Data Science Intern

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

Verizon Connect is guiding a connected world on the go by automating, optimizing and revolutionizing the way people, vehicles and things move through the world. Our full suite of industry-defining solutions and services put innovation, automation and connected data to work for customers and help them be safer, more efficient and more productive. With more than 3,500 dedicated employees in 15 countries, we deliver leading mobile technology platforms and solutions. 

As a SaaS leader, we know our talent is the most important component to our success.  We hire top talent and empower them to do their best work.  As a division of Verizon, we combine the fun and excitement of a start-up environment with the resources, operational excellence, and brand recognition of an established tech giant.

What you’ll be doing…

You’ll be working on an open problem in the domain of connected vehicles, getting ahead of the state of the art and designing an improved solution, leveraging the huge amount of data collected by Verizon Connect.

• Keep up to date with the scientific literature on the chosen open problem

• Benchmark several approaches from the state-of-the-art on Verizon Connect data

• Design, implement and validate a new solution to the open problem

• Disseminate the results by drafting a scientific paper

What we’re looking for... 

You’ll need to have: 

• Currently pursuing a Master’s Degree or recently graduated with a Master’s Degree in computer science, mathematics, or equivalent education.

• Solid computer science fundamentals (Algorithms and Data Structures).

• Programming experience with Python or relevant programming languages.

• Ability to read advanced scientific papers and extract the main ideas.

• Fluent in English

Even better if you have: 

• Research experience in the field of Computer Science, Machine Learning or Operations Research.

• Familiar with Unix/Linux environments.

• Familiar with version control tools such as git

Keywords: Connected Vehicles, Data Science, Machine Learning.

Where you’ll be working

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.