AI/ML Intern (Level II)

Role: AI/ML Intern (Level II)

Duration: 12-months

Location: Austin, TX 78744 (Need Locals)

Note: This role requires onsite presence 4–5 days per week. Candidates must reside in the Austin area and be authorized to work in the U.S.

The client work to be accomplished:

• The AI Development team in ITD undertakes rapid development initiatives using AI/ML tools and platforms with the goal to drive business innovation at the Texas Department of Transportation.
• Evaluate emerging AI trends, tools, and vendor solutions against business use-cases.
• Run proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to test feasibility of new ideas.
• Design and build applications and AI/ML models tailored to specific use cases (e.g., predictive analytics, natural language processing, computer vision) prioritized for the AI Program.
• Create scalable AI pipelines that can be integrated into existing systems.
• Collaborate with data, engineering, and software development teams.

Minimum Yrs of Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

• Possesses raw knowledge and skillset through coursework with some hands on work experience in the following areas:
• Python and SQL skills
• Data Visualization skills with tools like PowerBI, Tableau, Streamlit, R Shiny, Matpotlib
• Knowledge of Object-oriented programming & design patterns
• Unit testing, CI/CD, Git, containerization (Docker)
• Data pipelines and ETL (Airflow, Prefect, or cloud-native equivalents)
• Model deployment (REST APIs, gRPC, serverless), monitoring, and versioning
• AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform / OCI AI services
• Cloud-native training/inference environments (SageMaker, Bedrock, Vertex AI, Azure ML)
• Kubernetes and Docker
• Code assist tools (Claude code, Codex, Cursor, etc)

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience or class studies related to transportation and traffic analysis