Job Description

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Sandia National Laboratories’ Energy and Homeland Security Program is seeking enrolled college students at Tribal Colleges and Universities (or students who have officially transitioned from a TCU feeder school) for 2025 undergraduate summer internships. Interns will be placed in our Integrated Business and Program Management Solutions organization, supporting various business needs of the Laboratories, and will be part of the TCU BEST (Business Enablers in Science & Technology) summer internship program. While TCU BEST internships will be virtual, students may be asked to travel to Sandia’s Albuquerque location for one week during the summer.

We are active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience to provide valuable internships, build a pipeline for possible future year-round internships and/or regular employment, and to meet near-term project deliverables. Selected applicants will be interviewed by a subcommittee of business managers and/or business staff. Subsequently, successful applicants will be matched for placement based on internship interests and Sandia’s project needs. Those selected are expected to commit to ten (10) to fourteen (14) weeks of employment over the summer. In addition to a matrix assignment, the program consists of on-boarding meetings, possible group projects, and networking events, among other business activities. Interviews are expected between mid-January and early February 2025.

Interns will be expected to team with others to support Sandia's mission by adding value, improving operations, offering innovative solutions and appropriately managing risk for the corporation. Work will reside within specific organizations at Sandia that support various business functions such as financial management, project management, procurement/supply chain, quality assurance, human resources, communications, and technical business development.

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/51/2024/10/Student-Rate-Sheet-Sept-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 the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited related undergraduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Ability to secure and maintain 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:

• Applicants must be officially accepted into a Tribal College & University or officially transitioned from a TCU feeder school and pursuing a business-related degree.
• Degree program in a relevant business discipline:
• Finance
• Accounting
• Project Management
• Procurement/Contracting
• Logistics/Operations
• Human Resources
• Economics
• Demonstrated leadership
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Time management skills
• Research experience
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Introduction to scheduling software (ex. MS Project, Primavera P6)
• Experience working with large data sets

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:

As its primary purpose, Center 8100, Integrated Business and Program Management Solutions, delivers to Division 8000 professional business operations that enhance the mission execution excellence. The Center leads strategy development, program management, customer engagement and quality assurance for the Energy and Homeland Security Program Portfolio. The Center provides business operations for all of Division 8000 including business development, program management, financial analysis, communications, procurement, quality assurance and human resources.

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 L-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 the 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: 694664

Job Family: 91

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status: P

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.