Resilience Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Arup; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Arup invites students to join as Resilience Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 in San Francisco. You will work with engineers, risk analysts, and resilience specialists to understand and manage hazards, including earthquakes, floods, and heat, shaping strategies for buildings, campuses, and portfolios.

You will apply core engineering principles, data analysis, and probabilistic methods to assess and mitigate risk, with opportunities to contribute to reports, tools, and client communications.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Civil/Structural/Environmental Engineering or Climate & Sustainability.
• Support qualitative and quantitative risk assessments for natural hazards.
• Apply engineering first principles, data analysis and probabilistic methods to assess risk.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary group of engineers, risk analysts, and resilience specialists.
• Develop practical risk mitigation, climate adaptation, and resilience strategies for clients.
• Contribute to client deliverables including reports, data analysis, and visualizations.

Skills

Python

GIS / Geospatial analysis

Data visualization

Risk assessment

Probabilistic methods

Engineering fundamentals

Education

Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Climate & Sustainability

Job description

Resilience Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

You see the world through a unique lens and thats exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently - it's essential for creating a sustainable future.

Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The Opportunity

• Work with multidisciplinary group of engineers, risk analysts, and resilience specialists.
• Help clients understand and manage risks from natural hazards and climate change
• Assess the physical and financial impacts of hazards such as earthquakes, floods, sea-level rise, wildfire, wind, and extreme heat.
• Work across buildings, infrastructure, campuses, transportation systems, communities, and global portfolios to develop practical risk mitigation, climate adaptation, and resilience strategies.

Is this role right for you?

• Pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Climate & Sustainability
• Support qualitative and quantitative risk assessments for natural hazards including earthquakes, floods, sea-level rise, wildfire, wind, extreme heat, and climate change.
• Apply engineering first principles, data analysis and probabilistic methods to assess risks to buildings, infrastructure, campuses and portfolios.
• Support development of risk mitigation, climate adaptation, and resilience strategies for clients across a range of sectors.
• Work alongside Arup specialists in seismic risk, climate risk, resilience, and adaptation on defined technical analyses and project tasks.
• Contribute to client deliverables, including technical reports, data analysis and visualization, digital tools, presentations and communication of findings to stakeholders.
• Ability to conduct structural analysis, physical climate risk analysis and probabilistic analysis is preferred
• Experience with Python or other programming languages is preferred
• Experience with GIS / geospatial analysis is preferred
• Experience with data visualization is preferred

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• Candidate must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future.
• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds: We're looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers: You're ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

Advert Closing Date: 18th December 2026

What we offer you

• Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
• We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
• We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our members.

San Francisco Hiring Range - Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in San Francisco is $24.50 to $47.50 per hour. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary. Please note hiring ranges for candidates performing work outside of San Francisco will differ.

Different people, shared values

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all.

Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference.

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave.

We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact your recruiter to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Arup acknowledges that our San Francisco office is situated on the traditional territories of the Muwekma Ohlone and Ramaytush peoples.