At DIRECTV, we’re redefining the future of entertainment. From satellite to streaming, we deliver innovative video experiences that connect people to the content they love—anytime, anywhere. Join a team that’s shaping the next generation of media and entertainment.
Dive into DIRECTV for Business as a Summer Intern!
The work our team does directly impacts the DIRECTV customer experience through providing support for our Product Development organization by working on real-world problems relating to the overarching customer experience.
This in-person role is based in Clarksburg, Maryland. The selected candidate will work with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to create innovative video solutions for the commercial market.
Project Examples
- Develop artificial intelligence and machine learning tools
- Contribute to the development of an AI-powered media intelligence platform that analyzes live and recorded video content.
- Work with video metadata, closed captions, speech-to-text transcripts, and AI/ML models to identify topics, summarize content, detect relevant events, and enable natural-language search across video streams.
- Evaluating AI models, developing data-processing pipelines, experimenting with embeddings and semantic search, and building prototype tools or dashboards to demonstrate new media intelligence use cases.
What We’re Looking For
- Students pursuing a four-year undergraduate or advanced degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or Data Science.
- Required: Proficiency in Python and its ML ecosystem (NumPy and pandas), with the ability to write reproducible training and evaluation scripts.
- Assist in selecting the appropriate machine learning approach (supervised, unsupervised, deep learning, or reinforcement learning) based on problem type and data availability
- Support the end-to-end model development lifecycle, including data collection, preprocessing, feature extraction and selection, training, and validation
- Build and benchmark baseline models in Python, including linear regression, decision trees, and support vector machines, for classification and regression tasks
- Operating Systems and tools: Linux and/or Android, Claude Code and OpenAI API
- Apply unsupervised learning techniques such as clustering, principal component analysis, and association rule mining to explore unlabeled datasets
- Identify and address overfitting and underfitting, applying bias–variance trade-off analysis during model tuning and selection
- Evaluate model performance using appropriate metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, mean squared error) and recommend evaluation criteria suited to the problem domain
- Experiment with ensemble methods (bagging, boosting, random forests) to improve prediction accuracy and generalization over single-model baselines
- Prototype deep learning architectures - CNNs for image data, RNNs for sequential data, and transformers for NLP — using PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Support experimentation with generative AI setups, including transformer-based language models and GANs for synthetic data generation
- Cross functional collaboration; Strong presentation skills
Program Details
- Duration: 10-week internship (3-5 days per week in the Clarksburg, MD office)
- Program Dates: 6/7/27 – 8/13/27 or 6/14/27 – 8/20/27
- Eligibility: Must have full U.S. work authorization now and in the future
- This position can earn $25 - $34 per hour, not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at DIRECTV offers. (Hourly rate based on academic status)
Ready to explore the possibilities? Join us at DIRECTV and make your mark!
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a four-year undergraduate or advanced degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or Data Science
- Proficiency in Python and its machine learning ecosystem, including NumPy and pandas
- Ability to write reproducible machine learning training and evaluation scripts
- Knowledge of supervised, unsupervised, deep learning, and reinforcement learning approaches
- Experience or knowledge of data collection, preprocessing, feature extraction, feature selection, training, and validation
- Knowledge of baseline models including linear regression, decision trees, and support vector machines
- Operating systems and tools experience with Linux and/or Android, Claude Code, and OpenAI API
- Knowledge of clustering, principal component analysis, and association rule mining
- Understanding of overfitting, underfitting, and bias-variance trade-off analysis
- Knowledge of model evaluation metrics including accuracy, precision, recall, and mean squared error
- Experience or knowledge of ensemble methods including bagging, boosting, and random forests
- Experience prototyping deep learning architectures such as CNNs, RNNs, and transformers using PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Knowledge of generative AI, transformer-based language models, and GANs
- Strong presentation skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Full U.S. work authorization now and in the future
DIRECTV Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DIRECTV and has not been reviewed or approved by DIRECTV.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, and mental-health options described as part of the standard package. Multiple plan choices and wellness-related offerings are presented as meaningful parts of the overall value proposition.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a notable component of the package, including a 401(k) with company match and, for some groups, a pension. This creates a perception of stronger long-term financial support than pay alone.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee lifestyle perks are highlighted through free or discounted DIRECTV service and other discounts, which can materially reduce personal expenses. Additional programs like volunteer support and wellbeing resources add to the perceived non-cash value.
DIRECTV Insights
What We Do
DIRECTV is changing the way the world experiences entertainment. Innovation powers all that we do, and our groundbreaking solutions deliver compelling entertainment experiences to millions of customers.
Why Work With Us
DIRECTV has been at the forefront of entertainment for nearly three decades. We're now entering the new era of DIRECTV to create the best entertainment and communications experience in the world. At DIRECTV our amazing people, combined with a culture that thrives on collaboration and creativity, are the foundation that create a great place to work.
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