2027 Human Resources Summer Internship

About the role

General Dynamics Electric Boat provides an unparalleled learning experience for college students, offering practical exposure in the defense industry alongside professionals, shaping and supporting the future of submarine innovation. Human Resources interns are provided with tasks that are both challenging and educationally stimulating. Each intern accepted into the program will be given a mentor for the duration of the internship. As an intern you will have the opportunity to gain real life experience in the work force, and apply the skills acquired in school related to the HR area of interest.

Responsibilities

• Human Resources Business Partners (HRBP): Responsible for strengthening leadership capability through coaching and support and fostering a positive employee experience in order to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Labor Relations: Negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements, including company’s rules and regulations, performance management and hourly wage administration, manage extended work assignments policies and packages, and represent the company in grievance and arbitration proceedings.
• Talent Acquisition: Responsible for finding and attracting world‑class talent to fill critical job openings; sourcing candidates, recruitment and outreach events at job fairs and community events, screening and interviewing candidates, building relationships with partners and customers, managing the hiring process for all internal and external candidates, and acting as Electric Boat’s brand ambassadors.
• Workforce Development – Learning Programs: Involved in recruiting, assisting with large‑scale leadership programs (Compass Program, New Employee Orientation, Shipyard Operations Leadership Program), auditing training, and assisting with learning strategy for Planning, Engineering, Operations, and other departments.
• Workforce Development – Community & Youth Education: Establishes regional deployment of activities & lessons to inspire careers in the maritime industry; day‑to‑day coordination & deployment of summer camp and teacher externship programming; forward‑facing representation across Connecticut & Rhode Island; refine and coordinate programming for the academic year 2026‑2027; ability to travel regionally between Eastern Connecticut & Rhode Island.
• Training: Collaborate with pipeline training partners and focus factory training teams on learning and development; minimum commitment of 8 weeks during the Summer 2027 season; not a remote opportunity; may be assigned to North Kingstown RI, Groton CT, North Stonington CT, New London CT; requires reliable transportation and housing.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• US citizenship is required.
• Must be able to successfully pass a medically supervised drug screen and background check.
• Must be enrolled full‑time at a college or university.
• At minimum students must have completed their Freshman year prior to the start of the internship.
• Must be available to work 40 hours per week for a minimum eight (8) consecutive weeks between May 2027 and September 2027.
• Pursuing a degree in Human Resources, ILR, Psychology, Business, Marketing, Education or Communications program or a related degree.

Skills

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to learn new skills and apply them.
• Ability to solve problems in a constructive manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Office).
• Possess a very strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Possess project management skills to get tasks and assignments done in a timely manner.
• Experience with an Applicant Tracking System, customer service, learning management system or professional/corporate training is a plus.

Schedule

Minimum commitment of 8 weeks during the Summer 2027 season; must be available to work 40 hours per week for a minimum eight (8) consecutive weeks between May 2027 and September 2027; not a remote opportunity.