NIWC - Undergraduate Student III - AIRED Project (Task No. 56-182608)

Job description

Overview The hourly rate for this position is $19.67 per hour for Undergraduate III and is non-negotiable. This position is open until filled Under direction, incumbents must have course work in the discipline requested on the task order Statement of Work. This Statement of Work covers the need for student services to support research and development activities related to reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms for modeling adaptive target behaviors. Under the guidance of the engineering team, the student will contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of RL agents and simulation environments. Work will include developing custom RL environments using Gymnasium, implementing and training agents with Stable Baselines3, and assisting in the analysis of agent performance within active sonar operational scenarios. The student will participate in iterative experimentation, documentation of methods and results, and preparation of technical materials for potential publication or presentation. Tasks will be scoped to match the student s academic background and skill level, with opportunities to gain experience in applied machine learning, simulation development, and defense-foc...