Posted:
2/12/2026, 9:58:16 PM
Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ San Diego, California, United States
Experience Level(s):
Internship
Field(s):
AI & Machine Learning
Workplace Type:
Remote
The Undersea Systems Division (USD) at Leidos currently has an opening for a Signal/Image Processing Intern to work in our San Diego, CA office. The USD operates at the leading edge of technology by designing, demonstrating, and deploying solutions to solve complex remote sensing problems for our Department of Defense customers. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to system development and to gain experience for an individual with interest in maritime remote sensing, physics, sensors, system prototyping, algorithm and software development, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our focus is to develop capabilities and deployable prototypes and transition those to our Defense business segment
Primary Responsibilities: The candidate will be supporting a DoW program called Pulling Guard as a Signal/Image Processing intern. Under the mentorship of Leidos technical staff, responsible for development and coding of various algorithms in sensing and sensemaking.
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Basic Qualifications:
Pursuing a degree from an accredited college/university in EE, Physics, or similar
Python, Matlab
Gitlab or other software repository and issue system
Develop algorithms in signal/image processing and work with AI models for an innovative program
Support analysis of collected data from test events
US Citizenship required
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
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For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Website: https://www.leidos.com/
Headquarter Location: Reston, Virginia, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1969
IPO Status: Public
Industries: Computer ⋅ Government ⋅ Information Services ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ National Security ⋅ Software