GDIT Summer Internship Program – Summer 2026 Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Associate Internship

General Dynamics Information Technology

79d • $18 - $25

About The Position

At GDIT, our people are our business. We pride ourselves on the work our innovators do to support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the world. We wouldn’t be successful without our ability to attract new talent to join our team. What sets a GDIT internship experience apart from other organizations in the industry? GDIT’s Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients’ most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT’s 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following: Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients. Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge. Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion. Interact with GDIT leaders. Participate in professional development.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an associate's, bachelor's, or master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Systems Engineering, or a related STEM field from a United States-based college or university.
• At the start of this internship, you should have at least one year of school completed.
• Ability to work in office full-time.

Nice To Haves

• Basic knowledge of AI/ML technologies including Computer Vision, Object Character Recognition, Large Language Models, Agentic AI.
• An understanding of data science fundamentals.
• Basic knowledge of decision sciences.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other members of the teams supporting GDIT's AI Center of Excellence and LUNA Digital Accelerator.
• Write and debug code for machine learning models and data preprocessing.
• Design, test, and refine prompts to optimize performance.
• Conduct experiments to fine-tune models and validate their performance.
• Analyze datasets to identify patterns and trends.
• Maintain documentation of code, experiments, and findings.
• Prepare reports or presentations on project status and outcomes.
• Create and modify new and/or existing technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
• Prepare datasets for AI use cases.
• Participate in regular team meetings, technical exchange sessions, and ideation meetings.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees