Data Engineering Intern AI & Analytics (January August 2027)

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotives next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions were addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity AI security and more well map a new way forward. Working together well create a future thats more connected more intelligent more sustainable for everyone.

This is a general application used to fill multiple internship openings across our AI Data and Analytics teams. If selected you will be matched to a specific team based on your background and interests during the interview process.

• Data Engineering Intern - AI & Analytics

• Data Engineering Intern - AI/ML

• Data Engineering Intern - Analytics

• Software Engineering Intern - AI & Machine Learning

• Software Engineering Intern - AI Platform

• Software Engineering Intern - DevOps

• Software Engineering Intern - Execution Apps

• Software Engineering Intern - Fleet Applications

• Software Engineering Intern - Vehicle and Fleet Apps

• Systems Analytics Engineering Intern - Connectivity and Telematics

Software-defined vehicles generate enormous amounts of data from vehicle telemetry to manufacturing and fleet operations. As a Data Engineering intern you will help turn that data into usable reliable infrastructure and analytics working on data pipelines machine learning platforms or the software and analytics supporting fleet and manufacturing applications.

Specific project areas vary by team and may include:

• Developing SQL and Python based data transformation and pipeline code

• Building and maintaining ELT pipelines and analytics workflows on Databricks or similar platforms

• Supporting machine learning model development evaluation or deployment infrastructure

• Contributing to software for fleet management or manufacturing execution applications that depend on reliable data

• Building automated data quality tests and integrating with CI/CD workflows

• Design build or maintain data pipelines analytics workflows or ML supporting infrastructure

• Write Python and SQL code to process transform and validate data

• Collaborate with data scientists analysts or software engineers to meet data or platform needs

• Contribute to automated testing for data quality and pipeline reliability

• Document your work and share progress with your team throughout the internship

Minimum:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters program at an accredited US university

• Proficient in Python and SQL

Preferred:

• Actively pursuing a degree in Computer Science Mathematics Data Science or a closely related field with intent to return to school after the internship

• Coursework or project experience with data engineering analytics or machine learning

• Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Databricks Snowflake or Google BigQuery

• Exposure to data transformation tools such as dbt or infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform

• Interest in applying data skills to vehicle fleet or manufacturing use cases

We build the exceptional and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded addition to a competitive base salary full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health wellbeing and financial future for full-time employees including health coverage retirement savings time off and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site ( If you are a current employee please apply through our internal job board.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender gender expression gender identity genetic information or characteristics physical or mental disability marital/domestic partner status age military/veteran status medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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Required Experience:

Intern