AI Intern (Fall 2026)

This opportunity is based at our Fort Collins, CO headquarters. As an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Intern, you will apply growing AI solutions development and engineering knowledge and skills to design, build, and deploy AI solutions that address business needs. You will own end-to-end AI features, build tools—not demos—that real users will rely on in terms of systems, scale, and adoption.

About Otter Products

At Otter Products, we protect what’s important. From our founder’s garage in 1998 to the global technology leader we are today, Otter Products continues to drive growth through innovation and sense of purpose. Through our industry-leading brands—OtterBox and OtterCares—we provide our partners and customers the number one selling and most trusted products in our categories. Our commitment to excellence and our philanthropic spirit is the foundation on which we foster our partner relationships, allowing us to grow and to give—together.

By way of our charitable arm, the OtterCares Foundation, we support our communities and invest in the future through education that inspires kids to change the world. Our founder’s core values are still at the heart of everything we do. We measure our success not just by business results, but by our ability to give back to our communities and strengthen opportunities for all. To learn more, visit www.otterbox.com/pages/careers.

Responsibilities

AI Solution Development

• Design and develop AI-powered solutions using large language models (LLMs), retrieval systems, and orchestration frameworks.
• Build, enhance, and maintain applications and tools using Python, or similar technologies.
• Support the integration of AI solutions with APIs, databases, and business systems under the guidance of senior team members.
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into practical technical solutions.

AI Engineering

• Write clean, maintainable, organized, and well-documented code following team standards and best practices.
• Apply established processes for security, version control, testing, and deployment.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions to build technical expertise.
• Apply software engineering principles to design AI solutions focused on scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

Business Collaboration & Delivery

• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand business needs and user requirements to deliver effective solutions.
• Gather and incorporate user feedback to drive continuous improvement and iterative enhancements of AI solutions.
• Participate in moving solutions from prototype stages to production-ready implementations.
• Communicate project progress, findings, and recommendations effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment.

• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Enrolled in an accredited university or college program at the undergraduate (Junior level or higher) or graduate level or be a recent college graduate (within 1 year) required.
• Computer Science, or directly related, major required.
• Experience with Python required.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (i.e., OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, etc.) required.
• Familiarity with modern AI tooling: Retrieval / RAG concepts, vector databases, prompt engineering, tool calling / agents.
• Available to work at least 20 hrs/week Monday to Friday in our Fort Collins, CO office from September to December.

Pay

Interns will be paid $23.00/hr.

Benefits

All interns are eligible for modified benefits, Paid Time Off, Volunteer-Time Off, and profit sharing. Otter Products offers a robust benefits package to eligible employees including:

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, voluntary life, long-term and short-term disability, employee assistance program.
• Flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and 401(k) retirement plan.
• Accrued paid time off based on seniority, volunteer time off, parental leave, bereavement leave, company holidays, and years of service awards.

This position is eligible for the Profit Sharing Program.