on real projects with design teams
• Education opportunities including LPA+U and LPA Tech Talks

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