Founding Fellow_Candidate Submission

About the role

The Founding Fellow Program is a hands-on internship designed to immerse emerging talent in the real-world operations of a DOD contractor. It covers practical processes such as hiring, onboarding, and day-to-day work activities.

Responsibilities

• Pick up a high-level understanding of how the defense industry operates.
• Learn the candidate lifecycle, from job postings to interviews and offers.
• Understand the security clearance and eligibility process, including SF-86 forms.
• Learn how new hires are set up with equipment, accounts, and system access.
• Gain security awareness and information handling basics.
• Participate in ethics and standards of conduct training.
• Observe company systems and tools training.
• Get an introduction to compliance essentials, including rules and resources.
• Shadow managers and team leads to observe daily operations.
• Watch task assignment, tracking, and reporting processes.
• Ask questions and build relationships with mentors across departments.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen (required for work supporting DOD contracts).
• Reliable internet connection and a suitable remote work setup.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Basic comfort with standard productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office / collaboration platforms).