Job Description

The Technical Project Management Intern will support project planning, coordination, documentation, reporting, and communication across technical teams. This internship is designed for someone who is organized, curious, proactive, and interested in how technology projects move from idea to execution.

This role is a great fit for a student who enjoys working with people, solving problems, asking good questions, and keeping teams aligned. You do not need to be an engineer, but you should be comfortable around technical concepts and excited to learn how software, systems, infrastructure, product, and mission support teams work together.

What You Will Do

As a Technical Project Management Intern, you may support work such as:

• Coordinate project tasks, deadlines, and team updates across technical and business teams.
• Help maintain project trackers, action item logs, meeting notes, and status reports.
• Support project managers and technical leads with planning, documentation, and follow up.
• Attend meetings with engineering, product, operations, or customer facing teams to capture key decisions and next steps.
• Assist with organizing project requirements, risks, dependencies, and milestones.
• Help turn technical updates into clear communication for internal stakeholders.
• Support process improvement efforts by identifying gaps, friction points, or opportunities to make work more efficient.
• Learn how technical teams manage scope, timelines, priorities, and delivery expectations.
• Contribute to internship projects that create real value for Veilant teams.

What You Will Learn

• During this internship, you will gain exposure to:
• Technical project management in a defense technology environment.
• How software, systems, infrastructure, and product teams collaborate.
• Project planning, communication, risk tracking, and stakeholder management.
• Agile and structured project workflows.
• How to translate technical information into clear business updates.
• How mission focused technology is delivered in a fast moving organization.
• Professional communication, meeting facilitation, documentation, and team coordination.

Qualifications

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who is:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business, Engineering, Operations, Communications, or a related field.
• Interested in technology, defense, national security, software, systems, infrastructure, or technical operations.
• Highly organized and able to manage details without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• A strong communicator who can write clearly and follow up professionally.
• Curious and willing to ask questions when something is unclear.
• Comfortable working with different personalities and technical teams.
• Able to take initiative, own assigned tasks, and follow through.
• Motivated by meaningful work and real world impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to project management tools, task trackers, documentation platforms, or collaboration tools.
• Interest in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, product delivery, software development, systems engineering, or technical operations.
• Basic understanding of technology concepts such as software development, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, networking, or systems administration.
• Experience leading a school project, club, volunteer effort, team activity, or group assignment.
• Strong writing skills and attention to detail.

Internship Details

This is a summer internship opportunity designed to provide meaningful hands on experience in a professional technical environment. Interns will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced team members, contribute to real projects, and learn how technical work is planned, managed, and delivered.

Why This Internship Matters

Technical Project Management is where organization, communication, and execution come together. In this role, you will help technical teams stay aligned, reduce confusion, track progress, and move important work forward.

At Veilant, interns are not here to simply observe. They are here to learn, contribute, and grow. This internship is a chance to build practical skills, understand how technical teams operate, and gain experience that can carry into future careers in project management, product management, operations, cybersecurity, engineering coordination, or defense technology.

Additional Information

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office
• Constantly work with computers and other information technology equipment
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in a classroom style format, may stand at a podium for long periods of time

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Veilant through its online applicant system, please contact Veilant's Talent Management Department at (703) 544-2424 or contact us through e-mail atcontact_us@veilant.com