Intern, Technical Graduate Year Round - Intl Safeguards & Engagements, Remote
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 87101, USA
Listed on 2026-10-17
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Software Testing, Software & AI Developer Internship
What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking a software developer student intern to support several ongoing projects in our department.
What Your Job Will Be LikeWe are seeking a software developer student intern to support several ongoing projects in our department.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of technical principles and processes.
- Express understanding of and demonstrate use of a variety of research tools.
- Demonstrate oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrate ability to contribute in a team environment.
- Search, review, and summarize technical literature.
- Discuss findings with the project team and contribute to technical decision-making.
- Work with a small development team to maintain and enhance existing applications deployed at customer sites.
- Contribute across the software release lifecycle triaging and fixing bugs, discussing design approaches for new features in legacy codebases, and helping integrate and deliver improvements.
- Assist with software documentation, testing, and release readiness activities for new versions.
The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.
Salary RangeAt 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).).
QualificationsWe 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 a related accredited graduate program
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
- Ability to work up to 30 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
- U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, asylees or refugees in the U.S.
The ideal candidate is motivated to learn and contribute in a collaborative environment. You should be able to:
- Learn new computer languages, tools, and systems even when they're mature rather than bleeding edge.
- Enjoy solving problems as part of a team, communicate respectfully, and support group decisions.
- Take pride in improving code quality through refactoring for clarity, maintainability, and efficiency.
- Be willing to take on non-coding tasks (e.g., data entry, running test scripts) while looking for opportunities to streamline and improve those processes.
- Participate in department meetings and activities and grow responsibility over time.
- Take on additional project tasks based on your skills, qualifications, and interests.
- Majoring in computer science or engineering.
- Be comfortable coding in at least one object-oriented language.
- Have worked a bit with a relational database and can write simple SQL.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with teams and as an individual.
- Be comfortable with Microsoft Office applications
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.
About Our TeamThe mission of the International Safeguards and Engagements Department (6817) is to provide technical solutions to the international safeguards regime and support the development of safeguards and export control competencies in…
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