Intern - START HBCU Mechanical Engineering - R&D Graduate Summer

Sandia National Laboratories

Feb 9, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Science
Engineering
Albuquerque

Requirements

Qualifications We 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 the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program
Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
U.S. citizenship
Additional requirements:
Currently attending a Historically Black College or University (http://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/) during the Spring term prior to this summer.
Note: If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.
Qualifications We Desire:
Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics
Experience with aerodynamic prediction codes, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and wind-tunnel testing
Experience in developing and deploying multi-fidelity aerodynamic and flight performance models in multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and
3DOF/6DOF trajectory simulation environments
Demonstrated ability to think at a systems level, recognizing how components and subsystems impact one another
Experience with the capabilities, use, and application of MATLAB®, Simulink®, Python™, C/C++, or other modern programming languages
Experience in high performance computing and technical software development
Experience with Monte Carlo analysis and estimating mission uncertainty parameters
Mechanical Engineering
Experience in mechanical design and analysis with Solidworks, Creo, Abaqus, or other engineering tools
Understanding of manufacturing processes used for precision metal parts
Understand and/or exposure to advanced manufacturing processes
Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Experience with hands-on assembly and integration of payloads and/or flight systems
Experience with the packaging and integration of flight electronics
Ordnance and Propulsion
Experience in energetic material safe handling practices
Experience or understanding of combustion principles and energetics composition
Familiarity/Experience with Solid Rocket Motor Systems
Familiarity/Experience with Pressure Systems
Familiarity/Experience with Small Ordnance and Actuation Devices
General
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L clearance
Experience with design definition, configuration management, requirements development, tracking, and verification
Experience with prototyping, mechanisms, controls, sensors, modeling and simulation, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), electro-mechanical interfacing, structural dynamics, mechanical design, software/hardware integration
Experience with modeling and simulation platforms, programming languages (CAD, SOLIDWORKS, MATLAB, Ansys, Programming Languages)

Responsibilities

You will perform conceptualization, design, analysis, design definition, fabrication oversight, assembly/integration, flight certification testing, and supporting fielding and flight test operations all within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, team-focused environment. You may need to travel to support program interactions, system integration activities and flight testing at partner locations and remote test facilities. You will work as a fully integrated member of a highly skilled team in one of the critical disciplines listed below based on your skills and interests:
Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering
Ordnance and Propulsion

Sandia National Laboratories

DOE labs securing a peaceful and free world through science and technology.

Manufacturing & Electronics

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1949

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier DOE science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. Our team of scientists, engineers, researchers, and business specialists apply their knowledge and skill toward delivering cutting-edge technology in an array of areas. Across our main sites in Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA, our research ranges from nuclear defense and homeland and global security to innovative work in biotechnology, environmental preservation, energy, and cyber security. Our teams have shared some of the reasons they enjoy working at Sandia: • Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide • Extraordinary co-workers • Access to some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world (tours.sandia.gov) • Career advancement and enrichment opportunities • Work-life balance with flexible work schedules, competitive benefits, and convenient on-site amenities