Business Administrator - Academic Part Time Intern

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Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

This unique opportunity is part of the Mechanical and Control Systems Division (Division 35), which creates advanced mechanical, robotics, thermal, propulsion, onboard GNC, and electronic packaging systems. Division 35 develops hardware and systems from early architecture through design, fabrication, subsystem, and system-level integration and test.

The Mechanical Engineering, Integration, and Test Business Administration Group is seeking an Academic Part Time Intern to work with the Business Administration team in supporting a range of administrative functions within the Section. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic engineering organization that creates innovative, technically excellent products in an inclusive team environment that offer creative and novel solutions for JPL’s boldest missions.

The Intern will be a member of the Section Business Administration Office and will report directly to the Manager. The selected candidate will gain hands‑on experience with a broad range of JPL's business processes, including recruiting and hiring support, affiliate management, human resources, workforce planning and forecasting, asset and facilities management, financial planning and reporting, and other administrative and operational activities.

Additionally, the Intern will help translate business needs into practical, user‑focused solutions by leveraging JPL's collaborative and data platforms to automate workflows and create internal tools that improve operational efficiency and support data‑driven decision‑making. This may include working with Microsoft Teams, Power Automate/Power Apps, and SharePoint‑based environments.

This internship reinforces a student’s academic foundations in business, data analytics, information systems, and technology through real‑world applications while enabling them to build a portfolio of tangible work products such as dashboards, tools, sites, and automated workflows that demonstrate applied learning and can be showcased in future coursework or projects. It strengthens technical proficiency with industry‑standard enterprise tools, enhances analytical thinking through projects involving opportunity evaluation, data organization, and decision support, and develops collaboration skills by immersing the student in real business development workflows alongside professionals across multiple teams.

• Working alongside team members to understand business development workflows, data needs, and opportunity lifecycle processes
• Applying classroom knowledge to design and develop dashboards, trackers, and lightweight applications that support opportunity tracking and portfolio visibility
• Gaining experience in process improvement by supporting the automation of manual workflows using appropriate tools
• Learning how to organize and structure data from multiple sources to enable consistent reporting and analysis
• Assisting in the development of internal team sites or knowledge‑sharing platforms to…