Externship Opportunities

Externships are back, happening virtually and in person over Spring Break, March 11-15, 2024 or, another time during the Spring Semester (dates will be coordinated with the host if matched)! To learn more about the Owl Edge Externship program, click here. READ ALL EXTERNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS HERE.

This semester, we have exciting opportunities with hosts who work for Accenture, Blue Origin, Baylor College of Medicine, Chevron, Google, the U.S. Department of Education, and so many more!

Keep an open mind as you read the descriptions in 12twenty - especially if more than one path interests you. Many externships fall under multiple career functions in 12twenty, although listed only once below (along with the host's academic starting point and graduation year, if applicable). You'll see hosts with both linear AND non-linear career paths. We encourage you to explore career paths!

Apply to as many externships as you find interesting (the CCD reads and ranks each application, and an algorithm matches students to an opportunity - the more externships you apply to, the better the chance is of being matched)! Questions?

Contact externships@rice.edu

You can view more about each opportunity and apply in 12twenty.

Start in "Rice Student Employment" tab
Add a filter for "Type of Job" and select "Owl Edge Externship"
Optional: add a filter for "Career Function (Cluster)" and add a cluster
Optional: add a filter for "First Gen Hosts" to see which hosts were the first in their families to graduate college.

Deadline: January 29 at 11:59 pm.

Arts, Communication, and Entertainment

Cambria Films - CEO, Executive Producer: Alum, English
Freelance artist and adjunct professor - Freelance theater artist: Alum, Theatre & History
Honey Art Cafe - Cafe owner and artist: Alum, Architecture
Houston Chronicle - Audience Producer/Audience Journalist: Alum, English, Theatre
Lamar University - Associate Professor, Art History; Art & Design Chair : Alum, Art History (PhD)
New career in photography and multimedia, was Director of Operations at Semiconductor Company - retired, was Director of Operations at Semiconductor Company: Alum, Doctorate, Physics
PitchBook, Graphic Designer - Graphic Designer: Alum, Kinesiology
Starbucks - director regional operations - Director regional operations : Alum, Mechanical Engineering
Writer/filmmaker - Writer: Alum, Physics & Math

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Computer, IT, and Math

Belvedere Trading - Campus Recruiter: Rice Business Partners
Cart.com, Inc. - Vice President, Total Rewards, Operations, & Payroll: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Alum, Managerial Studies and English
Chevron Corporation - Digital Product Line Manager: Alum, Business Administration
Data Engineer for Sentry.io - Data Engineer: Alum, Chemical Physics
DataRobot, Inc. - Chief Product Officer: Alum, Computer Science
Dell Technologies - Product Development Manager: Alum, MBA
Digital.ai - Software dev/QA manager: Alum, Electrical Engineering
DispatchHealth - Tech Lead: Alum, Computer Science, Managerial Studies
Google - Cloud Architect and Product Manager: Alum, Mathematics
HP, Inc. - Engineer : Alum, Economics
Information Technology (IBM,) 1997-2019; Defense/Aerospace (TRW, Raytheon) 1978-1984 - Systems engineer: Alum, BSEE, MEE (Electrical Engineering)
IT Consulting - CTO, Consultant, DIrector of IT, Director of Application: Alum, Mathematics
OnePager - Vice President of Solutions (Engineering): Alum, BA in History
OpenStax - Product Manager II: Faculty/Staff
Pfizer Inc - Digital Risk and Compliance Lead: Parent
Rice University, Cambridge Office Building/Home Office - IT Project Manager, Business Consultant: Alum, Chemical Engineering
Schrödinger Inc - biotech - Solutions Architect/Data Scientist: Alum, Data Science, Chemistry
Smith - Corporate Recruiter : Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
Snowflake Inc. - Senior Practice Manager: Alum, Civil and Environmental
Southwest Airlines - Data Science Business Consultant: Alum, Computational & Applied Mathematics
TechFabric in Gilbert, AZ - Principal Product Strategist: Alum, Policy Studies, Psychology
The Arcticom Group - Senior Director of Information Technology: Parent, Economics
Wētā Workshop - Lead Game Programmer: Alum, Computer Science & English, BA
Zscaler - CTO-in-Residence: Alum, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Education, Nonprofit, and Social Enterprise

