Coach application page – Neurodiversity in Tech | Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego

COACHING ROLE & OPPORTUNITY

The Neurodiversity in Tech summer program is looking for coaches for summer 2024. Coaches with
the internship program manage the day-to-day workplace lives of their team of five interns,
providing them with technical help as well as guidance on project management and workplace
communication norms.

Role Description

The interns are neurodiverse young adults, mostly on the autism spectrum, who work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers to develop an educational video game. Each team starts with a game concept from a client and, over the course of 9 weeks, brings a prototype game to life.

The coach position can be set up for different time commitments, ranging from roughly half-time to
full-time. Coaches should ideally have some experience with neurodivergence, along with either
game development experience or general experience with programming. Pay rates tend to be in
the range of $20 to $25/hour depending on the individual’s skill set and level of experience. The
internship runs Monday June 24 to Friday Aug 23.

Responsibilities

Coach responsibilities include:

Helping interns learn their role responsibilities and industry standard programs (i.e., Unity or Unreal, Jira, Git, Google Drive…)
Providing technical assistance (on either art or design or coding, etc.) to interns on their projects or directing them to a resource to help them complete their tasks;
Instructing interns on navigating professional workplaces, as well as instructing them on what is appropriate workplace behavior;
Conflict guidance and resolution between interns if disagreements occur at workplace;
Ensuring that both the training of the interns and the project are completed successfully and in a timely manner;
Guiding and counseling the interns to help them achieve their professional goals.

Contact with Questions or to Apply

Questions can be directed to Prof. Pamela Cosman at pcosman@ucsd.edu

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to ndtech@ucsd.edu