Business Intern

Veterans Encouraged to Apply: Ricardo Defense proudly supports those who have served. We welcome applicants with military experience, including those transitioning to civilian careers. Your leadership, adaptability, and mission-focused mindset are valued here. Ricardo Defense is a 3x recipient of the Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Ricardo Defense has an excellent opportunity for a long-term Business Internship supporting C-Suite Executives in the Internal Operations of several key departments of Ricardo Defense.

This Business intern will assist in supporting the project management of Facilities, IT, Security, and Business Development.

This Business Intern will be to work at our Troy, MI headquarters 20 hours per week while in school and has the opportunity for 20 plus hours while on breaks. These hours would be worked Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with scheduling meetings, taking notes, and organizing files or documents.
• Collect and analyze data on market trends, competitors, and customers.
• Help prepare reports and presentations based on findings.
• Support teams in the planning, execution, and follow-up of ongoing projects.
• Help track project milestones and update status reports.
• Work with Excel or other tools to clean and interpret business data.
• Assist in creating dashboards, charts, or other visualizations.
• Help resolve issues, direct inquiries to the appropriate departments, and follow up as needed.
• Assist in the creation of content for social media or marketing campaigns.
• Monitor social media platforms and engage with the audience as needed.
• Take initiative to understand company goals and values.

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university majoring in business, marketing or similar curriculum. Must be at least entering their junior year of the program. MBA Students preferred.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance. The minimum requirement to obtain a clearance is US Citizenship. Only applicants able to obtain a clearance will be considered.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Active listening and presentation ability.
• Professional email etiquette.
• Ability to interpret data and draw conclusions.
• Prioritizing tasks effectively.
• Meeting deadlines consistently.
• Comfortable in fast-paced or changing environments.
• Doesn't wait to be told what to do-takes ownership.
• Approaches problems with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong understand of Microsoft Office including Excel

Why Ricardo Defense:
At Ricardo Defense, we deliver mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, protect the warfighter, and enable readiness through innovation, technical excellence, and end-to-end Integrated Logistics support.

Remaining steadfast in our core values of Trustworthy, Mission Driven, Creative, and Agile we are a complex systems integrator for the U.S. Government, Ricardo Defense provides solutions to meet the technical and programmatic challenges faced by our customers. Our proven success in multi-domain cross-platform system-of-systems integration results in fielded capability for warfighters. From R&D to production, fielding, and sustainment, Ricardo Defense provides services and solutions to Empower Those That protect Us.

Ricardo Defense is a proud recipient of the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Hire Vets Gold Medallion Award.

Ricardo Defense is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity or gender expression), age, mental or physical disability, creed, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, genetic trait or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.