AI Software Engineer Intern — Build AI for Nuclear NOS

The Nuclear Company; Washington; On-site; USD 71,635,000 - 104,698,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

On-site housing provided

Competitive compensation

Job summary

The Nuclear Company is seeking an AI Software Engineering Intern to work on NOS across engineering squads in Washington DC. You will ship real features to production alongside engineers and nuclear experts, focusing on AI-powered software, retrieval, and tool-calling within our enterprise systems.

This six-month co-op runs Fall 2026 (Aug–Dec). Base location is Washington DC, on-site five days a week, with full housing and relocation for co-ops outside the DC metro area.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a BS in CS, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build new features and full modules within NOS: regulatory automation, cost and schedule, supply chain, and the commercial portal.
• Build AI-powered software: LLM- and agent-backed features, retrieval-augmented generation, and tool-calling against internal systems.
• Develop data integrations across Palantir Foundry, AWS GovCloud, and more.
• Convert build-a-thon prototypes into production-grade features and build field deployment tooling for the teams working in the field.
• Build the automated testing and compliance infrastructure that keeps NOS audit-ready; triage issues and root-cause failures

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Java

Go

Rust

C++

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

AWS GovCloud

Job description

The Nuclear Company is seeking an AI Software Engineering Intern to work on NOS across engineering squads in Washington DC. You will ship real features to production alongside engineers and nuclear experts, focusing on AI-powered software, retrieval, and tool-calling within our enterprise systems.

This six-month co-op runs Fall 2026 (Aug–Dec). Base location is Washington DC, on-site five days a week, with full housing and relocation for co-ops outside the DC metro area.