Summer 2027 AI/ML Engineering Intern
The Nuclear Company3 months ago
Washington, DC, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Ship ML and AI features for NOS applications supporting site evaluation, red-flag analysis, scheduling, lessons learned, stakeholder work, and project tools.
- Build AI agents and agent workflows that operate against NOS data and tools using 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 analyses 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, with plans to return to school afterward.
- Available for the stated full-term internship and able to work onsite in Washington, DC five days per week.
- Strong Python fundamentals and hands-on exposure to ML and LLM tooling such as PyTorch or Hugging Face through coursework or projects.
- Track record of shipping working software or ML projects through coursework, personal projects, internships, or co-ops.
- U.S. Person status, meaning U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency, is required because of export-controlled information and technology.
- Preferred experience includes LLMs and agents, prompting, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluations, tool use, Palantir Foundry and AIP, AWS or another major cloud platform, exploratory data analysis, large or messy datasets, time-series or sensor data, and MLOps tooling such as MLflow, SageMaker, or Vertex AI.
- Interest in energy, national security, industrial software, or regulated industries is preferred; nuclear engineering familiarity is not required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages.
- 401k with company match.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Generous vacation policy and holidays.
- The posting describes a 12-week May-August Summer 2027 internship while also requiring availability for a full six-month term.
- Washington, DC onsite five days per week.
- Full housing and relocation are provided for co-ops outside the DC metro area.
- The estimated starting rate 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.