Internships at Scientific Systems

“With my work on SSCI internal research projects, I’ve been given the opportunity to be a part of the research and discovery process that helps inform how SSCI will better manage future client projects. What I love most about this internship is the independence and trust I’ve been given to drive my research, while also being looped in to key client projects to see how my research will be applied for future contracts. Being a part of something I know will make an impact long after my internship ends is really what has made this experience so special.”

“I felt daunted heading into this internship, not really knowing how I could bring value with my limited coding experience. But SSCI didn’t expect me to know everything and allowed me to contribute to and be a part of meaningful, important work. My supervisor even took the time to bring me in on specific projects and field work to deepen my understanding of programming and engineering practices. SSCI really identifies your areas of strength as well as opportunities for growth to create an internship experience that allows you to be stretched while pursuing your passions.”

“This internship allowed me to apply what I’ve learned in my electrical and computer engineering classes and see how it makes a difference in a real-world setting. The SSCI team is friendly, supportive and always makes themselves accessible for learning. They really care a lot about taking the time to help you develop and make an effort to put you on projects in areas you’re most interested in. This definitely isn’t an average internship experience and one where you get to contribute to meaningful work.”

“SSCI gave me a lot of autonomy and trusted me to contribute to large, big deal projects. I was given significant responsibility and leadership from my supervisor and had the opportunity to work on a really large product enhancement project and help present to DARPA. I got to deep dive into what I’ve been studying and was exposed to environments and technical skills I couldn’t have had anywhere else – the experience I left with was absolutely invaluable.”

“Our interns are an integral part of our autonomous system development programs, they design system components, develop software applications, support field testing and system evaluation, analyze data, and support interactions with customers and partners. Tasks have ranged from designing new sensor enclosures for 3D printing and building out custom UAVs for prototype platform to acting as safety pilots for field test evaluations and writing user interface displays. Interns for the Active Perception Group have a strong hands on component developing engineering skills for building and deploying autonomous systems and smart sensors for real world tasks.”

“In the past year, some of our interns and co-ops in the Autonomous Systems Group have helped build and refine core algorithmic code for flight tests on real-world mid-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  Others have helped adapt novel algorithms for unmanned vehicle planning, drawing from recent academic literature and creating concrete implementations for use on simulated and real UAV platforms.”

“In the past year, Interns and co-ops in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning group have helped build simulation infrastructure, algorithms, and code optimizations for a variety of programs involving AI/ML-augmented autonomous systems for use on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in both urban and denied airspace environments.”