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DoW SkillBridge Forward Deployed Engineer Intern
Joint Base Lewis-McChord · Hybrid · Internship · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years of relevant, post-college software engineering or development experience.
- Education
- A foundation in Computer Science or Software Engineering is stated; no degree requirement specified.
About the job
A SkillBridge intern learns to build and integrate secure software in operational military environments, translating mission needs into software and system architecture.
What you'll do
- Design scalable solutions for cloud and disconnected tactical-edge environments, and develop applications and data pipelines.
- Translate operational workflows into technical requirements and collaborate with engineering teams from prototyping through deployment.
- Learn to integrate software with legacy military platforms and troubleshoot system-of-systems architecture.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Approval for a SkillBridge or Career Skills internship program through the applicant’s military branch.
- 1+ years of relevant post-college software engineering or development experience.
- Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages, with experience in systems integration, schema design, or data modeling.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale data and AI/ML libraries, or in disconnected, air-gapped, or tactical-edge environments.
- Expertise in data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, or container orchestration.
Tools
Python, Java, C++, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes
AI focus
Preferred: apply AI/ML libraries to practical operational challenges.
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