Intern - Nanoscale Sciences - R&D Undergraduate Year-Round

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a Year-Round Undergraduate Intern to join our dynamic team. In this position you will learn and conduct experimental electrochemical materials science for energy storage R&D alongside accomplished scientists while using industry-leading equipment and facilities and gaining compelling experiences in preparation for a career in this exciting area.

On any given day, you may be called on to assist or conduct lab activities including:

• Preparing electrolyte solutions and performing electrochemical experiments

• Building and cycling lithium-ion or similar batteries

• Characterizing and analyzing nanoscale electrochemical materials using microscopy and spectroscopy

• Preparing and analyzing data plots

• Developing scientific communication skills by contributing to presentations and papers

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.

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.

Qualifications We Require:

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

• 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

Qualifications We Desire:

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Computer skills relevant for data analysis and presentation (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations

• Major in chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials science

• Hands-on chemical laboratory experience

• Experience with glove box operations and/or battery materials

• Experience with materials spectroscopy, microscopy, or electrochemistry

• Advanced computer skills (such as Python, Matlab, COMSOL, etc.)

About Our Team:

The Nanoscale Sciences Department conducts collaborative research to advance the understanding of materials at the nanoscale and enable the collaborative development of creative solutions for Sandia's broad and evolving National Security and Energy Missions. Our research activities have broad impact; and typically generate peer-reviewed, high-profile journal publications and presentations at professional scientific meetings. Our main research focus on the discovery, understanding, and exploitation of properties and structures unique to the micro- and nanoscale, broadly directed along three thrusts:

• Electrochemical Materials Science and Applications (e.g. energy storage, corrosion, chemical sensing, plating)

• Electronic Materials Science for National Security Applications (e.g. nanostructured carbons for chemical sensing, energy storage, high conductivity wires/cables, thermal solutions, etc.; granular-metals for high-speed switching devices, protection of the Electric Grid, etc.; novel superconductors, etc.)

• Nanostructured Materials Science and Applications (e.g. metal-organic frameworks for hazardous materials capture/storage, sensing, membranes, water treatment, catalysis)

Our team is committed to nurturing a culture compatible with a broad group of people and perspectives in accordance with the changing makeup of the workforce.Join us and work towards your goals while making a difference!

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.

Job ID: 689670