Software Engineering Intern - (Baton Rouge, LA/Frederick, MD)

Bascom Hunter is seeking a Software Engineering Intern to support the development, integration, and testing of software for aerospace and defense applications. The intern will gain hands-on experience supporting software used in embedded electronics, communications, control systems, environmental control and thermal management systems, power systems, and other mission-critical technologies.

The intern will work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams and contribute to projects throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirements development, coding, integration, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation.

Bascom Hunter provides custom solutions to the Department of Defense and aerospace markets, with capabilities spanning advanced electronics, communications, RF systems, environmental control, thermal management, power, and other mission-critical technologies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the development, integration, testing, and maintenance of software supporting aerospace, defense, and engineering applications.

• Write, debug, test, and improve software using languages such as Python, C, C++, or other languages appropriate to the project.
• Learn and apply modern software development practices, including version control, code review, branching strategies, issue tracking, documentation, and collaborative development workflows.
• Use Git-based development workflows to manage source code, contribute changes, review code, and participate in team software development.
• Support containerized software development and deployment using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Gain exposure to DevOps practices, including automated builds, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Assist with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated environment configuration using tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Develop and maintain automat