Spring 2027 AI/ML Engineering Intern

The role

You will build AI and machine learning features, agents, and data pipelines within the Nuclear Operating System (NOS). You will work alongside engineers and nuclear domain experts to ship models and features to production.

What you will do

• Ship ML and AI features inside NOS applications
• Build AI agents and agent workflows that operate against NOS data and tools
• Develop data pipelines and integrations across Palantir Foundry, AWS GovCloud, and more
• Contribute to the data ontology
• Build predictive and anomaly-detection models
• Help own model quality end-to-end including eval criteria and regression suites
• Triage issues and root-cause failures

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Available for a full six-month term and returning to school afterward
• Strong Python fundamentals
• Hands-on exposure to modern ML and LLM tooling (PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar) through coursework or projects
• A track record of shipping working software or ML projects
• U.S. Person status (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) is required
• Willing and able to work on-site in Washington DC, five days a week, for the full six-month term

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with LLMs and agents: prompting, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, evals, or tool use (MCP or similar frameworks)
• Coursework or project experience with Palantir Foundry and AIP, AWS, or another major cloud platform
• Solid data fundamentals: comfortable doing exploratory data analysis and working with large, messy datasets, including time-series or sensor data
• Exposure to MLOps tooling (MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI) or CI/CD for models
• Interest in energy, national security, industrial software, or regulated industries
• Familiarity with nuclear engineering concepts

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision plans
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• Full housing and relocation for co-ops outside the DC metro area

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) is required
• TNC does not provide visa sponsorship for these roles
• Requires access to information and technology subject to U.S. export controls

About the company

The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors.