Architectural Design Intern | Summer 2026

Phoenix, NM - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients our communities and our planet. If this sparks your interest youre in the right place.

Phoenix AZ studio has an opening for an Architectural Designsummer intern. We have multiplepositions and locations available; please refer to all openings posted and apply to the locations that are most suitable to your living situation during the course of your internship. This is not a remote position.

DLR Groups Southwest regionhas an opening for an Architectural Designsummer intern. This role could be based in the following studios:

Phoenix AZ

About EPX at DLR Group
Each person who works at DLR Group has a design voice and we cant wait to help you define and amplify yours. Whether its through a design charrette a client meeting an internal project review or working through a building detail youll learn the nuts and bolts (ha!) of putting together a building while being part of something larger than yourself. You will gain experience on projects large and small in various phases of construction. We also hope to give you experiences outside of the typical internship in your discipline from helping on a business development or marketing pursuit planning an event for your office or sharing your ideas on what the future of design services looks like.

Position Summary
As a DLR Group Summer Intern you will be an important part of our integrated design team and will help produce designs for commercial educational and municipal buildings of all sizes and complexities. Our Summer Internship Program is a paid full-time opportunity running from May 19 through August 7 2026. We expect interns to participate throughout the duration of the program. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow learn and contribute your design voice to our brand promise of Elevating the Human Experience.

What you will do:

Collaborate with other design team members in the integrated design process for various projects
Develop proficiency in primary design tools such as Revit Enscape and proprietary DLR Group design tools and methods
Create presentation materials using SketchUp and Adobe Creative Suite to support design efforts
Support project pursuits and contribute to business development opportunities
Engage in project and site meetings to ensure effective communication and coordination
Explore and gain a deeper understanding of construction documentation and processes

Required Qualifications:

Enrolled in a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture degree program (NAAB-accredited university strongly preferred)
Completed 3 years of design education prior to the start of the internship
Experience with Revit
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with SketchUp Enscape Rhino or other design software
Excellent visual verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Previous internship/commercial design experience
Experience with Mural (visual collaboration software)

*TO BE CONSIDERED PLEASE SUBMIT A CURRENT PORTFOLIO PREFERABLY IN PDF FORMAT*

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position including temporary visas such as E F-1 (including OPT and CPT) TN J H-1B or those who need employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture engineering interiors planning and building optimization for new builds renovations and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration open information sharing shared risk and reward value-based decision making and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge the ME2040 and the SE2050 and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values commitment creativity environmental stewardship fun integrity ownership sharing teamwork we elevate the human experience through design together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

Required Experience:

Intern