TechStudent-PostGraduate
Posted on: 19 Feb 2021
Cambridge, MA
Job Description
Who we are
Raytheon BBN Technologies is one of Raytheons premier research and development centers. Our diverse research portfolio combines the best technologies to deliver innovative, custom solutions with real-world benefit.
Our Intelligent Software & Systems department is seeking a qualified Masters or PhD Spring / Summer intern to work on a research project involving game playing AI. You will be exposed to all aspects of software engineering and be part of a team developing next generation capabilities for distributed and mobile information systems of tomorrow.
What will you do?
You will contribute to a project sponsored by the US government and will work on a team with four other technical staff to design, develop, and prototype a suite of AI agents for a turn-based strategy game.
The applicant will be working daily with BBN researchers in a distributed team setting. Due to the pandemic, there is no expectation of relocation or in-person work, so excellent communication skills are essential. You will earn first-hand experience with researchers addressing challenges in AI, game theory, and reinforcement learning, and be a contributing member in a small, highly qualified and motivated research and development team. Among the assigned responsibilities will be design, development, and oversight of our AI Agent Gym in which we train, test, and advance the skills of the game-playing agents.
What will you need?
* Student pursuing a Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI or related technical field
* Strong programming skills, particularly in Python and/or C
* Strong software engineering skills, particularly utilizing tools such as git and the Atlassian suite
* Excellent communication skills
* Demonstrated ability to excel while working remotely
Additional Skills that would be AWESOME / BENEFICIAL
* Reinforcement learning experience
* Unity game framework knowledge
* Knowledge of game theory
This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.
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Raytheon
Waltham, MA
Raytheon Company develops integrated products, services, and solutions for the defense and other government markets worldwide. It operates through five segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS); and Forcepoint. The IDS segment offers integrated air and missile defense; land-and sea-based radar solutions; command, control, communications, computers, cyber, and intelligence solutions; naval combat and ship electronic and sensing systems; and undersea sensing and effects solutions.
The IIS segment provides technical and professional services, such as navigation, DoD space and weather solutions, cybersecurity, analytics, training, logistics, mission support, software-based systems, automation and sustainment solutions, and air traffic management systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The MS segment develops and supports weapon systems comprising missiles, smart munitions, close-in weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors, and combat sensor solutions.
The SAS segment provides civil and military electro-optical/infrared sensors; airborne radars for surveillance and fire control applications; lasers; precision guidance systems; signals intelligence systems; processors; electronic warfare systems; tactical and strategic communications; and space-qualified systems. The Forcepoint segment offers cyber security products that include risk adaptive data loss prevention; user and entity behavior analytics and cloud access security broker capabilities; insider threat solutions; firewall technology; cloud and on premise Web and email security; and cross domain transfer products.
Raytheon Company has a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate drones into the national airspace system. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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IndustryEngineering
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