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Electronic Security Intern
Thornton Tomasetti
District of Columbia, USA
Full-time
Intern
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Your Role
- As an Electronic Security Intern in our Protective Design & Security practice, you will support risk-led security strategies and electronic security design for facilities and campuses across a range of sectors. You will gain exposure to how surveillance, access control, detection, and supporting infrastructure are integrated into the built environment as part of a coordinated, tailored security solution.
- What You'll Do
- Support design and planning tasks for access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and related security systems.
- Assist with security technology studies, infrastructure coordination, and design documentation.
- Help prepare reports, drawings, device schedules, and technical narratives.• Coordinate with architects, MEP engineers, IT stakeholders, and physical security specialists in a multidisciplinary team environment.
- Participate in on-site assessments, field surveys, and construction-phase activities.
- Develop foundational knowledge of cabling, power, and networks for security systems.
- Build familiarity with TT’s collaborative culture, service offerings, and interdisciplinary approach to electronic security, operations, and resilience.
- What You'll Bring
- Current undergraduate or graduate student in electrical engineering, systems engineering, security engineering, architecture, or a related field.
- Interest in electronic security, low-voltage systems, and security technology integration.• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with design, visualization, and documentation tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, ARC GIS, Unreal Engine, or similar platforms is a plus.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Compensation
- Help prepare reports, drawings, device schedules, and technical narratives.
- Coordinate with architects, MEP engineers, IT stakeholders, and physical security specialists in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Benefits
- Depending on your employment status, benefits may include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability and other voluntary benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Childcare
- Paid Time Off, Family Leave for New Parents, Volunteer Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Commuter Transit (where available)
- 401k retirement savings with Company matching on employee contributions and/or qualified student loan repayments
- Fitness Reimbursement
- And other various wellness, diversity/inclusion and employee resource programs and initiatives
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Thornton Tomasetti is proud to be an equal employment workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Thornton Tomasetti are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Qualifications
- Current undergraduate or graduate student in electrical engineering, systems engineering, security engineering, architecture, or a related field.
- Interest in electronic security, low-voltage systems, and security technology integration.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with design, visualization, and documentation tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, ARC GIS, Unreal Engine, or similar platforms is a plus.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
- Compensation
About Thornton Tomasetti
Architecture & Engineering Services2677 employeesFounded 1949
Independent global engineering consulting firm designing, investigating and analyzing structures, materials and systems for clients worldwide.
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