Opportunities at PDC

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  • Volcano - Sabancaya, Peru

    9 minutes ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Santa Maria, Guatemala

    16 minutes ago WARNING

  • Flood - Keokuk, IA--IL Region, United States

    15 minutes ago WARNING

  • Floods - Southern, United States

    37 minutes ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Sangay, Ecuador

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - SE of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Puerto Cabezas, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Champoton, Campeche, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Yuscaran, El Paraíso, Honduras

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Villa Union, Sinaloa, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

    1 hour ago INFORMATION

  • Flood - Chariton, IA Region, United States

    1 hour ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.7 - 28 km SSW of Balangiga, Philippines

    1 hour ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Reventador, Ecuador

    1 hour ago WATCH

  • Flood - Winnemucca, NV Region, United States

    2 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Algona, IA Region, United States

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Ruang, Indonesia

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Miami, OK Region, United States

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Fuego, Guatemala

    4 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Semeru, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Popocatepetl, Mexico

    5 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Dukono, Indonesia

    5 hours ago WATCH

  • Wildfire - SE of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

    7 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

    7 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Lewotobi, Indonesia

    7 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.0 - 201 km WSW of Tofino, Canada

    8 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - S of Quelimane, Nampula and Zambezia, Mozambique

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Matagami, Québec, Canada

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tana Basin, W of Tana River, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Volga Basin, Russia, Kazakhstan and Caspian Sea

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of At Taif, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Abhe Bad Basin, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Zhosaly, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, Paraguay and Cuiaba Rivers, Brazil and Bolivia

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Azopardo Basin, Azopardo and Ayopardo Rivers, Argentina and Chile

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zomba, Zomba, Malawi

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, SE of Malagarasi River, Burundi and Tanzania

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - N of Mbandaka, Équateur, Congo, DRC

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tana Basin, SE of Tana River, Kenya

    9 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Kura Basin, Azerbaijan, Iran and Caspian Sea

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Longview, TX Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mineola, TX Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Floods - Central, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Tropical Cyclone - Hidaya

    11 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Cherokee, IA Region, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Floods - Upper Midwestern, United States

    10 hours ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.1 - south of the Kermadec Islands

    12 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Wildfire - SE of Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

    13 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - N of Peppimenarti, Northern Territory, Australia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Khabarovsk Blagodatnoye, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - E of Battambang, Batdambang, Cambodia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Amurzet, Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Kukan, Khabarovskiy kray, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - S of Chernyshevsk, Chitinskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Mae Chai, Phayao, Thailand

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NE of Fuyuan, Heilongjiang, China

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SW of Priargunsk, Chitinskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Zavitinsk Northeast, Amurskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - SE of Arkhara, Amurskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - NW of Arkhara, Amurskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - W of Nerchinskiy Zavod, Chitinskaya, Russia

    14 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Ebeko, Russia

    15 hours ago ADVISORY

  • Flood - Ogooue Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Dem Rep of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabo

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Tamale, Northern, Ghana

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Los Mochis, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zambezi Basin, Middle Africa, Angola, Southern Africa, Botswana, Dem Rep of the Congo, Namib

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - La Paz, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sonora, Mexico

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Breves, Pará, Brazil

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Araguari Basin, Brazil and French Guiana

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Uruara, Pará, Brazil

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - De Contas Basin, N of De Contas River, Brazil

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Laranjal do Jari, Pará, Brazil

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Bengawan Solo Basin, Indonesia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Lake Eyre Basin, Australia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Murray Basin, Murray, Darling and Warrego Rivers, Australia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Ibu, Indonesia

    15 hours ago WATCH

  • Flood - S of Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Mahakam Basin, Indonesia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Vam Co Basin, NE of Vam Co River, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Brahmani Basin, SW of Brahmani River, India

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chao Phraya Basin, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Saryshaghan, Almaty, Qaraghandy and Zhambyl, Kazakhstan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Huai He Basin, N of Huai He River, China

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NW of Dongguan, Guangdong, China

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Ganges Basin, E of Damodar River, India and Bangladesh

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Rufiji Basin, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Somalia and Tanzania

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Meghna Basin, Eastern Asia, China, Southern Asia, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, South-eastern A

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Yancheng, East China

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Volga Basin, Russia, Kazakhstan and Caspian Sea

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Aral Sea Basin, Russia and Kazakhstan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Cauvery Basin, Sri Lanka

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Shieli, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Orange Basin, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dasht Kaur Basin, Iran and Pakistan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Karonga, Karonga, Malawi

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Venice, Veneto, Italy

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Incomati Basin, Southern Africa, Lesotho, Eastern Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and South Af

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Nile Basin, Egypt

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Jubba Basin, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Mangoky Basin, Mangoky, Mania and Tsiribihina Rivers, Madagascar

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Niger Basin, NW of Dallol Bosso River, Algeria, Mali and Niger

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Asosa, Benshangul-Gumaz, Ethiopia

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Pol-e Khomri, Baghlan, Afghanistan

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Irrawaddy Basin, India and Myanmar

    16 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX Region, United States

    17 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Eastern India

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Kenya - Floods

    18 hours ago INFORMATION

  • Severe Weather - Tanzania

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Pakistan

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Storms - Eastern Malaysia

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Storms - Peninsular Malaysia

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Vietnam

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Severe Weather - Northern India

