Sports Internships
Sports internships give university students, recent graduates, and early-career switchers hands-on project experience working alongside working coaches, analysts, and operations professionals, and, at many employers, a path toward a full-time offer. Openings across Education are active now, with Fox Corporation, EXOS, and Dash Sports among the employers posting roles now.
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FloLabs R&D is seeking a Sports Science & HealthTech Intern to support projects focused on human performance, movement science, wearable technology, AI-assisted health insights, and next-generation sports and mobility innovation.
This internship is designed for students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals interested in the intersection of sports science, health technology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, wearable sensors, data analysis, rehabilitation, recovery, and human performance.
As a Sports Science & HealthTech Intern, you may help evaluate biomechanical and physiological data, support research related to AI-enhanced wearable systems, and contribute to projects that improve athletic performance, mobility, recovery, and wellness for different populations, including athletes, fitness users, rehabilitation users, and older adults.
You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, product teams, and design teams to help shape tools that support movement optimization, performance monitoring, injury prevention, recovery tracking, and data-driven health insights.
This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy applied research, data-driven analysis, health technology, wearable innovation, and real-world human performance applications.
Key Responsibilities
Collect, organize, and analyze biomechanics, physiological, movement, and performance-related data using smart sensors, wearables, and AI-supported platforms.
Support testing and refinement of wearable systems, including injury-prevention tools, rehabilitation devices, training enhancers, and health monitoring concepts.
Conduct research reviews and summarize developments in sports science, HealthTech, movement science, biomechanics, wearable technology, and AI-assisted performance analysis.
Help develop personalized training, wellness, mobility, recovery, or performance recommendations using sensor insights and performance indicators.
Assist with research related to fatigue, recovery, stress, sleep, movement quality, mobility, injury risk, rehabilitation, and athletic performance.
Collaborate with engineering, AI, product, and design teams to ensure solutions are grounded in human-centered research and practical health or sports performance needs.
Prepare documentation, including research summaries, experiment notes, testing logs, performance reports, and internal project updates.
Explore AI-driven analysis tools and identify opportunities to improve monitoring, modeling, interpretation, and visualization of sports and health data.
Support product development work by helping translate sports science and HealthTech research into clear requirements, user needs, testing plans, and product insights.
Participate in team meetings, brainstorming sessions, project discussions, and internal updates.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Background or coursework in Sports Science, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Health Science, Biomedical Engineering, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Science, or a related field is preferred.
Interest in HealthTech, wearable technology, human performance, movement optimization, rehabilitation, sports performance, recovery, or AI-supported health systems.
Familiarity with data tools such as Python, R, MATLAB, Excel, Google Sheets, or other analysis platforms is a plus.
Experience with sensor data, wearable devices, performance testing, research methods, or health-related data analysis is a plus.
Exposure to machine learning, AI-based performance analysis, or digital health platforms is a plus.
Basic understanding of physiological data, movement data, heart rate, HRV, sleep metrics, activity data, mobility metrics, or performance tracking is preferred.
Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to organize research findings clearly.
Comfortable collaborating across research, engineering, product, design, and AI teams.
Self-motivated, curious, reliable, and excited to contribute to meaningful sports science and HealthTech projects.
Why Join Us?
Fully remote & flexible schedule. Work from anywhere, either full time up to 40 hours per week or part time with a minimum of 8 to 10 hours per week.
Hands-on, impactful work. Engage with biomechanical, physiological, wearable, and performance-related data that can help inform AI-powered HealthTech and sports performance tools.
Career-advancing experience. Gain practical skills in data analysis, sports performance monitoring, applied AI, movement science, wearable technology, and health innovation.
Mentorship & learning. Collaborate with team members across sports science, engineering, AI research, product development, and design.
Work on emerging technology projects. Explore how AI, sensors, wearables, and digital platforms can support better performance, recovery, mobility, and wellness outcomes.
Build practical experience that can strengthen your resume, portfolio, and future interview conversations.
Optional on-site internship opportunities may be available in Austin, Texas, and Lemnos, Greece.
