Hybrid Data Scientist & Engineer Intern

Mitre Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The MITRE Corporation is seeking a highly motivated student for a hybrid Data Scientist/Data Engineer internship in McLean, VA. You will work across the full data lifecycle—from modeling and processing to ML experimentation—on projects of national importance.

Ideal candidates will have strong Python and SQL skills, ML experience, and a drive to apply data-driven methods to real-world challenges. Applicants must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance as US citizens, and are expected to enroll

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled full-time in an accredited degree program in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full‑time the semester following the internship.
• Hands‑on proficiency with advanced Data Science techniques, including ML, anomaly detection, and analysis of large datasets.
• Programming in Python and at least one additional language (e.g., R, C/C++, Java, Scala, Julia, Rust, MATLAB).
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Government issued Security Clearance; U.S. citizen required.
• Sustained excellence in academic performance.

Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis and ML model development for national-security related problems.
• Contribute to data pipelines, experiments, and evaluation of models across the data lifecycle.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across data science, engineering, and mission-focused sponsors.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Statistics

Data Modeling

Education

Pursuing degree in Computer Science / Applied Mathematics / Statistics / Data Science

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Ray

Dask

Kafka

Airflow

Dagster

NiFi

Git

Job description

The MITRE Corporation is seeking a highly motivated student for a hybrid Data Scientist/Data Engineer internship in McLean, VA. You will work across the full data lifecycle—from modeling and processing to ML experimentation—on projects of national importance.

Ideal candidates will have strong Python and SQL skills, ML experience, and a drive to apply data-driven methods to real-world challenges. Applicants must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance as US citizens, and are expected to enroll