2026 AI Engineering Aide

Location:  Lisle, IL 

(Hybrid options available to the right candidate)

Hanson Values

Integrity | Commitment | Quality | Relationships | Innovation

If you’re looking for a firm that encourages innovative thinking and challenges you every day, with an opportunity to learn and advance, a career at Hanson is right for you. The belief in sustainability within our company’s practices creates a focus on client success and partnerships that are important to our communities and our environment.

Job Description
Hanson Professional Services Inc. is a dynamic, employee-owned engineering consulting firm of more than 600 employees providing a full range of multi-disciplined engineering, scientific, and allied services throughout the USA.

Hanson is seeking a motivated AI Engineering Aide to help build, test, and deploy practical AI workflows while supporting technical staff in day-to-day adoption. This intern will play a hands-on role in improving efficiency, innovation, documentation quality, and knowledge capture across the company. 

This opportunity is ideal for students interested in applied artificial intelligence, engineering technology, or software development, especially someone excited to build practical tools that solve real problems in an engineering environment. 

What You’ll Do

• Build, test, and refine AI assistants and workflow automations for repeatable internal tasks 

• Support production staff in using AI tools for engineering workflows, project documentation, quality control, and data processing/organization

• Develop lightweight scripts and utilities (Python, JavaScript, Power Automate, or similar) to connect AI outputs with everyday engineering processes
• Help maintain GitHub repositories, document changes clearly, and contribute to simple, well-structured internal tooling

• Assist in preparing quick-reference guides, demos, and training materials for internal teams 

• Evaluate emerging AI tools (including ChatGPT, Codex ,and Copilot), run practical pilot tests, and summarize recommendations

We are looking for a college or high school student who is: 

• Curious and excited about AI and emerging technologies 

• Self-starter with the ability to learn quickly and work independently 

• Foundational coding ability (Python or JavaScript preferred, but not required), with comfort reading and editing existing scripts

• Comfortable experimenting with new tools and troubleshooting 

• Strong communication skills for explaining technical topics simply 

• Experience with GitHub, ChatGPT Codex, Copilot, Microsoft Power Platform, cloud tools (Azure/OpenAI), and documentation/process automation tools is desirable 

 What You’ll Gain 

• Real world experience applying AI in engineering and technical environments 

• Hands-on mentorship from Hanson’s AI and engineering leaders 

• Better understanding of engineering workflows, software and tools 

• Potential for future internships or full-time opportunities 

This position  will have a traditional 40 hour work week. 

The hourly range for this position is $17