Intern - Data Science and Analytics

Intern - Data Science and Analytics - (TAL-SGIM20250227-002)

Organization: SGIM-Division of Information Management

Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters

Job Posting: 2025-03-03, 10:41:42 AM

Closing Date: 2025-03-24, 5:59:00 PM

Duration in Months: 12

Contract Type: Interns

Full Competitive Recruitment: No

**Duration**

12 months

**Internships**

The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each year. The internships are awarded to persons studying towards a university degree or who have recently received a degree (see Internship web pages for further details).

The purpose of the programme is:

- To provide interns with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in line with their studies or interests, and expose them to the work of the IAEA and the United Nations as a whole;
- To benefit the IAEA's programmes through the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.
- The duration of an internship is normally not less than three months and not more than one year.

**Organizational Setting**

The Department of Safeguards carries out the IAEA's duties and responsibilities as the world's nuclear inspectorate, supporting global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The primary role of the Department is to develop and implement IAEA safeguards to ensure that there is no diversion of declared nuclear material from peaceful activities and no indications of undeclared nuclear material or activities in a State as a whole.

The Department comprises nuclear safeguards inspectors, responsible for carrying out inspections and verifications of all-safeguards relevant information for nuclear facilities in over 180 States; and technical staff responsible for a wide range of activities including: developing concepts and approaches for implementing safeguards; developing and maintaining safeguards equipment; providing analytical and laboratory services for sample analysis; collecting, evaluating and analysing safeguards-relevant information; providing information and communication technology infrastructure and services; and providing programme coordination support.

The Division of Information Management (SGIM) implements state of the art methodologies and techniques for the collection, processing and analysis of a range of safeguards-relevant information, including declarations submitted by States, evaluations resulting from the analysis of samples or measurements collected during infield activities, and information from open sources, including nuclear trade-related data and satellite imagery. Staff perform data validation and complex information analysis and evaluation to support infield activities and provide key input to the State evaluation process.

**Main Purpose**

**Functions / Key Results Expected**
- As an intern within the Safeguards Division of Information Management, you will support the enhancement of analytical capabilities and be provided with a high level of professional development. Your tasks will include the following:

- Building rapid prototypes and proof of concepts to determine fit and usability
- Continuously improving machine learning models, including but not limited to text classification, information retrieval, and named entity extraction
- Interacting with business users to define the scope and business case
- Identifying valuable data sources and automating collection processes

**Qualifications and Experience**
- University degree in mathematics, computer science or a related field with a focus on data science or artificial intelligence.
- If you have the following attributes and meet the eligibility criteria, we would be very interested to hear from you:

- Demonstrated skills in analytic language Python
- Experience in machine learning methodologies (e.g. supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning etc.) and understanding of large language model concepts
- Knowledge of popular machine learning libraries and frameworks, such as PyTorch and Hugging Face

**Applicant Eligibility**
- Good written and spoken English essential; fluency in any other IAEA official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish or Russian) an asset.