We actively collaborate with universities to offer college credit for this internship. Once you express interest and are selected, we will work with your institution to support the process of obtaining credit for your participation, pending university approval.
After successful completion, there may be an opportunity to be considered for a paid apprenticeship.
Job Type: Internship
Work Location: Remote
Overview
FloLabs R&D is seeking a Sports Science & HealthTech Intern to support projects focused on human performance, movement science, wearable technology, AI-assisted health insights, and next-generation sports and mobility innovation.
This internship is designed for students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals interested in the intersection of sports science, health technology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, wearable sensors, data analysis, rehabilitation, recovery, and human performance.
As a Sports Science & HealthTech Intern, you may help evaluate biomechanical and physiological data, support research related to AI-enhanced wearable systems, and contribute to projects that improve athletic performance, mobility, recovery, and wellness for different populations, including athletes, fitness users, rehabilitation users, and older adults.
You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, product teams, and design teams to help shape tools that support movement optimization, performance monitoring, injury prevention, recovery tracking, and data-driven health insights.
This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy applied research, data-driven analysis, health technology, wearable innovation, and real-world human performance applications.
Key Responsibilities
Collect, organize, and analyze biomechanics, physiological, movement, and performance-related data using smart sensors, wearables, and AI-supported platforms.
Support testing and refinement of wearable systems, including injury-prevention tools, rehabilitation devices, training enhancers, and health monitoring concepts.
Conduct research reviews and summarize developments in sports science, HealthTech, movement science, biomechanics, wearable technology, and AI-assisted performance analysis.
Help develop personalized training, wellness, mobility, recovery, or performance recommendations using sensor insights and performance indicators.
Assist with research related to fatigue, recovery, stress, sleep, movement quality, mobility, injury risk, rehabilitation, and athletic performance.
Collaborate with engineering, AI, product, and design teams to ensure solutions are grounded in human-centered research and practical health or sports performance needs.
Prepare documentation, including research summaries, experiment notes, testing logs, performance reports, and internal project updates.
Explore AI-driven analysis tools and identify opportunities to improve monitoring, modeling, interpretation, and visualization of sports and health data.
Support product development work by helping translate sports science and HealthTech research into clear requirements, user needs, testing plans, and product insights.
Participate in team meetings, brainstorming sessions, project discussions, and internal updates.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Background or coursework in Sports Science, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Health Science, Biomedical Engineering, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Science, or a related field is preferred.
Interest in HealthTech, wearable technology, human performance, movement optimization, rehabilitation, sports performance, recovery, or AI-supported health systems.
Familiarity with data tools such as Python, R, MATLAB, Excel, Google Sheets, or other analysis platforms is a plus.
Experience with sensor data, wearable devices, performance testing, research methods, or health-related data analysis is a plus.
Exposure to machine learning, AI-based performance analysis, or digital health platforms is a plus.
Basic understanding of physiological data, movement data, heart rate, HRV, sleep metrics, activity data, mobility metrics, or performance tracking is preferred.
Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to organize research findings clearly.
Comfortable collaborating across research, engineering, product, design, and AI teams.
Self-motivated, curious, reliable, and excited to contribute to meaningful sports science and HealthTech projects.
Why Join Us?
Fully remote & flexible schedule. Work from anywhere, either full time up to 40 hours per week or part time with a minimum of 8 to 10 hours per week.
Hands-on, impactful work. Engage with biomechanical, physiological, wearable, and performance-related data that can help inform AI-powered HealthTech and sports performance tools.
Career-advancing experience. Gain practical skills in data analysis, sports performance monitoring, applied AI, movement science, wearable technology, and health innovation.
Mentorship & learning. Collaborate with team members across sports science, engineering, AI research, product development, and design.
Work on emerging technology projects. Explore how AI, sensors, wearables, and digital platforms can support better performance, recovery, mobility, and wellness outcomes.
Build practical experience that can strengthen your resume, portfolio, and future interview conversations.
Optional on-site internship opportunities may be available in Austin, Texas, and Lemnos, Greece.
