2027 Internship, Engineer
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MDFresher9h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
- Internship focused on applying engineering knowledge to new technologies and systems, integrating them into cohesive operational system-of-systems to meet customer needs.
- Assist in developing required performance and designs for sophisticated combat and weapon systems.
- Utilize a wide variety of systems engineering tools and simulations to advance understanding of sensor, communication, and combat system performance.
- Learn to employ digital engineering goals, practices, and tools to define and influence new system requirements.
- Gain a detailed understanding of good systems engineering principles and practices.
- Work within a team of systems and software engineers applying systems engineering across the full life-cycle development of emerging system-of-systems capabilities.
- Contribute to international system support, traditional and model-based systems engineering, digital engineering, systems analysis and integration, and verification and validation.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in developing required performance and designs of sophisticated combat and weapon systems.
- Apply systems engineering tools and simulations to understand system performance.
- Learn and employ digital engineering goals, practices, and tools.
- Support the full life-cycle development of emerging system-of-systems capabilities.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Proficiency in either Python or MATLAB, or experience writing analytical scripts or programs.
- Experience with data collection and analysis.
- Experience in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) or modeling and simulation (M&S).
- Experience working in small groups within an agile framework.
Qualifications
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, or other related technical degree.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by start date and ultimately obtain a Final Secret level security clearance.
- Subject to government security clearance investigation and must meet requirements for access to classified information.
- U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility.