Intern - Advanced Concepts - R&D Graduate Co-op

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a Co-op - R&D Graduate Intern to join our dynamic team!

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Work with engineers to perform R&D of conceptual aerospace systems to meet national security needs.

• Develop and run scenarios in engagement simulations to inform on performance of new technologies and ideas.

• Develop and run multi-disciplinary optimization workflows, possibly under uncertainty, to find designs and flight trajectories to fit specific missions.

• Present and document results of simulations and trade-studies to inform on relevant solution spaces.

Qualifications We Require:

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Earned bachelor's degree

• Graduate student at an accredited university

• Enrolled full time in a science, engineering, or math program in the term immediately preceding the internship

• Registration with the university's official co-op office

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0

• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week

• U.S. citizenship

Qualifications We Desire:

• Exposure to multidisciplinary design process

• Exposure to R&D of aerospace systems

• Knowledge of Python, Matlab, or other scientific programming language

• Knowledge of optimization mathematics and methods

• Modeling and Simulation experience, such as AFSIM or a similar tool

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

About Our Team:

The Advanced Concepts department, 5491, develops an understanding of potential future warfighter technology needs through simulation and analysis of mission and engagement vignettes. This allows for development of a deep understanding of potential gaps in warfighter capabilities and helps to drive proposals, technology roadmaps, as well as requirements for future systems. The department also performs R&D to design and analyze multi-disciplinary aerospace concepts to find solutions to warfighter capability gaps. The capabilities draw upon both the offensive and defensive technology expertise at the laboratory. The department both utilizes existing tools and develops new tools for creating a robust scrimmaging capability. The department seeks broad integration with warfighters and technology providers to the government.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

• Extraordinary co-workers

• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• 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 vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 691766