AJ Tutoring & Walk with Christina - Tutoring Center Director, ADHD Career Coach: Alum, Chemistry & Linguistics
Aledo Middle School - 8th grade science teacher : Parent, Secondary Science Education
Appalachian Headwaters - Education Director: Alum, Environmental Science and Engineering, History
Baltimore City Public Schools - Assistant Principal: Alum, Mathematics and Linguistics
BECS English Conversation School - Head Teacher: Alum, Physics
Blue Origin - Lunar Programs Training Lead: Alum, Political Science
Buttonwood Park Zoo - Education Specialist & ZooCrew Director: Alum, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EBIO)
CHAT (Cultural of Help Advancing Together) - Executive Director: Non-Profit Collaborator, Public Health
CityWorks DC - Senior Director of Development: Alum, Sociology (Masters)
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School - English Teacher: Parent
Gravyty (Ed Tech) - Account Manager: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
Gray Rhino & Company - Founder and CEO: Alum, French, Policy Studies
I do both - Industrial development and Community development - Private sector development Expert- Legal Representative: Rice Business Partners
Latin School of Chicago - Learning Specialist/ Learning Resource Teacher: Parent
Non profit organisation (Almawaddah association for family development) - Assistant General Manager: Parent
Non-profit Civic Engagement; social justice; leadership development - Advocacy & Programs Manager: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates - Executive Director: Alum, Chemistry, Sociology
OpenStax - Demand Generation Specialist: Alum, Psychology
Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford - FAIRsharing Content and Community Coordinator: Alum, Ancient Mediterranean Civ., Biology
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast - Community Organizer: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
Prior service with the federal government - President, National Museum of Language: Alum, Anthropology
Retired from the United States Navy. Entrepreneur - Owner: MBA
RTI International - Senior Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Technical Advisor : Alum, Political Science
Sacramento New Technology HS - Teacher: Alum, Electrical and Computer Engineering
St. Joseph House 501(c)3 social services non profit - Admissions Coordinator: Community Member
State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) - President & CEO: Alum, Music, Political Science
Stephen F. Austin High School (Fort Bend Independent School District) - Forensic Science Teacher: Alum, B.A. in Neuroscience
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation - Senior Program Associate, Clean Energy and Subsurface Energy Programs: Alum , History and Social Policy Analysis
The University of Iowa - Visiting Assistant Professor of African American History : Alum, History
Trinity University Residential Life - Residential Life Coordinator: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Agriculture and Extension Education
University of Central Florida School of Social Work - Instructor, Field Education Faculty: Alum, BA Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
University of Vermont - Professor: Alum, English and Sociology, BA
Western Reserve Academy (Boarding School in Ohio) - Dean of Academic Affairs: Parent

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Engineering and Architecture

Aava Technology - Co-owner: Alum, Electrical Engineering
Architecture + Information (A+I) - Designer: Alum, Architecture + Art History
BGE, Inc. - Senior Project Manager: Alum, Civil Engineering
Boeing - Chemical engineer: Alum, Materials Science & Nanoengineering
CobbFendley - Senior Project Manager: Alum, Civil Engineering, Spanish
Construction management and engineering consulting at hdr - Construction manager and project manager : Alum, Civil Engineering
DEC - Engineer III, Hydrology and Hydraulics Division: Alum, Civil Engineering
DMC Inc. - Project Engineer: Alum, Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineer (Texas Instruments) - TI Fellow (retired): Alum, Electrical Engineering
Engineering supervisor for Flint Hills Resources Refinery - Plant Engineering Lead: Parent
Former President of an Architectural Design Build entity with spotless enviable record - President / Principal Residential Designer: No, Master in Architecture
General Electric HealthCare - Engineer: Alumni Relationship/Recruiting Group, Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Eng
Heather Young Architects - Partner: Alum, BA Arch, B Arch
HM Electronics, Inc. - Chief Engineer, Research & Development: Alum, Electrical Engineering
Honeywell/UOP - Lead Program Manager of Projects.: Parent
Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc. - Principal: Alum, Architecture
Kimball Electronics, Inc - Vice President Human Resources: Alum, Psychology
Kuraray America - La Porte/Bayport Plants - General Manager - PVOH Business Unit: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter/Alum, Chemical Engineering
Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. - Talent Acquisition Coordinator: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
NASA - Johnson Space Center - Deputy Manager - Orion Avionics, Power & Software Office: Parent
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab - Technologist: Alum, Physics
NYC Architect - Architectural Designer: Alum, Architecture
O3 Structural Studio - Principal Engineer: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Alumni, Civil Engineering (structural focus)
PEMEX Deer Park Refinery - Causal Learning Focal Point: Parent
pH design - Vice President: Alum, Architecture
R1 RCM - VP of Architecture: Alum, Computer Science
Raymond Engineering - Senior Architect: Alum, Architecture
Richard Beard Architects - Associate : Rice Business Partners, Richard who started Richard Beard Architects graduated from Rice
Samsung Austin Semiconductor - Software Engineer: Alum, Mechanical Engineering
Silk Road Medical - R&D Engineer: Alum, Bioengineering
SPEARS HORN ARCHITECTS - Principal Architect / President: Alum, Architecture
Tenaris - HR: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, HR
Testengeer, inc. - Principle Process Engineer: Alum, Chemical Engineering
TexSource - Owner: Alum, Chemical Engineering
Vermeer Corporation - Systems Principal Engineer: Parent
WGA (I have worked for several civil engineering firms) - Director, People Operations: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Engineering
Ziegler Cooper Architects - Architect: Community Member

