Arlington, VA; Charlottesville, VA; Raleigh, NC

People Centered. Data Driven 

Elder Research Inc. is a recognized leader in data science, machine learning and AI. We pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting-edge solutions to real-world problems. We are looking for innovative and inquisitive self-starters who enjoy understanding a problem space and building fast, efficient, and tractable data infrastructure to deliver real value for our clients. Join our team and find great opportunities to hone your analytic skills, work on complex problems with amazing teammates, and gain valuable analytics consulting experience. 

The summer internship is paid and much of the work can be done remotely or at the Elder Research offices in Arlington, VA or Charlottsville, VA or Raleigh, NC) There will likely be some in-person events in Northern, Virginia. The duration of the project is 12 weeks with some flexibility on start and end times. 

Schedule and Requirements:

• Applications accepted beginning in December 2023
• Screening and interview process starts no earlier than February 1, 2024
• Internship begins with in-person onboarding events on Monday May 20^th (Location TBD, likely Arlington, VA)
• Offers extended no later than April 1, 2024 or till all openings are filled
• US citizenship required for some intern activities and most full-time positions after graduation
• Any major or year of school is welcome to apply if they have some of the desired qualifications (Successful interns have had a range of majors including math, statistics, computer science, data science, engineering, operations research).

Opportunities, Essential Functions and Tasks: 

Through this internship, the interns will have a direct impact on client or Elder Research mission while gaining real world experience with the full life-cycle of a computer science/data science project. Whether they have an engineering or analytics background, this internship will provide the interns with hands-on learning opportunities to grow a broad range of skills to further enhance their education and shape their future career goals. A successful project will also likely result in meaningful improvements in client or Elder Research outcomes. 

The intern team will work together in groups, with assistance from ERI’s mentors, to research the application of state-of-the-art approaches and best practices. Teams will have access to modern technology and techniques. Interns in the government space will be working off-site of the client. 

Within this internship, the interns will engage with many, if not all, of the following aspects of ERI work:

• Clarify problem definition
• Explore vast, data sets and subject matter resources 
• Research state-of-the-art analytics approaches 
• Select viable algorithm options for assessment 
• Iterate to build and further evaluate machine learning models
• Create an application to share results 
• Work in AWS cloud environment or GPU box
• Receive mentorship from experienced technical collaborators 
• Meet stakeholders to debrief at client location 

Desired Qualifications (not all are required):

• Passion for analytical problem solving and/or related engineering aspects
• Quick learner through formal and self-guided education 
• Pro-active self-starter with a desire to make an impact
• Ability to work in teams or individually
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams
• Hands on experience with technical tools (Programing language like Python, R and SQL, IDE tools like Jupyter Notebook, AWS)
• Wants exposure to or have a strong interest in learning about any of the following:
  • Data analytics use cases and technical methods of Graph Analytics, Natural Language Processing, or other analytics techniques like Large Language Models (LLMS) and Generative AI 
  • Developing in containerized services in cloud environments (e.g. AWS) or GPU
  • Refining and scaling machine learning operations 
  • Developing applications and visualization tools 
  • Movement of trustworthy data for analytics purposes

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a growing consulting firm specializing in data (analytics, data science, AI and machine learning), and related strategy and training. Our organization has over 25 years of experience and 100 practitioners that have partnered with hundreds of organizations to achieve significant value through innovative applications of data, analytics, and people-centered processes. We are tackling hard problems, big and small, where off-the-shelf solutions don’t work or don’t exist. To achieve success, we value humble, hardworking teammates with the ability to be flexible, think critically and experiment. 

At Elder Research, you’ll be part of a fun, friendly, and supportive community where we need each other to succeed, your point of view matters, and asking questions with a beginner’s mindset is applauded. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates that are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work ethic. We are constantly learning and offer teammates free access to a wide range of learning opportunities including Elder’s own platform statistics.com and technical mentors or sponsors. Broadening and deepening your technical and consulting skills both on the job and off is something we are passionate about, and we pay you to do it.

To achieve success we frequently bring together the expertise of decision-makers, analysts, agents, investigators, and even behavioral scientists. Our team enjoys great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of analytic techniques and tools. 

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Elder Research is a Government contractor and most of our positions require US Citizenship.