Intern, Technical Graduate Summer - Transportation Safeguards & Surety Program, Onsite

We are seeking engineering students interested in cross-disciplinary engineering exposure as part of supporting our unique mission space: the safe and secure transportation of our nation's most vital assets. In the area of safe, secure transportation, we have opportunities for individuals from all disciplines of engineering to solve complex problems associated with:

• Advanced transporter design, sustainment, and aging
• Physical security and access delay
• Electrical, Communication, and Embedded systems
• Environment sensor design packages and data analytics
• Safety evaluations for crash/abnormal environments
• Probabilistic Safety and Security Risk Assessment
• Cargo Securement and advanced tie-down concepts

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

• Work as part of a team to brainstorm solutions to challenging technical problems.
• Participate in planned tours, activities, and staff briefings.
• Apply data analytics techniques for feature extraction.
• Conduct analyses of safety and security assessments.
• Design electro-mechanical components of security systems.
• Develop computer models of components and structures.
• Conduct full scale crash simulations.
• Support assembly and testing of components and systems.
• Analyze data and make assessments on requirements verification.
• Develop conceptual prototypes of designs for demonstration, integration, and testing in Security Systems

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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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 related graduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

Note:

If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.

• Prior relevant intern experience in engineering analysis, design, or testing.
• Hands-one experience and interest in fabrication, component assembly, 3D printing and prototyping hardware.
• Hobbies/interest related to automotive repair, mechanical and electrical designs, welding/fabrication, and mechanical and electrical testing.
• Experience using solid modeling software.
• Knowledge and experience in electric and autonomous vehicle technology.
• Existing Q clearance
• A member of various engineering societies

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

The Transportation Safeguards and Surety Program Office is responsible for providing systems integration, engineering design and support for the NNSA, Office of Secure Transportation (OST). We are the design agency and provide engineering design, development, analysis, testing, and operational support for the Safe Guards Transporter, Safe Secure Trailer, Armored Tractors, Escort Vehicles, mobile communications, and the Transportation & Emergency Control Center.

The Program Office is responsible for all fiscal and technical aspects of SNL's program, assures that all projects are fully integrated and employ common quality principles across the program, and acts as the surety conscience for our NNSA customers.

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

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