Who We're Looking For

Discovering the possibilities that shape the human experience are at the heart of everything we do. Our interns will have the opportunity to learn from and work with world experts — the best and brightest minds — to solve the most formidable networking and communications challenges confronting our world. We need students who are up for that challenge.

We're looking for the next Claude Shannon or Eric Schmidt — out-of-the-box creative technologists and researchers that want to change the way we live and work, by inventing breakthrough technologies to make networks and systems faster, smarter and greener. Projects for 2019 internships cover technologies such as dynamic mobile networks, augmented intelligence, smart devices, IoT, data analytics, SDN/NFV, cloud technologies and more…

Approximate Internship Time Frame: June - August

Application Deadline: April 1

Student Criteria:

  • Overall GPA of 3.0/4.0 or above.
  • Must be enrolled as a full-time student.

Work Authorization

  •  U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident preferred.
  • Will accept students on F-1 Visa dependent upon program requirements or may consider sponsoring short-term J1 Visa students dependent upon program requirements.

Education Requested

Most internship positions at Bell Labs require student-applicants to pursue one of the following degrees from an accredited college or university. However, we're also looking for technically-minded, out-of-the-box thinkers and artists, if you don't see your major listed here, you can still apply.

  • Business Modeling
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Operations Research
  • Physics
  • Statistics
  • Systems Engineering
  • Telecommunications

Principal US locations

  • Murray Hill, New Jersey
  • Crawford Hill/Holmdel, New Jersey
  • Sunnyvale, California
  • Naperville, Illinois
  • International locations also available

Contact Us

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