Summer 2027 Sales Engineering Internship
About The Position
GDIT's Summer 2027 Sales Engineering Internship is a 10-week, paid internship with the Sales Enablement team in the FedCiv Growth organization. Interns work alongside sales engineers, business development executives, and solution architects on federal pursuits, collaborate with peers on proposed solutions to business challenges, participate in mentoring and professional development, and interact with GDIT leaders. The role is intended for computer science and engineering students interested in how technology is presented and sold. Interns use AI-assisted development, rapid prototyping, low-code platforms, and other tools to turn customer mission problems into working demonstrations and proofs of concept. They also support business development activities and create materials that communicate technical solutions to customers and colleagues. The internship is hybrid in the Falls Church, Virginia/Washington, DC metro area, with some on-site demonstration events and customer meetings. Interns work 40 hours per week for 10 consecutive weeks.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, or a related STEM field at a United States-based college or university.
- Have at least one semester of studies remaining after the internship concludes.
- Programming experience in at least one modern language, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or C#, through coursework, projects, or internships.
- Be a US Person.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical ideas in plain language.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and ask for help when needed.
- Ability to build relationships with managers and teammates in a hybrid environment.
- Basic familiarity with Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams.
- Creativity, a builder's mindset, coachability, intellectual curiosity, and a nimble mindset.
Nice To Haves
- Projects demonstrating end-to-end software development, such as a web app, API, data pipeline, game, or capstone project.
- Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools.
- Coursework or projects in cloud computing, data and analytics, AI/machine learning, or cybersecurity.
- Hands-on use of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud through student credits or personal projects.
- Experience presenting technical work through hackathon pitches, capstone demos, research posters, TA roles, or student organization leadership.
- A portfolio or examples of creative projects.
- Interest in government technology, consulting, or a client-facing technology career.
Responsibilities
- Rapidly prototype demonstrations and proofs of concept using AI coding assistants, low-code platforms, and other rapid development tools.
- Develop creative demonstrations that show how technology could address customer pain points.
- Learn unfamiliar technologies and apply them to customer scenarios.
- Help keep reusable demonstration assets current.
- Shadow and support business development executives on opportunity pursuits.
- Help prepare for customer discovery meetings by researching agencies, missions, priorities, and current technologies, and by capturing requirements and next steps.
- Help plan and execute demonstration days, industry days, and customer workshops.
- Support the creation of briefing decks, capability one-pagers, demonstration scripts, and recorded demonstration videos.
- Present work to the team and GDIT leaders, including at an end-of-summer showcase.
- Revise work based on feedback from sellers, engineers, and leaders.
Benefits
- Medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- 401(k) plan with company matching.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
