Data Science Student Experience - Spring 2027
About The Position
Bobcat’s student program is an opportunity created to empower young professionals. Whether you’re looking for on the job experience, testing the waters in a desired career path, or hoping for a foot in the door with us, we have an experience designed specifically for you and your aspirations. As a Co-op or Intern you will be presented the tools to further your professional development, apply your schooling to real-world projects, and gain hands-on experience while completing your undergrad degree. Co-op: An 8-month long opportunity, Co-op positions are a full-time employment experience. Co-ops are fully immersed into the worlds of corporate and production industry as a full-time team member. Internship: A semester long opportunity, Internships positions are a part-time employment experience. With the opportunity to extend multiple semesters, Interns tap into the foundations of our corporate and production industries. Co-op and Intern opportunities span across 18 of Bobcat’s different functions.
Requirements
- Freshman, Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing seeking a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, etc.
- Be able to commit to Bobcat for the entire term of the co-op (8 months) or internship (4 months)
- Attention to detail
- Team player, fast learner, and adaptable to change
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills is a must
- A self-starter and will dig into problems independently and will look for limited guidance
- Ability to follow written instructions
Nice To Haves
- Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
- SQL/NoSQL, ETL Pipelines and data-processing libraries (pandas, Spark)
- Building or consuming REST/GraphQL services
- AWS Services (Bedrock, S3, Lambda, SageMaker) or equivalent
Responsibilities
- User Need Analysis – Work with product managers to identify business pain points and translate them into functional specifications for an intelligent agent.
- LLM Powered Conversation Engine – Implement natural language understanding, intent detection, and dialogue management using large language models (OpenAI, Hugging Face, etc.).
- API Integration – Build and test REST/GraphQL endpoints that connect the agent to external data sources (CRM, ERP, public APIs).
- Testing & Debugging – Write unit and integration tests, and troubleshoot performance or correctness issues in the agent pipeline.
- Knowledge Base Design – Design the schema and data model that will store the agent’s knowledge.
- Data Update Pipeline – Create automated pipelines to ingest, clean, and update documents, keeping the knowledge base current.
- RAG Research & Implementation – Explore Retrieval Augmented Generation techniques to improve answer accuracy, and implement a simple RAG pipeline that pulls context from the knowledge base.
- Vector Database Deployment – Deploy a vector search solution (FAISS, Pinecone, Milvus, etc.) to enable fast similarity search over embedded documents.
- Relevance Optimization Algorithms – Develop basic ranking/optimization logic to evaluate and improve the relevance of search results returned to users.
- Cloud Deployment – Package the AI agent as a Docker container and deploy it to a cloud environment (AWS ECS/EKS, Lambda, or SageMaker).
- Monitoring & Incident Response – Set up basic metrics (latency, error rates) with CloudWatch or Prometheus and learn how to handle incidents.
- Continuous Improvement – Collect user feedback, analyze usage data, and iterate on the agent to enhance performance and user satisfaction.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Gain experience on real-life projects
- Work directly with skilled professionals at a global company
- Attend student specific events tied to personal and professional development and full-time careers, as well as networking opportunities
- Opportunity to give back through organized Company-sponsored community service events
- First access to full-time career opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement for co-op/internship related courses up to $1,400 for a 3-credit course
- Safety boots and safety glasses reimbursements
- Relocation reimbursements
- House-hunting or interview travel reimbursements
- Monthly $250 stipend
- medical
- dental
- vision
- prescription
- 401(k) match
- short & long term disability
- health & flexible spending accounts
- employee assistance program
- life & AD&D insurance
- military and jury duty differential pay
- tuition reimbursement program
- work flex policy
- equipment rental program
- paid volunteer opportunities
- community non-profit donation match
- paid vacation
- holiday
- sick
- bereavement
- parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
