Sandia National Laboratories · 5 hours ago
Intern, R&D Graduate Year Round - Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) , Onsite
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. They are seeking an intern for the Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) Institute to support programs and projects related to the United States National Security Missions, including critical asset protection, nuclear weapons security, and cooperative threat reduction.
GovernmentInformation TechnologyNational Security
Responsibilities
Work with your team in designing, developing, implementing, testing, and delivering advanced data processing and exploitation software
Work with your team in designing, developing, and conducting tests and experiments related to our national security missions
Work in a collaborative and learning environment and assume significant responsibilities for assisting in the development of first-of-a-kind software solutions and data exploitation methods to solve challenging technical problems for national security needs
Utilize your knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver quick and accurate solutions to complex and nationally significant problems
Develop new skills that focus on addressing needed capabilities for our projects
Contribute to data analysis and review in support of our national security mission projects
Contribute to reports and papers on technical topics
Help to identify and implement new tools and approaches to solving complex technical problems
Collaborate with other Sandia National Laboratories Interns on shared projects
Qualification
Required
Earned bachelor's degree
Currently attending and enrolled full time in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program
Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
Ability to work up to 30 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, asylees or refugees in the U.S
Preferred
Working knowledge and understanding of an engineering or science-related field as listed in the required section
Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0
An existing U.S. Government granted security clearance
Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-oriented, and thorough
Ability to work well in a team environment
Experience with the following: Electro-mechanical systems; Control systems; Software programming; MATLAB; LabVIEW; National Instruments Veristand; Test instrumentation and troubleshooting
Experience with the following: Test designing, planning, execution, and documentation; Data analysis and statistical methods; Digital signal processing; Mechanical structural analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis
Experience with modeling; SolidWorks, Pro/E, Creo, Finite Element Analysis Knowledge in programming and scripting languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, SQL
Knowledge of tools and approaches related to human systems analysis or experimentation
Benefits
Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance
Company
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia is a conducts research and development into the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.4MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyARPA-E
2023-09-21Grant· $0.5M
2023-07-27Grant
2023-01-10Grant· $3.7M
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