Intern, Technical Undergraduate Year-Round - Explosive Technology Maturation & Advanced Program

Intern, Technical Undergraduate Year-Round - Explosive Technology Maturation & Advanced Programs, Onsite

We are seeking a Year Round - Technical Undergraduate Intern to join our dynamic team!

• Work with engineers and technologists to develop and evaluate new design concepts for emerging explosive component applications
• Work with engineers and technologists to develop and negotiate product interfaces and requirements that balance performance, safety, and shelf-life considerations
• Work with experimentalists and modelers inside and outside of Group 7550 to characterize performance, safety, and/or shelf-life (including margin analysis) of explosive components
• Work with engineers and technologists to plan, conceive, conduct, or handle research and development for Sandia's customers and sponsors
• Work with engineers and technologists to conduct detailed studies toward a fuller knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts and discover new approaches to achieve goals
• Work with engineers and technologists to create new understandings and capabilities using scientific method’s hypothesis, test, and evaluation techniques; critical review; or similar engineering research and development methods
• Work with engineers and technologists to initiate, design, develop, implement, and evaluate new processes, products, or systems through basic and applied research
• Use engineering principles to research, design, or develop structures, instruments, machines, experiments, processes, systems, theories, or technologies; to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions
• Undertake the development and possible technology transfer of solutions, products, principles or technology
• Undertake the creative work, making systematic use of investigation or experimentation, to discover or revise knowledge of reality, and use this knowledge to devise new applications

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

At Sandia, we value the important work done by our interns and its contribution to National Security. Because of this, our interns earn competitive pay rates. Our pay structure is based on earned credit hours, classification, and degree level. Your pay rate will be determined during the hire process and included in your offer package. You can view the Intern Pay Rate chart here https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

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• Currently attending and enrolled full time in a related accredited undergraduate program
• 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
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

• Desired majors: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, material science
• Experience with or a willingness to learn an HDL programming language such as VHDL or Verilog
• Experience with FPGA design tools and simulators
• Experience interfacing to electronic based sensors
• Experience writing or updating existing embedded software to verify/test digital designs
• Electronic design for mixed signal circuits and simulation
• Design of amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters, digital design, power regulation circuits, or microprocessors
• Serial interface communication standards
• Excellent teaming and communication skills
• Experience using laboratory test equipment to help test and verify digital electronic hardware

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 Q‑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.

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.

• Affordable housing, reasonable cost of living
• Minimal traffic congestion compared to larger cities