Software Engineering Intern
McLean, VA
Internship, Full-time
Onsite
Intern Level
The MITRE Corporation is dedicated to solving significant national challenges in various sectors including defense and cybersecurity. As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work with a team to apply your knowledge in software development and gain hands-on experience in areas such as artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and DevSecOps.
Responsibilities
- Apply knowledge and gain experience with human factors engineering, human-computer integration, human-in-loop testing, user experience/user interface
- Engage in front-end, back-end, middleware or full-stack software development
- Work with artificial intelligence and cyber software
- Participate in DevSecOps activities
- Contribute to embedded systems and Internet of Things projects
- Involve in modeling and simulation
- Engage in model-based engineering
Qualification
Required
- Must be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an accredited degree seeking program in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related degree program and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
- "Hands-on" skills in at least one or more programming language
- Exposure to software development tools and frameworks, including source control management tools (e.g., Git)
- Familiarity with software development methodologies
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
Preferred
- Experience having applied computer science learning to an internship or research/lab position.
- Knowledge of software design patterns
- Proficient knowledge in Python, C or Java
- Experience in different web frameworks, libraries and/or machine learning libraries
- Knowledge of database technologies, including relational or NoSQL
- Demonstrated interest in serving the public