Spring 2027 AI/ML Engineering Intern
The Nuclear Company3 months ago
Washington, DC, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Ship ML and AI features inside NOS applications supporting site evaluation, red flag analysis, scheduling, lessons learned, stakeholder tools, and project tools.
- Build AI agents and agent workflows that operate against NOS data and tools, including MCP interfaces and tool-use frameworks.
- Develop data pipelines and integrations across Palantir Foundry, AWS GovCloud, and other systems, and contribute to the NOS data ontology.
- Build predictive and anomaly-detection models, including time-series analysis of sensor and operational data.
- Own model quality activities including evaluation criteria, acceptance thresholds, regression suites, issue triage, and root-cause analysis.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a BS program in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field; available for the full six-month term and returning to school afterward.
- Strong Python fundamentals and hands-on exposure to ML and LLM tooling such as PyTorch or Hugging Face through coursework or projects.
- Experience shipping working software or ML projects through coursework, personal projects, internships, or co-ops.
- U.S. Person status, defined as U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, is required due to export controls.
- Willingness and ability to work on-site in Washington, DC, five days per week for the full six-month term.
- Preferred experience includes LLMs and agents, prompting, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluations, tool use, Palantir Foundry and AIP, AWS or another cloud platform, exploratory data analysis, large or messy datasets, time-series or sensor data, MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, or model CI/CD.
- Interest in energy, national security, industrial software, or regulated industries is preferred; nuclear engineering familiarity is optional.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, 401k with company match, medical, dental, and vision plans, generous vacation policy, and holidays.
- Six-month Spring 2027 co-op running January through June.
- Washington, DC base location with on-site work five days per week.
- Full housing and relocation support for co-ops outside the DC metro area.
- Base pay is $25.00 per hour plus a $2,000 monthly housing stipend.
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About The Nuclear Company
The Nuclear Company develops and constructs nuclear power plants in the U.S., pairing proven reactor technologies with a fleet-scale, design-once/build-many model for utilities and grid operators. Founded in 2023 and privately held, it focuses on standardizing plant design and digital delivery to reduce costs and deployment timelines. The company works to supply reliable baseload electricity and expand nuclear capacity across American markets.