We actively collaborate with universities to offer college credit for this internship. Once you express interest and are selected, we will work with your institution to support the process of obtaining credit for your participation, pending university approval.
After successful completion, there may be an opportunity to be considered for a paid apprenticeship.
Job Type: Internship
Work Location: Remote
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Tips for Your Sports Internship Search
Start your search in the fall for summer roles
Large leagues, franchises, and sports media companies open summer intern applications as early as September and October. If you wait until spring, the structured cohort programs are already closed. Smaller clubs and co-op programs post closer to start dates, so check back regularly throughout the year.
Build proof of work before you apply
Sports intern recruiters expect limited professional experience, so your projects carry the application. Put together two or three documented pieces of work, such as a scouting report, a player-performance dashboard, or a sponsorship activation case study, and make sure each one names the tools you used and links to something a recruiter can actually open.
Work your campus network and apply directly at the same time
Campus career fairs surface structured programs tied to your university, and your professors and career center staff often know which sports organizations recruit from your school before roles appear publicly. Apply directly to smaller teams and agencies running their own cohorts at the same time, since those roles rarely come through campus channels.
Practice the real intern interview format out loud
Sports intern screens vary by function. Analytics and data roles typically involve a technical or quantitative problem. Business and operations roles lean toward case or situational questions. Whatever format you are preparing for, practice speaking your reasoning aloud, since interviewers weigh how you think through a problem as much as the answer you reach.
Target structured intern programs built for newcomers
Larger sports organizations, leagues, and media companies run rotational or cohort intern programs specifically designed for people entering the industry. These programs recruit early, fill fast, and give you exposure across multiple departments. Identify the ones that match your interests and get your application in during the first wave of recruiting.
Set your work-type filter before you start
On-site roles are 77% of the sports internships listed here. Decide what location and work arrangement you can realistically commit to before you start searching, then filter by work type so you spend your time on roles you can actually take rather than sorting through listings that do not fit.
Sports Internships: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a sports internship?
Lead with coursework, personal projects, and a portfolio rather than work history, since hiring teams expect limited experience at the intern level. For sports candidates, a concrete artifact, whether that is a scouting report, a data dashboard, or a game-film breakdown, gives recruiters something real to assess. Combine direct applications with campus career fairs, where sports recruiters often move faster for students they meet in person.
Can a sports internship turn into a full-time job?
Many employers extend return offers to strong interns, but conversion is never guaranteed. What actually drives it in sports is the quality of your project work, whether the team has open headcount when your internship ends, and how early you signal interest in returning. Position yourself by performing well on real assignments without counting on an offer.
When should I apply for sports internships?
Earlier than most candidates expect. Large sports organizations, leagues, and media companies recruit summer interns the preceding fall, often wrapping offers before the new year. Smaller clubs, agencies, and co-op programs post closer to their actual start dates, so openings appear year-round and a consistent search pays off.
Are sports internships paid?
Most professional sports internships in the U.S. are paid. Compensation varies by company size, the segment of the industry, and location. Listings show pay ranges where the employer chooses to disclose them, so you can filter for roles that match what you need before you apply.
What should a sports internship resume include?
Lead with projects, not work history. Include two or three complete, documented projects that name the tools you used and where a recruiter can see the output, such as a published analytics write-up, a scouting database you built, or a game-operations case study. Add relevant coursework and keep the whole document to one page.
Are there remote sports internships?
Yes. Remote and hybrid roles make up 23% of the sports internship listings here, with the rest on-site. Remote cohorts fill fast, so apply early and filter by work type to see them before they close.
What is a sports operations or league associate rotational internship?
Several leagues and large sports organizations run structured rotational intern programs that cycle new graduates through departments such as marketing, operations, analytics, and partnerships over a fixed term. These programs target people early in their careers, recruit months before the start date, and are competitive, so identify the cohorts that fit your background and apply in the first wave.
Can international students get sports internships?
Yes. F-1 students can intern through CPT while enrolled or through OPT work authorization after finishing a degree, and the employer does not have to file anything for either, so many companies are open to international interns. Confirm your eligibility and timing with your university's international student office before accepting an offer.
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