Systems Engineer (Summer Intern Program)

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? What if you could find a position that is tailor made to grow your development, systems engineering, project management, and communication skills? We are seeking motivated summer interns to support a range of technical, acquisition, and programmatic tasks in support of intelligence collection programs. Working under the guidance of experienced mentors, interns will contribute to real-world projects supporting the mission of our Intelligence Community customer while gaining valuable industry experience in a collaborative environment.

Come work alongside our program team as we plan, develop, manage, and execute a collaborative project from concept generation, to acquisition and engineering, through capability delivery and customer presentations. You will develop the ability to strategize with, and develop, the customer's software and systems architecture as you tackle a project with direct impact on national security.

Arcfield's intern program is designed to provide college students the opportunity to gain meaningful, hands-on work experience in a professional environment. Our goal is to build a roadmap that leads you to a long, rewarding and challenging career. Interns typically represent college students trying to gain related work experience while pursuing an undergraduate degree. Under direct supervision, you will perform various hands-on tasks and assignments for the organization's professional staff in such disciplines as project management, systems engineering, agile software development, data science, and technologies such as cloud and AI/ML.

Internship Advantages:

• Meaningful work related to national security
• Primary channel for full-time, entry-level hires
• Competitive pay
• Opportunity for government security clearance

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to team objectives and organizational goals
• Assist in requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation
• Analyze and develop system architecture and design
• Work in a software development team coding applications and tools
• Contribute to agentic AI model development and implementation
• Support data collection, processing, and analysis activities
• Participate in integration testing and verification procedures
• Help develop technical documentation and system specifications
• Support risk identification, management processes, and validation of project deliverables
• Present project findings and accomplishments at the end of the internship

Required Skills:

• Current enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, related-STEM, or business program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Available to work the duration of the ten weeks and commit to working a minimum of 30 hours per week in person in Chantilly, VA
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies
  
• Have the ability to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI Poly security clearance with

Desired Skills:

• Previous internship, research, or project experience
• Software knowledge:
  • Experience with agile and the software development lifecycle
  • Development environments
  • Familiarity with programming languages (Python, Java, etc.)
  • AI/ML
  • UI/UX
  • Data processing and analysis
  • Databases
• Systems engineering knowledge:
  • Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle
  • Requirements analysis
  • Testing methodologies, IV&V
  • Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
• Interest in national security, defense, or intelligence missions

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.