Data Science Intern

Data Science Intern

Join Leidos' mission-focused engineering team and deliver software that powers data analytics, computer vision, and AI capabilities for national security customers. At Leidos, we don't just offer internships - we offer career acceleration. This is your chance to work alongside industry-leading experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and multi-modal information retrieval.

Leidos is seeking a passionate and driven Data Science Intern to join our Arlington, VA team supporting our national security customer. You'll work side-by-side with system/software engineers and research/data scientists to help evolve a cutting-edge production platform that combines microservices, data search & analytics, AI and Machine Learning services. Through mentorship, collaboration, and exposure to challenging technical work, you'll accelerate your career path and make a real-world impact.

You'll thrive in this role if you are:

• Curious and adaptive—comfortable learning new domains and asking good questions
• Organized and self-directed, while still highly collaborative
• Confident communicating your needs and working as an active team member

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of experts in AI, machine learning, and software engineering.
• Gain hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and prototype development.
• Enhance your skills in data analytics, anomaly detection, and visualization tools.
• Perform ETL tasks to ensure data consistency, quality, and security.
• Develop Autonomous Agents as part of suite of tools to coordinate information discovery across different data sources.

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled and pursuing a Bachelor or Master's degree in the field of Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields
• Intermediate software development skills including developing and maintaining code bases
• Familiar with at least one programming language like Python, Java, C/C++.
• Experience with at least one of the following machine learning libraries SciKit Learn, Keras, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
• Experience or educational courses/projects in Machine Learning, and/or Text
• Must be U.S. Citizen eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance. Leidos will guide you through the clearance process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Big Data platforms like Hadoop, Azure or Spark.
• Hands-on experience with prototype development and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, D3.js).
• Knowledge of text mining tools and techniques, including summarization, entity extraction, and anomaly detection.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git and IDEs such as VS Code.
• Practical experience with statistical analysis and/or experience applying data analytics
• Hands-on experience with intelligent systems and machine learning
• Experience with interpretability of deep learning models
• Ability to obtain /maintain DoD Top Secret security clearance with polygraph

Work location and schedule

• Arlington, VA. Hybrid: 4 days on-site, 1 day remote per week.
• 8–10 week internship, target start May/June 2026.

Why Leidos

• Learn from a diverse team of engineers, data scientists and other professionals building mission-critical systems.
• Mentorship, tech talks, and intern cohort events to accelerate your growth.
• Real impact: contribute to R&D and production systems supporting customers.

How to stand out

• Share a link to your GitHub/portfolio and briefly describe a project you're proud of (what you built, technologies used, and your role).
• If team-based, clarify your individual contributions.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.