Organizational Science Graduate Intern

The Mitre Corporation • McLean, VA

2d • $80,800 - $121,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

MITRE’s Organizational and Operational Performance L646 Department is seeking an Organizational Science Graduate Intern to support research and development projects across federal civilian, defense, homeland security, healthcare, and intelligence missions. The role focuses on applying organizational science, operational analysis, and performance-improvement skills. The intern will support program, process, implementation, and operational-performance evaluation using qualitative and/or quantitative methods and original data, and will contribute to research and information dissemination through reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other communications.

Requirements

• Be a doctoral student (e.g., PhD) enrolled in an accredited degree-seeking program in industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, management, or a related field.
• Have completed comprehensive or qualifying exams and be at the dissertation stage.
• Demonstrate sustained excellence in academic performance.
• Have completed graduate-level coursework and earned high grades in research methods, statistics (e.g., regression, multilevel, longitudinal, or structural equation modeling), and/or psychometrics.
• Have lead authorship of publications or manuscripts at the revise-and-resubmit stage in respected journals.
• Be proficient in Python and/or R for data preparation, analysis, visualization, automation, and reproducible research workflows.
• Have knowledge of and experience with human-subjects research requirements, especially for sensitive topics and vulnerable populations such as minors.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using AI tools, including generative AI and analytical AI capabilities, responsibly to support research, analysis, process improvement, and operational decision-making.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior government officials on organizational and operational performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Support program, process, implementation, or operational-performance evaluation using qualitative and/or quantitative methods with original data.
• Support qualitative and quantitative data collection in field or operational settings with program participants, employees, or other stakeholders, including situations where informed consent is needed.
• Design and deploy surveys using Qualtrics.
• Facilitate individual and focus group interviews.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Support information dissemination through reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other communication methods.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed