Fall 2026/Spring 2027 - AI Engineer Intern - 90413047 - Washington

Amtrak is a railroad company focused on connecting businesses and communities across the country while prioritizing passenger, employee, public, and operating-environment safety. The AI Engineer Intern supports the Digital Technology organization by helping build, integrate, test, monitor, and improve AI-driven capabilities and workflows, with guidance from senior engineers.

What you'll do:

• Help build small features or components that add new AI-driven capabilities to Amtrak’s systems, under senior engineer guidance
• Build and test automation scripts or workflow pieces that support and operate those AI capabilities once they’re in place
• Propose and prototype ideas for new or improved AI capabilities based on problems observed in day-to-day work
• Assist senior engineers with connecting new AI capabilities to existing business processes and testing that they work as intended
• Investigate recurring issues or inefficiencies in AI capabilities or workflows and propose ideas for fixing or improving them
• Monitor AI capabilities in day-to-day use, flagging issues and helping identify root causes rather than just reporting symptoms
• Research and share findings on new approaches or techniques that could improve the capabilities or workflows the team builds and runs
• Own small, well-defined pieces of larger capability-building or automation projects from start to finish, with guidance from senior engineers
• Maintain clear documentation for capabilities built, workflows, and any issues found and resolved
• Participate in team meetings, demos, and retrospectives, contributing ideas and observations from hands-on work

What they're looking for:

• Must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited educational institution
• Must be actively pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
• Must have at least 1 year of academic undergraduate studies completed or a sophomore status at minimum
• Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher
• Basic familiarity with programming or scripting concepts
• Basic understanding of how cloud-based systems and version control work
• Basic awareness of how AI models or AI-driven features are built and how they work
• Coursework or project experience involving automation or scripting
• Coursework or project experience building or experimenting with AI models or AI-driven features
• Experience with independent or team projects that involved researching a new approach and presenting findings
• Familiarity with monitoring, testing, or troubleshooting automated processes
• Demonstrated curiosity about how AI systems are built and improved

Benefits:

• Paid internships include Amtrak rail pass privileges as a part of the experience.
• One (1) PTO day per academic year.
• Onsite work arrangement: 4/5 days.