Software Engineering Intern

MITRE; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is seeking a Software Engineering Intern to contribute to projects that support government sponsors across cloud and embedded domains. You will learn from engineers and scientists, mentored within the Cloud & Distributed Software Systems group, gaining hands-on software design, development, and lifecycle experience.

This internship offers collaboration, mentoring, and opportunities for professional growth while working in a hybrid environment with on-site requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 3 days a week minimum.
• Prior experience as an intern at MITRE in the last 12 months.

Responsibilities

• As a Software Engineering Intern, collaborate with a team to contribute to real challenges across multiple domains.
• Develop software architecture and engineering skills while delivering computing capabilities in the cloud and at the edge.
• Engage in the full software engineering lifecycle using modern technologies.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

DevSecOps

Full-Stack Development

Embedded Systems

ML/AI in SDLC

Education

CS/CE student enrolled full-time

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We're a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

Department Summary

Do you want to develop software systems that contribute to solving our nation’s most critical problems? Do you want to be mentored by engineers and scientists that are experts in their fields? Are you passionate about best practices for delivering the highest quality software solutions across distributed computing environments from the cloud to the tactical edge? We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Come and create the foundation for your career. At MITRE, you will work on a variety of projects that support our government sponsors and benefit from the many learning opportunities—classes at the MITRE Institute, continuing education through our Educational Assistance program, attending tech talks and innovation exchanges, publishing and presenting at technical forums and more. Our workplace reflects our values. We want you to start and grow your career at MITRE so that you can experience the gratifying work, our competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Software Engineering Intern at MITRE, you will enjoy a collaborative environment where you work closely with others in an organization that encourages and values collaboration, mentoring, and continuous learning. You will have the opportunity to leverage and grow your hands‑on software engineering expertise as you contribute to real challenges across a variety of domains. As part of the Cloud & Distributed Software Systems department, you will develop your software architecture and engineering skills while delivering computing capabilities wherever they are best suited to address the challenges of our sponsors. While responding to these challenges, you will leverage and grow your hands‑on skills with software design and development, engaging in the full software engineering lifecycle using modern technologies.

You will gain experience with one or more of the following:

• Cloud Engineering
• DevSecOps
• Full-Stack Development
• Embedded Systems and Internet of Things
• Practical Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Basic Qualifications

• Sustained excellence in academic performance
• Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree‑seeking program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
• This position has an on‑site requirement of 3 days a week minimum.
• Prior experience as an intern at MITRE in the last 12 months.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with Cloud Services Providers (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.).
• Knowledge of software design patterns.
• Knowledge of database technologies, including relational or NoSQL.
• Knowledge of Generative Pretrained and Large Language Models and use in the Software Development Lifecycle.

Clearance

In addition to passing MITRE’s employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance. This is determined by the Department of Defense’s adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship. Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s)

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s)

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint

$46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual

Work Location Type

Hybrid

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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