TIMESTEP Internship Info For Employers
The TIMESTEP Summer Internship Program is a unique opportunity for small- to mid-sized businesses to connect with talented UArizona undergraduate juniors in the Physical Sciences (Astronomy, Physics, Math, Geosciences, Hydrology, Atmospheric Physics).
Application Deadline : Rolling deadline until March 1st
Employer testimonials
MAdden Media
Participated in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 Past Interns continued working with Madden Media full time.
“Working with TIMESTEP has allowed us to build and sustain a data analysis solution that processes several hundred billion rows of data each day. We’ve sold this reporting platform to over 40 clients and it continues to grow as a profitable new part of the business. We might not have invested in prioritizing this platform if it were not for the TIMESTEP interns who enabled us to prototype these efforts ahead of product development”
- Dan Janes (Madden Media, 2022)
Madden Media team at a conference dinner in 2022, including 3 past TIMESTEP interns who are now employed full time at Madden.
Rincon Research
Participated in Summer 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
2022 and 2023 Interns have continued to work for Rincon.
"The TIMESTEP program creates a win-win scenario for both employers and interns"
TIMESTEP partners with Rincon Research employees to support the training of our interns (see right).
TIIMESTEP students get advice from Rincon Research employees on their resumes and how to prepare for interviews: Mike Garcia, Brie Finegold, & Chris Fry.
Airth solutions
Participated in Summer 2021, 2022, 2023
“If all your students are as great as [our Intern], it's a great resource that any company should take advantage of!”
– John Dagdelen Airth, 2023
SECURAPLANE
Participated in Summer 2023
“We expect a 60-80% reduction in time taken to produce data plots for our standardized testing, freeing engineers up to do analysis instead of rote operations.”
– Philip Macduff, Securaplane, 2023
IR Labs
Participated in Summer 2019, 2022, 2023; Hired their 2023 TIMESTEP intern.
“The students I have worked with in the TIMESTEP program have all been eager to learn and to succeed.”
– Brian Foster, IRLabs, 2023
Blacksky
Participated in Summer 2023
“[Our Intern] provided us a big leap forward on some auto quality analysis tools for lowlight images. … [Our Intern’s] work will help us identify these and provide better customer satisfaction in the future.”
- Nancy Thomas, BlackSky, 2023
KinetX
Participated in Summer 2021 and 2022
“We found our intern to be bright and highly motivated, and she fit in well while working with our professional engineers. TIMESTEP provided an excellent, low cost way to become acquainted with a motivated undergraduate who showed a lot of potential for future growth in an engineering company like ours.”
– Bobby G. Williams (KinetX, 2021)
"We appreciate having the student interns bring their curiosity and enthusiasm to our workplace. The TIMESTEP program lays out a very organized internship period with documented expectations for the intern and the company that result in a good experience for both."
- Bobby G. Williams (KinetX, 2022)
MSE Supplies
Participated in Summer 2021, 2022
“TIMESTEP is a great program to provide qualified students internship opportunities to gain practical project-based knowledge and experience in the real business world. This is a very good program to retain talent in the Tucson area when they graduate.”
"We have hosted intern students from the TIMESTEP program over the last few years. The overall experience has been very positive for us."
ELe Optics
Participated in Summer 2020
When asked why they were initially interested in partnering with TIMESTEP, ELE co-Founder Isaac Trumper explained there were multiple benefits:
“The opportunity to work with a brilliant undergraduate student at the University of Arizona and provide a summer internship experience that broadened their skillset,” he said, “and furthered our vision as a business” was appealing. His partner and co-Founder Jeremy Shockley added that he is “excited by the brilliance and creativity of young minds.” A particularly enjoyable aspect of the internship, Shockley says, was, “integrating our intern into our daily routine and watching the growth she demonstrated in such a short period of time.” Trumper also found the Intern's growth in key elements like programming and business mindset especially gratifying.
Shockley and Trumper encouraged other employers to consider taking on a student intern. “In addition to having practical assistance from an intern,”
Shockley explained, “the intangible benefit of optimism can't be undervalued when bringing on a student intern. Knowing the future will be filled with brilliant, creative, and competent young people helps me stay optimistic in the greater business context.”
Trumper advises those considering an intern to “go into the experience without expectations for what the intern will produce but have clear guidance that allows them to thrive. Be open to their learning / working style and fuel their excitement.”