Jobs and internships
Opening for Paid Internship: Student Research Intern in Offshore Wind
Attention: undergraduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt! The Schatz Center is hiring a student research intern to support our ongoing offshore wind mooring line entanglement research. This paid, part-time internship is expected to start in October 2026 and continue through the Spring 2027 semester. Eligible applicants must be undergraduate students in good academic standing at Cal Poly Humboldt who are registered for at least 6.0 units in Fall 2026.
This internship offers hands-on experience contributing to an applied research project and working as part of a collaborative research team. A significant portion of the project development has been completed, with important work remaining to support system integration, analysis, documentation, and final reporting. You will contribute to this phase of the project by helping develop technical reports and communication materials, organizing and interpreting research results, and supporting other project activities as needed.
Applications due by Monday, September 14, 2026, at 8am Pacific.
Internship and professional development opportunities (updated April 2026)
- We recently updated our list of current internship and professional development opportunities in the offshore wind sector. If you would like to add your opportunity to upcoming lists, please contact us.
Labor Report for California Floating Offshore Wind (April 2025)
The Schatz Energy Research Center has released a report on California Floating Offshore Wind: Evaluating Workforce Analyses and Assessing Professional Labor Needs. This report offers new insights into the professional workforce that will be needed in order to deploy floating offshore wind (FOSW) in California. The report (a) evaluates existing workforce analyses and tools, (b) examines key factors influencing job projections, and (c) assesses professional labor needs across multiple industry activities, including project development, supply chain, operations and maintenance, port development, and transmission infrastructure.