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Finance, Consulting, and Enterprise

Accenture - Strategy Analyst #1: Alum, Bioengineering
Accenture - Strategy Analyst #2: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Sport Analytics & Social Policy Analysis
AiSprouts VC - Founder & GP: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Computer Engineering
Aurora Energy Research - Associate, Global Energy and U.S. Gas Markets: Alum, PhD
Baker Tilly - Manager - Development Advisory Services: Alum, Economics
Board Chair of Hollard Ghana - Board Chair: Parent, English
BuildGroup LLC - Co-founder: Alum, German, Economics
Chevron Technology Ventures - Venture Prinicpal: Alum, Chemical Engineering (undergrad); Masters of Data Science
Concise Capital Management - Principal: Alum, Mathematical Sciences, English, Economics
Cypress Associates - Managing Director: Alum, Mathematical Sciences
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Sr. Business Systems Analyst: Alum, Mechanical Engineering
Fernweh Group / Ayna AI - Associate Manager: Community Member
Financial Engineering , Statistics - N/A: Self , Energy Economics
Founder, Financial Radiance - Founder: Parent
I run a private long/short investment company - Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager: Parent
IDP Education & Scale Investors - Non Executive Director: Parent
Latina Chief, Diversity Executive Search - Managing Partner: Alum, BA PoliSci
Marathon Oil (Upstream) - Senior Planning Analyst: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Energy Economics
Prais+Barnette - Partner: Alum, Chemical Engineering
PROS Inc - Technical Program Manager: Alum, Business Administration
Real Estate Investment / Development - Senior Director: Alum, Architecture, Visual Arts
Real Estate Investor and Developer at Romulus Partners - Managing Partner: Rice Business Partners
Retired (self-employed) Former VP corporate & business development - Retired (self-employed) Former VP corporate & business development: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
Rippling Nature - Sage Strategist: Alum, History
Sketchy, previous place of employment was Boston Consulting Group, where I was a Strategy Associate - Strategy Associate: Alum, Social Policy Analysis
Willis Towers Watson - Associate - Corporate Development & Strategy: Alum, Economics & Managerial Studies

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Public Policy, Government, and Law

Baker McKenzie - Partner: Alum, Economics
Booz Allen Hamilton - Government Consultant, Organization Transformation and Change Consultant, SNR: Alum, Business Administration
California Department of Finance - Program Budget Manager: Alum, Public Policy, Government, and Law
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senior Advisor for Strategy and Planning: Alum, Biology
Co-owner of law firm - Attorney/ shareholder : Alum, B.A., History
Condon Tobin - Associate Attorney: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Mathematical Economic Analysis
Google - Director, Content Legal: Alum, Sociology
Harris Co. Pct. 2, Leonel Castillo Community Center - Community Center Manager: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter
I was a CIA operations officer for 35 years - Operations Officer: Alum, Political Science
Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities - Director of Transit Oriented Development (TOD): Alum, Mathematics & Economics
Morrison Foerster - Senior Talent Development Specialist : Alum, English
Municipal Court - Presiding Judge: Alum, English, Psychology
New York State Unified Court System - Special Referee: Alum, English
Pathway Capital Management - Vice President and Assistant General Counsel: Parent
Self-Employed Lawyer - Lawyer: Parent
Skelton & Blackstone Attorneys, LLC - Partner: Alum, Classics
Social Security Administration - Administrative Law Judge: Alum, English
Texas Office of Homeland Security within the Texas Department of Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection Coordinator: Parent
The Legal Aid Society - I am a public defender - Staff Attorney: Alum, Philosophy, Political Science
US Department of Education - Group Leader for Policy: Alum, English, French
Yates Title - Chief Executive Officer & Co-Owner: Alum, B. A. Anthropology

