Summer 2026 Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Associate Internship

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d•$19 - $25•Onsite

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. How You’ll Make this Internship Opportunity Your Own Our Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning summer interns will work on a range of projects that ideally align with their interests. Some interns will use statistical techniques to provide insights into internal or external customer data to guide decision-making and enhance user experience. Other interns will build machine learning algorithms or work on artificial intelligence system deployments. The ideal intern will have knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions. A Day in the Life 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. What You’ll Need to Deliver Your Best Every Day Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills Desire to learn new software languages and technologies. Prioritize tasks and responsibilities Be active in seeking out ways to develop yourself and gain new knowledge personally and professionally Intuitiveness with an ability to identify and solve complex problems related to rapidly changing technology A sense of genuine, intellectual curiosity and a nimble mindset Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams) The Must-Haves 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. What you Offer as a Stand-Out Candidate 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 GDIT interns are paid and full-time (40 hours/week) for 10 consecutive weeks. Applicants should have a minimum of one semester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes. Take the first step and apply today! Note: We receive a high volume of applications and review them on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Our goal is to follow up with you within two weeks of your application.

Requirements

AI Prompting
Information Systems
Machine Learning Techniques
0 + years of related experience
Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and communication skills
Desire to learn new software languages and technologies.
Prioritize tasks and responsibilities
Be active in seeking out ways to develop yourself and gain new knowledge personally and professionally
Intuitiveness with an ability to identify and solve complex problems related to rapidly changing technology
A sense of genuine, intellectual curiosity and a nimble mindset
Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams)
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

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 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.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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