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Founding Fellow Program

Our Founding Fellow Program is a hands-on internship built to walk emerging talent through the real, day-to-day processes of working at a Department of Defense (DOD) contractor, the things you actually do and follow once you are on the job. While you will pick up a high-level sense of how the defense industry works, the heart of this program is practical and process-focused: learning how people get hired and onboarded, completing the trainings every employee is required to take, and shadowing team members to see how the work is performed.

Most of your time will be spent learning and participating in the practical processes below.

• Walking through the full candidate lifecycle; from job posting and application to interview, offer, and start date.
• Learning the basics of the security clearance and eligibility process, including forms like the SF-86 and what a background investigation involves.
• Seeing how new hires are set up with equipment, accounts, and system access.
• Security awareness and information-handling basics.
• Ethics and standards of conduct training.
• Company systems and tools training
• Compliance essentials at an introductory level; what rules exist, why they matter, and where to find them.
• Shadowing managers and team leads to see how they run their day, prioritize, and communicate.
• Watching how tasks are assigned, tracked, and reported to leadership and customers.
• Asking questions and building relationships with mentors across departments.

We welcome students and recent graduates who want a practical, introduction to working life at a defense contractor. Ideal candidates are:

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a bachelor's or master's program (all majors encouraged to apply), preferred
• Curious about how companies actually operate behind the scenes.
• Organized, dependable, and eager to learn by doing.
• Comfortable asking questions and taking notes.
• Self-motivated and able to stay engaged in a fully remote setting.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen (required for work supporting DOD contracts).
• Reliable internet connection and a suitable remote work setup.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; required
• Basic comfort with standard productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office / collaboration platforms).