Artificial Intelligence Applications Intern

NRECA • Arlington, VA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

12 Week Summer Internship in NRECA’s Arlington, VA office You must be an Undergraduate Student who will be a Junior or Senior in the Autumn of 2026 to be considered for this program. NRECA is a unique national trade association providing advocacy, financial services and business support services to over 900 consumer owned electric cooperatives across the country. NRECA employees are united by our mission, inclusive culture, collaborative workplace and commitment to service excellence. As a “best place to work” employer, we operate with integrity, transparency and a spirit of innovation. NRECA’s Business & Technology Strategies (BTS) investigates using cutting-edge methods and technologies to provide innovative solutions to electric cooperative utilities, in providing safe, cost-effective, reliable, resilient, secure and clean electricity to their consumers. The Integrated Grid workgroup is seeking an intern this summer who wants to gain valuable experience in creating easily usable tools that leverage AI/ML algorithms to extract and analyze data for informing power grid planning and operations. The output of this project will be a set of AI-based methods and tools usable easily by electric utility engineers without knowledge of coding or AI/ML, with available grid data. The project is experimental in nature, and upon successful demonstration, will be used to create a tool that can be tested with either actual or synthetic data.

Requirements

• Rising college junior or senior with a major in Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Data Science/Data Analytics degree or related focus.
• 3.0 GPA or higher (no academic or corrective action on record); transcripts must be provided
• Use Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) in the day-to-day tasks.
• Operate various office equipment such as personal computer, copier, printer, or other job-related equipment.
• Learn new systems and processes and quickly incorporate them into the daily work.
• Apply good judgement related to escalating issues and requesting assistance.
• Organize and manage time effectively.
• Pay close attention to detail and review work for quality.
• Team player with good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Strong communication skills orally and in writing
• Demonstrable strong coding skills in Python, and/or other coding languages suitable for implementing Image Analysis and Recognition/Image Anomalies Detection/Data Analytics/Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning algorithms.
• Strong background and deep knowledge in a variety of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms and their intended applications and demonstrated ability to implement ML algorithms through coding.
• Expertise in Advanced Math concepts to understand, interpret and evaluate the performance of different ML algorithms and select the most suitable one for the application under consideration
• Experience with Data acquisition and storage methods.
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence-based solutions development, including using LLMs and SLMs.

Nice To Haves

• Prior internship/work/research experience in data analytics/AI/ML applications in electrical engineering/power system related role is preferred.
• Familiarity with electric utilities/cooperatives

Responsibilities

• Develop usable tools and resources using AI/ML algorithms, LLMs and advanced data analytics methods
• Use AI/ML methods in grid interoperability, and power grid planning and operations
• Explore use of power grid data along with data analytics methods in an ML-based framework, to incorporate AI-techniques in analyzing power grid operations and forecasting

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed