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The Nuclear Company

Spring 2027 AI/ML Engineering Intern

The Nuclear Company · Washington, DC

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
75 days
The Nuclear Company's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
68% of The Nuclear Company's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at The Nuclear Company
high
80 stale, 4 reposted of 84 open
Hiring momentum
111 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Spring 2027 AI/ML Engineering Intern at The Nuclear Company, you will work on building AI features for the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) that supports the construction of nuclear power plants. Your responsibilities will include developing machine learning models, creating data pipelines, and integrating AI agents into NOS applications, all while collaborating with experienced engineers and domain experts. This role is a six-month co-op based in Washington, DC, requiring on-site work five days a week.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Currently enrolled in a BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • Strong Python fundamentals and hands-on exposure to modern ML and LLM tooling (PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar)
  • A track record of shipping working software or ML projects (course projects, personal projects, or prior internships or co-ops)
  • 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

What you get

  • Competitive compensation packages
  • 401k with company match
  • Medical, dental, vision plans
  • Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

Worth weighing

  • On-site work required five days a week in Washington, DC
  • No salary listed, but estimated starting rate is $25.00 an hour plus a $2,000 monthly housing stipend
  • Role involves working with AI in a regulated industry, which may have unique challenges

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Listed by The Nuclear Company on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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