Akamai Internship Placement Sites 

When applicants are selected to participate in Akamai they are placed at an organization, with a specific mentor and project. Akamai carefully makes this match based on the applicant’s interests, existing skill set and location preferences. Below is a list of some of the places where Akamai interns have completed their internship in the past, and possibilities for future placements.

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by field and interests.

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Possible internship sites by island and industry for the 2025 program:

Hawaii Island

Maunakea observatories: Interns work either at the observatory base facility or summit, or a combination, depending on the project.

  • W. M. Keck Observatory (base facility in Waimea)
  • Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope- CFHT (base facility in Waimea)
  • Gemini North Telescope (base facility in Hilo)
  • Subaru Telescope (base facility in Hilo)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory – SAO (base facility in Hilo)
  • Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics- ASIAA (base facility in Hilo)
  • Institute for Astronomy (base facility in Hilo)
  • NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (base facility in Hilo)

Science/tech organizations:

  • Liquid Robotics (Kawaihae)
  • Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems- PISCES (Hilo)
  • Hawaii Electric Light Company (Hilo)
  • Thirty Meter Telescope (Hilo)
  • United States Department of Agriculture (Hilo)

Maui

Haleakala observatories: Interns work either at the observatory base facility or summit, or a combination, depending on the project.

  • Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (base facility in Pukalani)
  • Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site* (base facility in Kihei)
  • Institute for Astronomy (base facility in Pukalani)

Science/tech organizations:

  • Boeing* (Kihei)
  • KBR, previously Centauri/Pacific Defense Systems* (Kihei)
  • Maui High Performance Computing Center* (Kihei)
  • Pacific Disaster Center (Kihei)
  • Privateer Space (Kihei)
  • Odyssey Systems* (Kihei)
  • Hnu Photonics (Wailuku)

Hawaii telescope partners in California:

  • University of California Observatories instrument shop and Laboratory for Adaptive Optics (Santa Cruz)

Site requires intern to be a U.S. citizen.

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