2024 Navigation and Positioning Graduate Intern

The Aerospace Corporation

Jan 12, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Engineering
Los Angeles

Requirements

What Corporate Skills You Will Bring:
Strong written and oral communication skills
Must work well in a team environment
Must possess strong organizational, time management and project management skills
Demonstrate flexibility and ability to adapt to changing organizational need
Effective interpersonal skills to coordinate efforts and work with other internal and external organizations
Demonstrate behavior that is consistent with the company’s values of Dedication to Mission Success, Technical Excellence, Commitment to Our People, Objectivity and Integrity, and Innovation
What You Need To Be Successful:
Currently enrolled fulltime in an accredited college/university program pursuing a Master's /PhD degree in aerospace engineering, mathematics, of computer science or related discipline
Availability to work full-time for a minimum of 10 weeks outside of university term and ability to return to a degree program full-time after completion of the internship.
Minimum GPA 3.0
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
Must be able to obtain a security clearance; US Citizenship required
Experience programming in C, C++, Python or JAVA
Transcripts required
How You Can Stand Out:
GPA 3.5 or higher
Active security clearance
Experience in developing and delivering presentations, leading small groups, etc.
Experience in working in an autonomous work environment on complex projects
Experience in working on business or engineering full life-cycle projects from project inception through launch
Software design, development, unit testing and integration experience
Participation in extracurricular activities related to assignment

Responsibilities

Provide technical and thought leadership in the domains of autonomous systems and hypersonic modeling/optimization
Deliver modeling, simulation, and exploitation solutions in support of Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Research and Development
Perform analyses and develop modeling and simulation solutions to enhance the autonomous performance of space, airborne, and ground systems
Work closely with Aerospace technical staff to advance mod/sim capabilities in the domains of autonomy, estimation, hypersonic modeling, and rendezvous and proximity operations
Participates with an interdisciplinary team in ongoing research or technical programs with academic collaboration partners.
Applies standard techniques and procedures to carry out a series of prescribed scientific and/or engineering tasks.
Training and mentorship will be provided.

The Aerospace Corporation

The only FFRDC for the entire space enterprise.

Defence & Aerospace

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1960

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The Aerospace Corporation has provided independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs since 1960. We operate a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office and support all national-security space programs. We also apply more than 40 years of experience with space systems to projects for civil agencies like NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, commercial companies, universities, and some international organizations in the national interest. From our inception, our highly skilled technical people have focused on ensuring the success of every mission and developing the most effective and economic space-related hardware and software in the world. Our insight and involvement in space programs has significantly reduced the risk of launch failure and increased both satellite endurance and performance. Avoiding a single catastrophic failure resulting in the loss of operational capabilities can save the government more than three times the total annual Aerospace FFRDC budget. We don't manufacture anything. Our greatest asset is the technical expertise of our people. Our involvement spans all facets of space systems: including systems engineering, testing, analysis, and development; acquisition support; launch readiness and certification; anomaly resolution; and the application of new technologies for existing and next-generation space systems. Our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are staffed by some of the leading scientists in the world.