Job Location: Crystal Hill, VA
Serco’s Training and Experience Program (STEP) is designed to provide undergraduate university and college students paid accredited internship opportunities to gain meaningful, hands-on work experience in a professional environment. Our goal is to help you build a career roadmap that provides you with challenging and rewarding learning experiences with Serco.
Serco offers internship opportunities across the following three career tracks: Business, Technical, and Engineering. Our 2023 internship opportunities are available throughout the U.S. and Canada, beginning on May 22 nd and concluding on August 11 th , with 1 week off July 3 rd -7 th . You will work with your manager to identify the best working schedule for you, working no more than an average of 36 hours a week with the added perk of half-days on Fridays.
In addition to gaining hands-on experience, you will attend training sessions taught by skilled leaders in our company to better prepare you for a full-time career. Furthermore, we believe great ideas come from all levels of the company! Each year we challenge our interns to work in diverse teams to develop, propose and execute on a project that improves our ways of working. Throughout this project you will work with Senior Sponsors and meet with members of our Executive Team.
STEP Program Benefits include:
- Paid, accredited internship with possibility of attaining college credit (:3 credits)
- Half days on Fridays
- Paid training sessions covering a wide variety of professional development topics – resume building, presentation skills, operational excellence, and more!
- Networking & mentoring opportunities with upper management/Senior Sponsors
Is this the internship opportunity for you?
- Are you passionate about developing cutting edge machine learning techniques to solve complex problems?
- Do you seek to work for a company that is developing innovative machine learning technologies to address some of the U.S. military’s most challenging problems?
- Are you an innovative, driven worker looking to make an impact?
This Machine Learning Intern will join a dynamic team of research scientists and software engineers that develop innovative machine learning technologies to address some of the U.S. military’s most challenging problems. If this sounds exciting to you, bring your expertise and collaborative skills to make an impact towards our military defense. In the process, you will both discover your place at Serco this summer and have a lasting impact on our organization and our country.
Serco offers an exciting internship opportunity in the Machine Learning Group (MLG) of the Enterprise Technology Office (ETO). MLG is responsible for developing innovative machine learning technologies that both solve our customer’s challenges and contribute to the growth of the company. The Machine Learning Intern will work either at of our Arlington, VA headquarters, fully remote, or a hybrid of those options. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is innovative and driven by challenging technical problems.
Serco’s Machine Learning Group develops a wide range of capabilities addressing our customer’s challenges which include data integration and fusion, developing machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies that can either augment or replace human tasks, and leveraging complex data sources to optimize workflows.
Over the course of the summer, you will be part of a small (3-7 member team) that works closely with our customers and other teams to deliver innovative systems to the U.S. military. We are seeking computer science, engineering or other science majors to contribute to our research & development efforts, particularly in the areas of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. You will report to Michael Colony, who has over 30 years of experience and leads many of the Machine Learning Group’s efforts.
In this role, you will:
- Be assigned a project that is significant to our ongoing contracts with the U.S. military, appropriately scoped for a summer intern. The project may be a group project with other interns.
- Work with members of the MLG team to frame the problem, design the solution, develop the code to implement it, and test and evaluate its effectiveness. Software will likely be written in Java and/or Python
- Package and deliver software for the target environment using standard DevOps principles
- Collaborate with co-workers, leadership, and clients to understand client problems, identify solutions, and demonstrate software solutions
- Participate in internal and client-defined agile software development processes
- Write technical software documentation and explain software design and implementation to co-workers, clients, and partners.
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Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- To be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited university
- Working knowledge of Java and/or Python
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong team player who can effectively contribute to project development
- Ideal candidates are rising sophomores, juniors, seniors, or Spring 2023 graduates.
- This position is contingent upon your ability to pass a background check and drug screen.
This role is also best suited for the following additional skills:
- Experience with, or coursework in, Machine Learning
If you are interested in working with a passionate, high-visibility team, then submit your application now for immediate consideration. It only takes a few minutes and could change your career!
Company Overview
Serco Inc. (Serco) is the Americas division of Serco Group, plc. Serco serves every branch of the U.S. military, numerous U.S. Federal civilian agencies, the Intelligence Community, the Canadian government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. We help our clients deliver vital services more efficiently while increasing the satisfaction of their end customers. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Serco Americas has over 9,000 employees and is part of a $4 billion global business that helps transform government and public services around the world. At Serco, our employees are our most valuable asset – we listen, respect and support them throughout their career at Serco. We invite you to become part of our dynamic team. Serco is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying our workforce (Race/ Color/ Sex/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/ Religion/ National Origin/ Disability/ Vets).
To review Serco benefits please visit: https://www.serco.com/na/careers/benefits-of-choosing-serco .
If you require an accommodation with the application process please email: careers@serco-na.com or call the HR Service Desk at 800-628-6458, option 1. Please note, due to EEOC/OFCCP compliance, Serco is unable to accept resumes by email.
Serco does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies without being a contracted approved vendor. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Serco and will not be obligated to pay a placement or contract fee. If you are interested in becoming an approved vendor at Serco, please email Agencies@serco-na.com .
COVID-19 Regulations: Serco complies with all applicable COVID-19 requirements. This may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, provide attestations regarding vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, or satisfy other conditions of employment that Serco deems appropriate, and employees may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test results as a condition of employment (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
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