IC 2025 Computer Science/Data Engineer

Internship conversion position for theDatacentric Platforms and Architectures Department within the Engineering Technology Group at Aerospace. This position will be located at in El Segundo, CA .

Work Model

This position will be a hybrid work model and offer partially remote with some onsite work required in El Segundo, CA.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting the national, security, and commercial space enterprise through the identification, prototyping, assessment, and implementation of cutting-edge data engineering technologie s in a cloud-native environment.

• Collaborating with technical subject matter experts and interdisciplinary teams to conceive, design, and develop web-based applications, command-line utilities, and data pipelines for enterprise data analysis as a frontend, backend, or full-stack data-oriented software engineer .

• Learning by doing, acquiring expertise in emerging technologies to further personal and organizational breadth of knowledge in an academic environment where self-enrichment, training, and mentorship is fundamental.

• Proposing innovative research and development projects , leading research and proof-of-concept development as the principal investigator.

WhatCorporateSkillsYou’ll Bring

• Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills for coordinating efforts and working with members of various internal and external organizations.

• Strong reading comprehension, research, and analytical skills for understanding software documentation and source code, interpreting project requirements, and learning new technologies according to project demand.

• Integrity, self-motivation, initiative, and a collaborative approach to working in a team environment and proactively communicating progress and concerns to teammates and project stakeholders.

• Organizational, time management, and project management skills , including knowledge of software engineering lifecycles and familiarity with project management methodologies.

• Adaptability to working in a dynamic environment where duties, responsibilities, and activities vary in response to fluctuating organizational needs.

• Flexibility in completing projects with concurrent timelines , accurately estimating task duration, and working independently on execution.

• Demonstration of behavior consistent with the company’s values : Dedication to Mission Success, Technical Excellence, Commitment to Our People, Objectivity and Integrity, and Innovation.

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college/university program and to be conferred within 12 months.

• Prior internship at The Aerospace Corporation.

• Minimum GPA of 3.0, transcripts required.

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of one or more programming languages, including Python and/or Java.

• Backend development project experience or course work, especially in data structures and algorithms.

• Experience developing in Unix-like environments and using source/version control (Git).

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance issued by the US government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can StandOut

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• GPA of 3.5 or higher.

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of one or more scripting languages, including JavaScript or Typescript.

• Frontend library/framework development experience (e.g. React).

• Familiarity with conventional UI/UX design and/or effective data visualization design patterns.

• Experience developing REST APIs or application-database integration programming.

• Knowledge of data architectures and platforms, data mesh, data fabric, data pipelines, data engineering, data management, or data governance.

• Familiarity with data semantics, knowledge engineering, or virtual knowledge graphing (VSG).

• Experience building cloud-native applications, virtual environments, microservice architectures, containerized platforms, infrastructure as code, or automated deployments (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, Argo).

• Experience implementing unit, integration, or functional software testing.

• Active US Government security clearance.