Intern, R&D Undergraduate Year-Round

About the Role

The Interns for Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) Institute is seeking outstanding, energetic, and passionate undergraduate students to support programs and projects related to United States National Security Missions. Interns will work on high-caliber, cohesive teams in a collaborative and learning environment.

Key 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 national security missions.
• Assist in the development of first-of-a-kind software solutions and data exploitation methods to solve challenging technical problems for national security needs.
• Utilize knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver quick and accurate solutions to complex and nationally significant problems.
• Develop new skills focusing on addressing needed capabilities for projects.
• Contribute to data analysis and review in support of national security mission projects.
• Contribute to reports and papers on technical topics.
• Help identify and implement new tools and approaches to solving complex technical problems.
• Collaborate with other Sandia National Laboratories Interns on shared projects.
• Selected applicants must be able to work onsite.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently attending and enrolled full time 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 25 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.

Qualifications We Desire

• Working knowledge and understanding of an engineering or science-related field.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0.
• Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-oriented, and thorough.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Experience with:
• Electro-mechanical systems
• Control systems
• Software programming
• MATLAB
• LabVIEW
• National Instruments Veristand
• Test instrumentation and troubleshooting
• Experience with:
• 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.

About iSAFE

The Interns for Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) institute provides students the opportunity to develop next-generation systems for compelling national security missions. This can include work on complex and challenging problems to lower the risk posed by high-consequence events. Projects range from small R&D efforts to large, multidisciplinary team collaborations on complex systems. The mission of iSAFE is to contribute to national security through the effective use of science, technology, and full-spectrum system solutions. iSAFE's objectives include establishing a pipeline of highly skilled and competent interns, obtaining valuable assistance with the organization's projects and tasks, developing leadership and networking opportunities, and fulfilling a corporate commitment to social responsibility.

About Sandia

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

Security Clearance & Pre-Employment

• This position does not currently require a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.
• Sandia will conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review.
• Employees in New Mexico need to pass a U.S. Air Force background screen for access to Kirtland Air Force Base.
• Federal law generally prohibits citizens and agents of the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and the Russian Federation from accessing Sandia National Laboratories, unless they are also a U.S. citizen.
• If hired without a clearance and it subsequently becomes necessary to obtain and maintain one, a pre-processing background review may be conducted. Applicants for a DOE security clearance need to be U.S. citizens.
• Members of the workforce (MOWs) requiring uncleared access for greater than 179 days must go through the Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) process.