Undergraduate internship programme
VR Internships
Work on real projects, for real clients, on the VR training platform used by Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson and Siemens. Join remotely, or work alongside the team in our Athlone studio.
Closing soon
2027 university work placements: applications close
Thursday 6 November, 23:59Irish time
Late applications cannot be accepted, so please apply early.
This is not an internship spent watching from the sidelines.
Mersus hosts an undergraduate internship programme for students from colleges in Ireland and abroad, with placements that vary in length to suit your course, remotely or on site.
We have welcomed students from TUS, ATU, DkIT, Maynooth University, DCU and Trinity College Dublin. Many of our interns have gone on to careers in immersive technology, including here at Mersus.
You will contribute to live projects on Avatar Academy, alongside the team that builds it.
What you will work on
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3D modelling and environment design
Building the machines, rooms and objects trainees work with.
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Unity development
VR interaction programming in the engine behind Avatar Academy.
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Motion capture and animation
Bringing people and procedures to life inside the simulation.
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QA testing on Meta Quest
Testing courses on the headsets customers use.
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UI and UX design
Designing menus and guidance that work inside a headset.
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Work that ships
Real deliverables that go to real clients.
What you will gain
Production experience on a commercial VR platform, a portfolio you can show future employers, and a working understanding of how immersive technology is built and delivered in a professional studio.
You will also learn what college cannot teach: client deadlines, sprint planning, code review, and what it takes to ship software that companies depend on.
Who we are looking for
Students from games development, computer science, animation, 3D design and related courses.
Your curiosity matters more than your course. The interns who get the most from their time here ask questions, take ownership and want to understand how everything fits together.
Student projects with Trinity College Dublin
Since 2021, Mersus has partnered with Trinity College Dublin’s Software Engineering (SwENG) programme, giving student teams live engineering projects on Avatar Academy.
Teams work on real problems in real code, with feedback from the Mersus engineering team. In 2024 that meant new functionality across web development, the Unity game engine and real-time communication.
