2026 Internship - Engineering in Chicago, Illinois at KDM ENGINEERING LLC

2026 Summer Internship

Grow your expertise, skills, and experience through the KDM Engineering 2026 Internship Program. KDM is a growing, award-winning, minority- and woman-owned professional engineering firm focusing on electric, gas, site civil, and telecommunications engineering designs and support services.

KDM Engineering provides a one-of-a-kind, client-recognized training and mentorship program. We give our new recruits the opportunity to become effective and knowledgeable engineers at a much faster pace than our competitors. Interns will be exposed to multiple departments and projects through our hands-on learning approach.

What you will learn:

Engineering Internship

After on-site training, our Interns will be exposed to and able to create detailed designs of mid voltage distribution projects up to and including 34kV. Candidate will interface closely with client and utilize company, OSHA, and IEEE standards to facilitate design projects. Distribution projects may include but will not be limited to 4 to 12kV conversions, Overhead to Underground conversions, smart grid, cable, and conduit design.

You will be working closely with other engineering and design team members to coordinate overall design basis, providing direction and guidance to drafters and designers, directing the flow of drafting and designer duties, ensuring design schedules are met, including regularly providing project status updates to project engineer. Interns are expected to work to develop advanced skills, and work both independently and within a team.

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Electrical Engineering or related Undergraduate Program or Master’s program.

• Must be a Junior or Senior.

• Demonstrate interest in infrastructure or related field.

• Competent interpersonal and communication skills

• Basic proficiency with office software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools

backgrounds

• Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.

• Must be willing to comply with all pre-employment screening, including but not limited to, drug testing, reference verification, education and employment verification, and background screening.

• Valid Driver’s License

Additional Details

• dates tbd

• Primary location: 550 W Jackson Blvd., FL11, Chicago, IL 60661

• Work Schedule: In-Person, Monday – Thursday, 9am – 5pm

• Salary Range: $16 - $21 per hour.

Why Choose KDM?

Established in 2012 on a promise to alter the face of engineering, KDM Engineering has built a reputation of excellence in providing outstanding technical services, maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality assurance, and offering a truly inclusive work environment.

Our clients and partners in the public and private sectors consistently recognize KDM for our responsiveness to their needs, budgets, and schedules. Our peers distinguished KDM with Edison Electric Institute's Diverse Supplier Award, Capital One and Women Presidents’ Organization’s (WPO) 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, and Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For annually for seven years.

Our talented, experienced team delivers exceptional engineering designs, project management, and customer support services to each of our projects. Our enduring commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is unmatched in our industry. Because our team comes from different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, we bring uniquely different and diverse perspectives to solving complex engineering problems.

Top Reasons to Work for Us:

• Challenging and Meaningful Work
• People-First Work Environment
• Dynamic Leadership Team
• A Culture that Values You
• Our Motto: We Work Hard to Play Hard

Full List of Benefits & Perks:

• Positive team environment
• Training and professional development
• Supportive management
• Laidback office culture, including pool table, arcade games, and happy hour
• Meditation space, nap room, and nursing mothers’ room

Equal Employment Opportunity:

KDM Engineering strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.