Systems Engineering Intern

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are dedicated to delivering sustainable and innovative solutions that improve quality of life. As part of our commitment to excellence, we are seeking a motivated and talented individual to join our Digital Asset Management and Transportation Technology teams as a Systems Engineering Intern.

The Digital Asset Management and Transportation Technology teams are multidisciplinary groups within Arcadis' Mobility Global Business Area. The two teams work closely together and regularly share resources. As a Systems Engineering Intern, you will play a key role in supporting our projects related to digital transformation initiatives for infrastructure owners and operators. You will contribute to enhancing municipal public works sectors such as transportation, water/wastewater, urban forestry, and capital planning by leveraging your data analytics, GIS, programming, and stakeholder engagement skills. This position provides a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in systems engineering, digital innovation, business analysis, transportation engineering, and strategic planning.

Role accountabilities:

• Supporting the team on projects related to Digital Asset Management, including business process reviews, data analytics, asset management systems planning and implementation, and digital transformation initiatives centered around municipal public works sectors including transportation, water wastewater, urban forestry, and capital planning.
• Supporting the team on projects related to intelligent transportation systems, including smart cities, data analytics, and connected and automated vehicle technology.
• Researching traffic technology solutions and investigating client needs for the development of strategic plans.
• Assisting with the planning, evaluation, and creation of pilot studies to assess transportation analytics and big data technology, software, methodologies, data management, and computer systems.
• Preparing reports, abstracts, memos, and presentations to communicate methods and/or outcomes of the systems engineering process and/or analytical outcomes for technical and business leader audiences.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement initiatives by preparing engagement material, questionnaires, and meeting minutes.
• Documenting business processes, user needs, and/or gaps in existing processes and systems.
• Developing workflow diagrams, functional requirements, technical requirements, and system specifications for existing and future systems.
• Identifying, designing, and/or building AI or data solutions for digital transformation initiatives.
• Identifying client needs for the development of strategic and implementation plans at the organizational level or for specific projects/programs.
• Data processing and analysis of large transportation data sets using programming languages and statistical software packages.
• Cleaning, processing, and management of spatial data using GIS and spatial databases to support the development of web mapping applications.
• Summarizing data and reporting findings by preparing maps, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, and graphics.
• Designing and building interactive data visualization tools and dashboards.
• Supporting business development and proposal initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Currently enrolled in an Engineering or related program 
• Programming experience in Python, R, SQL, and/or JavaScript is an asset.
• Experience with mapping tools such as ArcGIS, and QGIS is an asset.
• Experience with dashboarding and business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau is an asset.

The ideal candidate is able to articulate a strong interest in pursuing a career in systems engineering, digital asset management, intelligent transportation systems, and digital transformation. They are effective both independently and as part of a team, and can communicate complex quantitative analysis clearly and precisely through oral discussions, technical writing, and presentations. Additionally, they are skilled at documenting and explaining complex business processes and user needs, translating them into functional requirements and system specifications. Experience working with municipal public works business units—such as transportation, transit, water, urban forestry, and capital planning—as well as experience in stakeholder engagement, business process reviews, and system specification development, are valuable assets. Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases, including designing, querying, and manipulating large datasets, is also considered an asset.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.