Onsite Architectural Design Intern — Nashville

SSOE; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

SSOE is seeking an Architectural Design Intern for Summer 2027 in Nashville, onsite at the Nashville/Brentwood office. The program offers hands-on design work and pathway to full‑time opportunities within a leading architecture/engineering firm.

The internship emphasizes collaboration, learning, and real-world project experience in high-tech and manufacturing sectors, with exposure to state-of-the-art building design and ABET-affiliated university collaborations.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's in a NAAB-accredited architecture program.
• Revit experience required.
• 3D rendering skills with Enscape, V-Ray, SketchUp, or 3ds Max.
• Proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Eager to learn and passionate about design.
• Demonstrated leadership in school or community.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphic skills.
• Resourceful, self-motivated, collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of routine project design assignments, with growing responsibility, guided by a project engineer/architect or department manager.
• Works from both own designs and designs of others, compiles data, performs design computations, makes quantity take‑offs, and assists in preparation of cost estimates.
• Drafts interpretation of own design into completed working drawings and applies design fundamentals.
• Develops project details, prepares selections, and adapts to alternatives.
• Maintains working knowledge of the discipline's codes and studies non‑routine code issues.
• Performs production of construction documents.

Skills

3D rendering

Revit

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

NAAB-accredited architecture program

Tools

Enscape

V-Ray

SketchUp

3ds Max

Job description

SSOE is seeking an Architectural Design Intern for Summer 2027 in Nashville, onsite at the Nashville/Brentwood office. The program offers hands-on design work and pathway to full‑time opportunities within a leading architecture/engineering firm.

The internship emphasizes collaboration, learning, and real-world project experience in high-tech and manufacturing sectors, with exposure to state-of-the-art building design and ABET-affiliated university collaborations.