Student Internships

Every year ESnet offers graduate, undergraduate, and high school students the chance to work alongside our engineers and R&D scientists to address challenges in high-speed scientific networking. We hire students in summer, fall and spring for a 12- to 16-week paid program that offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on research experience. 

Each November, we post student positions and begin accepting applications for the Summer. The Summer term is full time. Fall and Spring terms can be work-study (part time) or full time. A late or early start date can be considered for academic reasons.

In addition, ESnet participates in Berkeley Lab’s Computing Sciences Area Summer Student Program and the Department of Energy’s SULI Internship and CCI programs. ESnet also participates in the Experiences in Research (EinR) six-week program for high school students, offered by Berkeley Lab’s K-12 STEM Education and Outreach division (learn more: ESnet’s EinR Summer Interns Are Visualizing Their Path to a STEM Career).

Meet four of the 2024 Computing Science Area Summer Program students and hear about the benefits of the program from Associate Lab Director Jonathan Carter; Sartaj Baveja, a former ESnet intern turned staff mentor, and ESnet intern Johanna Lee, in this new video.

What Students Have to Say

"I contributed to redesigning the Modern Research Data Portal interface and front-end development. I learned how to leverage Docker, Ansible, and Vagrant to allow easy deployment and customization of the MRDP interface for its adoption at other institutions. My prior experience in UX design was primarily centered around the Gen Z target audience and profit/sales marketing focal point. This project was refreshing and new to me because the product's 'clients' are lab staff, field researchers, and academic faculty."

—Johanna Lee, UC Berkeley '25

“The DOE SULI program with ESnet was an incredibly unique opportunity that allowed me to expand my horizons in research as an undergraduate interested in data science. I am grateful that I learned so much about analyzing network utilization for in-network caching systems and have been able to explore more of its ramifications in publications with ESnet and Berkeley Laboratory. The knowledge I gained that summer will definitely help direct my future professional development.”

—Caitlin Sim, UC Berkeley ’23

“My favorite part of the program was learning more about python visualization code. I have had limited experience in creating data visualizations in the past, and I am less comfortable using python compared to other coding languages, so having to get more familiar with python and its visualization libraries was challenging yet enjoyable for me.” 

—Sahil Nayak, high school student in San Ramon, California