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Sciences and Health

Abbott Laboratories - Divisional Vice President, Research & Development: Alum
Anton Paar USA - Technical Sales Representative: Alum, BS Chemistry
Assistant Professor of orthopedic sports medicine at UT Health Houston medical school: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Alumni , Biology, ecosystems
Barnlight Kids Dental - Pediatric Dentist: Alum, Electrical Engineering
Bay Area, CA. Palo Alto Medical Foundation. - Plastic Surgeon: Parent, Interviewer for undergraduate admissions, Studio Art/Art History
Baylor College of Medicine - Assistant Professor: Parent
Baylor College of Medicine - Research Coordinator: Alum, Cognitive Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine - Medical Student: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Alumni , BA in Neuroscience
Boston Children's Hospital - Clinical Research Assistant: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Cognitive Sciences
Bruder Consulting & Venture Group - Vice President: Alum & Adjunct Faculty in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Dentistry - Dentist / practice owner: Parent, DDS
ERM (Environmental Resources Management) - Environmental Consultant: Alum, Environmental Science
GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines - Regulatory Affairs: Alum, Environmental Science & Eng.
Heart Care Center NW Houston. Interventional Cardiologist. Nuclear Cardiology Echo cardiomyopathy Pacemakers - M.D. : Parent
Heights Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics AND Smiles For Kids Pediatric Dentistry - Pediatric Dentist & Business Owner: Alum, Biology, Slavic Languages
Houston Child and Family Therapy PC my private practice - Licensed Professional Counselor, Marriage and family therapist: Parent
Houston Pediatric Neurology and Sleep, PLLC - MD, CEO: Parent
I am a self-employed dentist with multiple dental office locations in Illinois. - Dentist: Parent
I own my own business - Psychologist/Owner: Community Member
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth & Planetary Science - Postdoctoral fellow: Alum, Earth Science (BS); Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (BS) (double major)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Ecologist and Science Program Manager: Alum, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
McGovern Medical School - Medical Student: Alum, Biosciences (B.S.) and Sociology (B.A.)
MD Anderson Department of Critical Care - M. D. ; Associate Professor : Alum, Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Attending Pediatric Oncologist: Parent
My husband and I own and operate our private dental practice for 24 yrs - dentist: Parent
My own private Family Medicine practice, Archway Family Medicine - Family Medicine Physician: Alum, Cognitive Science
MycoTechnology - CTO: Parent
Press Ganey - Transformation Consultant: Parent
Private consulting and coaching company, previously - Senior Vice President for a Swiss Company, worked in Germany - Founder and Managing Director: Alum, Doctorate in Chemistry
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - Vice Chair, Radiology: Parent
self - Medical office at Scurlock Tower - Methodist - Physician: Community Member
Southwest Asthma and Allergy Associates - Physician - Allergy/Immunology: Alum, Economics/Pre-Med
Surgical Associates of Corpus Christi - Surgeon: Alum, BIOCHEMISTRY/ ECONOMICS
TerraVolta Resources - Founder and CEO: Community Member/Friend/Recruiter, Economics
The Philip Israel breast center - Breast surgeon: Parent
TIP Consultants - Medical Device Executive / Founder: Alum, Mechanical Engineering
U.S. Army DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center - Physicist: Alum, Physics
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus - Professor: Parent
University of Utah Health - Assistant Professor; Integrative Medicine Faculty Physician: Alum, Religious Studies
UTHealth Houston - Director of the UTHealth EP Heart CV/EP Training Program: Community Member

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The Owl Edge Externship Program welcomes students of all ethnicities and natural origins, gender and gender identities, sexual orientations, classes, religions, and disabilities. Externship participants who have a disability or other condition necessitating accommodation are encouraged to discuss their needs with the program administrator, Alexander Rodriguez -- ar150@rice.edu