Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2026

The candidate will work on program sustainment and modernization efforts spanning the product lifecycle, including customer engagement, requirements definition, software/hardware development & integration, as system test & validation as well as deployment & maintenance.

The candidate will work closely with the program team engaging engineers from systems, software, cybersecurity, and infrastructure to ensure the product delivery to the customer and end users is done with minimal impact to the operational execution.

What You Will Do:

• Perform software engineering activities including but not limited to application development and maintenance, testing, integration, and documentation to ensure proper operation of the product within both factory environment.

• Adhere to accepted standards and processes for development, including participating in peer reviews, maintaining test environments & coverage, providing feedback for product improvements as well as working to ensure consistency in quality and performance.

• Will be working with the team supporting one of the program Product Owners executing the different facets of the program: sustainment and/or modernization.

• Will work within the Engineering Team to ensure the overall system execution is reliable, maintainable, and deployable while always meeting operational performance.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and student must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Java experience

• Unit experience

• Configuration Management experience

• Experience using Agile methodologies.

• Experience with Atlassian/Jira toolset for task management.

• Willingness to learn and engage with team.Experience using continuous integration tools.

• Linux command line, shell or python scripting

• Experience with Test Driven Development

• Elastic Stack experience(Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Log stash)

• Problem-solving and analytical skills

• Maven experience

• Git experience

• Automation tool solution experience (i.e. Ansible, puppet, or chef)

• OpenShift/Kubernetes experience

• Experience with Selenium

• Experience with installing, configuring, integrating, troubleshooting, maintaining FOSS applications.

• RHEL certification

• Security+ certification