Intern, Digital Ship

Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has embarked on one of the largest procurement projects since the Second World War. The NSS is a nation-building effort to create a sustainable Canadian shipbuilding industry, secure long-term job opportunities and build the next generation of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Through its NSS-related work, Seaspan Shipyards is owning the redevelopment of our domestic shipbuilding industry on the West Coast and delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians.

The Intern, Digital Ship will work within the Innovation team at Vancouver Shipyards and have exposure to the various areas of R&D Innovation, Vessel New Construction and In-Service Support at one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Canada. In this role, you will provide day-to-day support to Engineers while assisting and coordinating specific software development activities.

Seaspan’s Innovation team is actively developing several technology areas including digital twins, green technologies, and autonomy in support of use cases for future vessels, engineering services, and in-service support. Our innovation program includes current and planned projects seeking scalable solutions that integrate emerging technologies using real-time sensors.

Seaspan has developed and integrated digital twin solutions in a scalable platform that integrates with sensors, communication systems, 3D models and visualization technologies all to minimize the service interruption of maintenance/refit and maximize vessel availability. Incremental development will be carried out as part of the Digital Ship Technical Development Roadmap Plan as new requirements and additional data are acquired.

**Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 2 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.**

**What you'll do**
- Frontend development of wire frames, app layout, screen design, backend value retrieval, presenting alerts and notifications, and custom react components.

**What you'll bring**
- Enrollment in a 3rd-year or later year of Computer Engineering or a closely related degree program.
- Demonstrated utilization of JavaScript and Python to develop backend solutions.
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and engineering skills through exposure to multiple class projects or co-op terms.
- Above average analytical skills to gather and analyze/synthesize data.
- Excellent computer skills including Excel/Word/PowerPoint.
- Experience with software development, SQL, and other database management tools.
- Effective communication, interpersonal and organization skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills, analytical abilities and interpersonal skills that support business-oriented solution development.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and decision-making skills consistent with the essential job functions.
- Innate curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring and developing modern technologies and processes.

**Why you’ll love working here**
- A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
- Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
- Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

We require a full-time commitment Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week with an hourly rate of $26.00/hour.

**Start Date of Internship: January 6th, 2025**

**End Date of Internship: August 29th, 2025**

**Please submit your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcript as one PDF document.**

**Application Closing Date: Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 11:59pm PST.**

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