Hands-on Software Developer Intern for Govt Data & Aviation

Prescient Edge; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Junior Software Developer Intern in McLean, VA to join our Research, Development, and Engineering (RD&E) team. You will participate in the software development life cycle, assist with requirements, coding, testing, and documentation, and learn from experienced engineers while working on government-facing data challenges.

This temporary internship offers hands-on experience with aviation platforms, external sensors, and opportunities in mobile and marine environments;

Qualifications

• Assist in gathering and refining requirements.
• Analyze requirements for discussion with team members.
• Creates or modifies software to adapt to requirements and direction from team lead.
• Read, understand, and troubleshoot code and how that translates into data.
• Review, test, and validate code, revising to eliminate errors in processing.
• Develop a basic understanding of systems and technology used by the Federal government.
• Develop a basic understanding of the functions of other departments as needed or when appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Within the software development life cycle, the software developer intern will: analyze, code, test, document processes, and applications from detailed requirements.
• Participate in the preparation of specifications, developing software through delivering customer focused end items.
• Learn and gain real world experience from a world class organization while working closely with other developers to solve complex data challenges for the Government. Our primary focus is aviation platforms with external sensors for data collection and surveillance with opportunities in mobile and marine environments.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Refining requirements

Code debugging

Read and troubleshoot code

Test and validate code

Data understanding

Team collaboration

Education

Some College Coursework Completed

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Junior Software Developer Intern in McLean, VA to join our Research, Development, and Engineering (RD&E) team. You will participate in the software development life cycle, assist with requirements, coding, testing, and documentation, and learn from experienced engineers while working on government-facing data challenges.

This temporary internship offers hands-on experience with aviation platforms, external sensors, and opportunities in mobile and marine environments;