Intern, R&D Undergraduate Summer, TITANS

About the Role

We are seeking highly motivated undergraduate students with a passion for building secure digital information systems and applications to join our R&D Interns in the TITANS Cybersecurity team for Summer 2027 at Sandia's Minnesota site. As part of the Technical Internships to Advance National Security (TITANS) program, which focuses on Cybersecurity, Software, and Math Analytics, you will contribute to developing the next generation of computer security experts from software to microelectronic hardware.

Key Responsibilities

Your work may include:

• Manual and automated reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, and malware analysis
• Intrusion prevention/detection and response, penetration testing, and forensics
• Network operation, information protection, and resiliency
• Authentication and authorization
• Cryptography
• Virtualization (system and network) and cloud technologies
• Mobile devices and smart technologies

Areas of Interest

Candidates interested in the following areas are also encouraged to apply:

• Data science, information theory, and streaming and behavioral analytics
• Threat intelligence
• Modeling, simulation, and emulation
• Hardware/software trust and assurance
• Industrial control systems and SCADA systems
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI Security

Your projects will address real-world cybersecurity problems or software, hardware, or embedded engineering challenges that contribute to national security missions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

To be eligible for this role, you must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited undergraduate program.
• Pursuing a science, engineering, or math major.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0.
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer.
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to work onsite.

Qualifications We Desire

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, or equivalent STEM field.
• Working knowledge and understanding of an engineering or science related field, such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, Mathematics, or other relevant STEM Disciplines.
• Scholarship for Service Recipient.
• Ability to obtain and retain a DOE Q and SCI Clearance.
• Currently enrolled in the University of Minnesota System (applicants from other universities are also eligible).

About Our Team

The Center for Cyber Defenders (CCD) provides computer science interns with practical experience in computer systems, network operations, and information protection. Our summer program combines research with education, allowing interns to perform experiments on attacking and defending computer systems with proper guidance and protective measures. Working at Sandia's Minnesota site offers an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the national security mission. The Applied Cybersecurity Research Department develops and applies new information technologies to help our national security and critical infrastructure protection customers establish information superiority. We work across the technology spectrum, including embedded, mobile, desktop, wireless, and enterprise.

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation.

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