Traffic Engineering Intern

This Opportunity

WSP USA hosts hundreds of internships across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.

Our Austin Traffic Team is seeking a Full-Time Traffic Intern to work out of our Austin office. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in a Graduate degree program only.

This internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program. As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 17th, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.

Your Impact

• Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
• Learn basic principles of Traffic and Transportation Engineering.

• Assist Austin and Texas staff with engineering, design, and production support. 

• Support project task leads in development of traffic studies including traffic impact analyses, corridor feasibility and planning studies, microscopic simulation modeling, and macroscopic simulation modeling. 

• Will work closely with Project Managers and task leads to prepare PS&E plans including signing and striping, traffic signals, illumination, and traffic control plans for various state and local agencies. 

• Apply critical thinking and decision-making on design and engineering procedures. 

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
• Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.   

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Masters, or related, graduate or post-graduate program with an anticipated graduation date of December 2027 or later.

• Must be 18 or older.
• Demonstrated interest in Traffic and Transportation Engineering, or related field, and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
• Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

• EIT certification strongly preferred. 

• Experience with Highway Capacity Software, Microstation or AutoCAD, OpenRoads, ArcGIS, TransCAD, or VISSIM is a plus. 

• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.