    18 hours ago WARNING

  • Flood - Pocatello, ID Region, United States

    19 hours ago WARNING

  • High Water Level - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

    20 hours ago WARNING

  • Wildfire - E of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

    1 day ago INFORMATION

  • Wildfire - W of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

    1 day ago INFORMATION

  • Earthquake - 5.5 - 100 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Izmayil, Odessa, Ukraine

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Uruguay Basin, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, SE of Malagarasi River, Burundi and Tanzania

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Zomba, Zomba, Malawi

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Shatt Al Arab Basin, Iran and Iraq

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amazon Basin, South America, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Amur Basin, China and Russia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Pascua Basin, Argentina and Chile

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Quelimane, Nampula and Zambezia, Mozambique

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - S of Amapa, Amapá, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - W of Parnaiba, Piauí, Brazil

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Parana Basin, Paraguay and Cuiaba Rivers, Brazil and Bolivia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Punta Alta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Baoding, Hebei, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tana Basin, W of Tana River, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - NE of Kualakapuas, Kalimantan Selatan, Kalimantan Tengah and Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - SE of Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - E of Zhosaly, Qyzylorda, Kazakhstan

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Hanggin Houqi, Nei Mongol and Ningxia Hui, China

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Congo Basin, Tanzania

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Flood - Tana Basin, SE of Tana River, Kenya

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Italy

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Greece

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Spain

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Puerto Rico, United States of America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southwestern United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Hawaii, United States of America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northwestern United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central United States

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Northern Pacific Islands

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Floods - Haiti and Dominican Republic

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Extreme Heat - Central America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Central America

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Earthquake - 5.9 - 101 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Volcano - Tofua, Tonga

    1 day ago WATCH

  • Extreme Heat - Southern Africa

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Drought - Southern Africa

    1 day ago WARNING

  • Volcano - Poas, Costa Rica

    2 days ago ADVISORY

  • Severe Weather - Sri Lanka

    2 days ago WARNING

  • Landslides - Northern India

    2 days ago INFORMATION

  • Volcano - Marapi, Indonesia

    4 days ago WARNING

  • Drinking Water - SW of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 week ago ADVISORY

  • Cholera - Haiti

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Comoros

    1 week ago WARNING

  • Health - SE of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

    2 weeks ago ADVISORY

  • Volcano - La Cumbre, Fernandina Island, Ecuador

    1 month ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Somalia

    2 months ago WARNING

  • Cholera - Mozambique

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Dengue - Guatemala

    7 months ago WARNING

  • Measles - American Samoa

    1 year ago WARNING

  • Drought - Djibouti

    1 year ago WARNING

ABOUT OUR TEAM:

Job Opportunities

Come to work with a leading-edge organization and fuel your passion for public service. For nearly 25 years, PDC has supported the most demanding government customers and nonprofits worldwide, sharing in the mission to save lives and reduce disaster risk. As an applied research center managed by the University of Hawai‘i, we continuously develop new technologies and recruit new talent to advance our state-of-the-art solutions in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. You can find PDC job openings on the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii site or through our LinkedIn postings.

Apply Now

Internships

PDC provides mentored internship opportunities to self-motivated students who take pride in their work, have a passion to learn and a commitment to problemsolving. Our internships offer individuals the chance to apply learned skills and theory to real-world problems.

If you are interesting in applying for an internship with PDC, please review the programs available below to see if there is a good match. You should also examine the criteria for a direct internship before submitting your resume with the link below.

Submit Resume Now

Programs Available

Akamai Workforce Initiative

Offered to college students in Hawaii. Applications accepted in November. Please check the site for details.
https://akamaihawaii.org/interning/

University of Hawai‘i Student Employment & Cooperative Education (SECE)

Available only to college students within the UH system. PDC posts internship position descriptions to this site.
https://sece.its.hawaii.edu/sece/login

CareerLink – UH Maui College Cooperative (Co-Op) Education program

Available only to UH-MC students. Please check the site for details.
http://maui.hawaii.edu/careerlink/

Ke Alahele Program

Offered through Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) internship program
http://www.medb.org/programs/education-to-workforce/ke-alahele-education-fund/

Direct Internships

Direct internships with PDC are also available on an as-needed basis. Please inquire per the guidelines below.

Internship Criteria

  • All internships are based on the island of Maui in Hawaii. PDC does not support internships outside of Maui.
  • All internship programs are paid internships. However, we do not offer relocation or housing support.
  • Technical internships are for summer undergraduate and graduate students. Communications internships are offered year-round.
  • U.S. Citizenship is not required, however:
    • Candidates MUST have permission to work in the U.S. for the duration of internship; and
    • PDC does NOT sponsor visas for international students.
  • Long-term internships (for graduate students) may be as long as 6 months. Candidates must submit a resume as part of the submission. Areas of interest for internship may also be submitted.

 

  • For PDC’s direct internship program, the applicant must submit a resume. Area(s) of interest for internship may also be submitted. Internship is contingent upon need and availability.

Skills We Need

Over the years, interns have made valuable contributions to PDC projects and activities with such skills as:

Computer or GIS skills and literacy

  • Computer programming (C++, Java, Jscript, …)
  • Scripting (PHP, Python, Shell, …)
  • Web/App development (HTML, CSS, JSON, …)
  • AI experience and/or interest
  • GIS (data processing, visualization, …)
  • Imagery and/or Image analysis
  • Physical sciences and/or modeling
  • Data analysis and/or statistics

Communications or design skills and literacy

  • Public relations, communications, content development experience
  • Web UX / UI design principles
  • Graphic design using latest Adobe products
  • Video editing
  • Marketing copy development
  • Social media content management

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