Public-Interest Software Engineer Intern (Onsite)

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in Bedford, MA is offering an on-site software internship to design, develop, and deploy projects across cybersecurity, health, and national defense domains. You will work with cross-functional teams, apply agile practices, and implement secure coding standards during hands-on coding experiences.

The program requires you to be a full-time student in Software Engineering or Computer Science, possess hands-on coding skills, familiarity with Git, and an interest in serving the public.

Qualifications

• Sustained excellence in academic performance.
• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
• 'Hands-on' skills in at least one or more programming language
• Exposure to software development tools and frameworks, including source control management tools (e.g., Git)
• Familiarity with software development methodologies
• Prior experience as an intern at MITRE in the last 12 months.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 3 days a week minimum.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement software solutions for real-world challenges in areas such as cybersecurity, healthcare, or national defense.
• Support the testing, integration, and deployment of software systems into production environments.
• Apply MITRE’s best practices for software engineering, including agile methodologies and secure coding principles to solve complex technical problems and provide creative solutions.

Skills

Coding skills

Git / version control

Agile methodologies

Software engineering fundamentals

Education

Full-time student in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Git

Job description

MITRE in Bedford, MA is offering an on-site software internship to design, develop, and deploy projects across cybersecurity, health, and national defense domains. You will work with cross-functional teams, apply agile practices, and implement secure coding standards during hands-on coding experiences.

The program requires you to be a full-time student in Software Engineering or Computer Science, possess hands-on coding skills, familiarity with Git, and an interest in serving the public.