Data Science Intern - Nuclear Megaproject Forecasting

The Nuclear Company; Washington; On-site; USD 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Generous vacation policy, plusolidays

Job summary

The Nuclear Company is recruiting a Data Science Intern to turn data into decisions for megaprojects. You will frame questions, wrangle data, build and validate models, and present findings to leadership. You’ll work side-by-side with full-time data scientists on the NOS platform to influence cost and schedule decisions.

This six-month co-op runs January–June 2027, based in Washington DC, on-site five days a week. Housing and relocation are provided for eligible co-ops outside the DC area.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a BS or MS in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related quantitative field; available for a full six‑month term and returning to school afterward.
• Strong Python and data stack (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) with working knowledge of SQL.
• Foundation in statistics and probability, and a track record of completed data analysis (course, personal, research, or prior internships).
• U.S. export controls access requirement; U.S. Person status (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) required; visa sponsorship not provided.
• Willing and able to work on-site in Washington DC, five days a week, for the full six-month term.

Responsibilities

• Frame business and engineering questions with stakeholders, then source, clean, and explore the data needed to answer them.
• Build and validate models (forecasting, classification, anomaly detection, decision analysis) for megaproject cost, schedule, and risk.
• Engineer features and extend the NOS ontology and data model across regulatory, supply chain, cost, and schedule domains.
• Build data pipelines across Palantir Foundry, AWS GovCloud, and more.
• Design metrics, dashboards, and analyses that operators, engineers, and executives use to make decisions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Export controls

On-site in DC

Education

BS/MS in Data Science/related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

AWS GovCloud

Pandas

NumPy

scikit-learn

Job description

The Nuclear Company is recruiting a Data Science Intern to turn data into decisions for megaprojects. You will frame questions, wrangle data, build and validate models, and present findings to leadership. You’ll work side-by-side with full-time data scientists on the NOS platform to influence cost and schedule decisions.

This six-month co-op runs January–June 2027, based in Washington DC, on-site five days a week. Housing and relocation are provided for eligible co-ops outside the DC area.