Intern, R&D Undergraduate Year Round - Flight Systems & Avionics, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Organization 5325, Inertial Systems and Avionics is seeking a year-round intern to support the Common Component Tester Team. You will contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of tester facilities and tester equipment. The successful candidate will be capable of working independently and as a member of a Common Component Tester Team.

Key functions of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Review and analyze the existing tester electronic hardware architecture and suggest improvements

• Review and analyze the existing tester software architecture and suggest improvements

• Research new approaches to Test Engineering for possible implementation

• Assist with Lab Maintenance, equipment inventory, and the day-to-day tester lab activities. Investigate/Research way to improve processes for tester laboratory operations

• Assist with managing laboratory certifications, equipment maintenance, and the lab equipment calibration program

• Support the logistics and maintenance of tester equipment for tester customers

Salary Range:

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://www.sandia.gov/app/uploads/sites/51/2024/01/Student-Rate-Sheet_2024.pdf) .

Qualifications We Require:

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in an accredited undergraduate program

• Pursuing a science, engineering, or math major

• 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 maintatin a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

  Note: If you have not earned a HS diploma or equivalent, please apply to a high school intern position.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Enrolled in an undergraduate 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering or similar degree program

• Set up test equipment by following test procedures

• NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python, or C/C++ programming languages

• Windows and Linux software operating systems

• Electronic circuit and wiring diagrams

• Formal software development approaches and tools: Agile, Jira, GitLab, CI/CD

• Working with laboratory test equipment such as power supplies, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, or electronic loads

• Using hand tools

• Soldering of electronics

• Active DOE/DOD clearance

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 Inertial Systems and Avionics (5325) Department at Sandia supports the development and delivery of critical innovative computing solutions for Navigation Systems, Specialized Radars & Hypersonic avionic systems. Our department specializes in reconfigurable digital signal processing systems utilizing leading edge FPGA technology and general-purpose microprocessors. The department specializes in the design, development, and rigorous testing of novel Digital Electronics for Hyper Sonics Systems, Inertial Navigations Systems, and Synthetic Aperture RADARs (SAR). Some of the work areas include inertial navigation, inertial measurement unit (IMU) integration and test, Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver integration & test, hypersonic vehicle GNC algorithm implementation, and HWIL/SWIL simulators.

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 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.

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 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: 694279

Job Family: 91

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: P