What Your Job Will Be Like: We are seeking a Intern Summer - R&D Grad The Interns for Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) Institute is one of the premier Intern Institutes at Sandia National Laboratories. We are seeking outstanding graduate students majoring in Chemical Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Explosives Engineering, Geophysics, Materials Science, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, Seismology, Statistics, Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, a concentration in Human Factors or related fields of study. Our Interns will work on high-caliber, multi-discipline, cohesive teams to support programs and projects related to United States National Security. These projects include but are not limited to, critical asset protection and security, nuclear weapons and force protection, and weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation and cooperative threat reduction, energy and homeland security, intelligence science, and reliability engineering. On any given day, you may be called on to: + 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 our NS missions + Work in a collaborative and learning environment and assume significant responsibilities for assisting in the development of first-of-a-kind software solutions and data exploitation methods to solve challenging technical problems for national security needs + Utilize your knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver quick and accurate solutions to complex and nationally significant problems + Develop new skills that focus on addressing needed capabilities for our projects + Contribute to data analysis and review in support of our NS mission projects + Contribute to reports and papers on technical topics + Help to identify and implement new tools and approaches to solving complex technical problems + Work with other Sandia National Laboratories Intern Institutes on shared projects. + Develop product or human/system interface designs that improve usability, enhance performance, and prevent errors + Contribute to multi-scale understanding of human decision making in high-consequence scenarios Qualifications We Require: You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements: + Earned bachelor's degree + Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program + Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 + Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer + U.S. citizenship Note: If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position. Qualifications We Desire: + Working knowledge and understanding of an engineering or science-related field as listed in the required section + An existing U.S. Government granted security clearance + Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-oriented and thorough + Ability to work well in a team environment + Experience with the following: Electro-mechanical systems; Control systems; Software programming; MATLAB; LabVIEW; National Instruments Veristand; Test instrumentation and troubleshooting + Experience with the following: 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 + Knowledge of tools and approaches related to human systems analysis or experimentation 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 Interns for Security, Arms Control, and Force Protection Engineering (iSAFE) Institute provides the opportunity to develop next-generation systems for compelling national security missions. Our interns work on complex and challenging problems to lower the risk posed by high-consequence events, such as nuclear and biological proliferation, terrorist threats, catastrophic incidents, and potentially destabilizing world and national events. Our projects range from small R&D and data analysis efforts to large, multidisciplinary team collaborations on complex multidimensional national security deliverables. Sponsored by Sandia’s Global Security Division, iSAFE offers our interns the opportunity to work with highly competent technical mentors and staff members which enhances the intern's experience at Sandia, while contributing to challenging national security mission problems. The mission of iSAFE is to identify and attract highly skilled interns to Sandia National Laboratories and provide contributions to national security through the effective use of science, technology, and full-spectrum system solutions to lower the risk posed by high-consequence events. iSAFE’s objective is to create a pipeline of highly skilled and competent STEM interns for possible future employment at Sandia. 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: 691680