Image Processing Software Engineer Intern
About the role
Position Overview This summer-based internship is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students pursuing a career in software development. You will work on-site at the EROS Center near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and gain real-world experience in software engineering. Candidate must have three years of continuous residency in the U.S. for issuance of a Government Security credential.
Why you’ll love this role
- Work on meaningful projects that support Earth science and sustainability
- Collaborate with experienced engineers and mentors who are passionate about innovation
- Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies in software development
- Be part of a team that values curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning
What you’ll gain
- Practical experience with modern software development tools and methodologies
- Exposure to cloud technologies and data systems
- Mentorship from experienced engineers and opportunities for professional growth
- Insight into government contracting and mission-critical IT operations
Core responsibilities
- Design and implement tasks required in the development of software products
- Communicate and coordinate activities and technical status with your mentor, supervisor, Project Lead, and other team members
- Ensure all software activities are conducted in accordance with standards and best practices
- Support software planning including requirements definition, activity identification, and estimating
- Perform and document preliminary and detailed design of software components
- Implement software from detailed designs
- Develop and conduct software testing
- Document the testing effort through generation of test plans, procedures, and reports
- Submit, analyze, and manage configuration change requests in accordance with CM processes
- Participate in code reviews
Education & skills
Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or equivalent
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Experience using Python and C/C++
- Experience interfacing with database systems
- Unix/Linux experience
Desired Skills (this internship is designed to help you learn. Prior experience in all skills is not expected.)
- Postgres experience
- Experience with remote sensing, digital image/signal processing techniques, and basic geography concepts such as map projections
- Experience with AWS Cloud Services (S3, EC2, EKS, ECR, Lambda)
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Experience with Artificial Intelligence for software code generation and documentation
Special requirements
- Three years of continuous residency in the U.S. for issuance of a Government Security credential
- Ability to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation for facility access
Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.