The 16-month computer science student will work within the Technical Publications team. The student intern will conduct detailed research, analysis, and preparation of requirements to support the following technical document reference needs: Optimization of technical documentation access, delivery, retrieval, and production. The intern will be required to use web development and problem-solving skills to map, analyze, and identify gaps in document preparation, storage, and delivery in order to improve accuracy, traceability of document flow, from authoring to end-user delivery and reference. After identifying gaps and inefficiencies, the intern will prepare recommendations on remediation strategies and approaches and may be required to implement improvements through customizations to commercial and open-source software components. The intern will also be required to communicate with internal De Havilland departments, the DHC IT team, and customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a detailed analysis of current customer access methods for documentation types, including retrieval metrics and efficiency of access.
• Provide detailed analysis of current authoring sources and inputs, storage, and traceability through production processes.
• Prepare recommendations for access and retrieval improvements.
• Design and implement solutions to improve / optimize retrieval.

Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in a Computer Science program at an accredited post-secondary institution.
• Preference will be given to students in their 2nd or 3rd year of studies.

Skills:

• Web development framework.
• Object-oriented programming.
• Full-stack development.
• Programming experiences are an asset.
• Experience in Windows and Linux environments, object-oriented languages, and web
• application development.