Job Description

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a Summer - Technical Undergraduate Intern to join our dynamic team!

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified laboratory components or assemblies
• Develop, build, modify, repair, maintain, align, evaluate, operate, and experiment with a wide variety of mechanical/optical/laser apparatus and equipment
• Set up and test complete prototype units and subassemblies under operational conditions
• Analyze data and recommend modifications to components or test procedures to meet desired specifications
• Set up instrumentation, data acquisition, and imaging systems to collect data on high-consequence events
• Maintain and repair the laboratory, equipment, and instrumentation
• Process data and assist in writing technical reports
• Train to operate heavy equipment
• Work independently and as part of a team in a multi-disciplinary environment

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:

• Pursuing a STEM degree from an accreditied university
• Team orientated
• Eager to work outdoors
• Experience with or ability to learn Solidworks, Matlab, Python, Microsoft Tools
• Ability and willingness to adapt to evolving department needs by acquiring new knowledge and skills
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)
• Familiarity with heavy equipment
• Familiarity with photography, image processing, and data reduction
• Positive and enthusiastic outlook for National Security Missions and high consequence field testing.
• Ability to assemble and design electrical, mechanical, and optical systems
• Ability to obtain and maintain a 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 Explosive Applications Lab team specializes in the design of energetic devices, experimental validation of energetic device performance, interior and terminal ballistic effects, and high-power laser effects research. We develop a variety of explosive-based solutions focusing on shaped charge design, explosive welding, internal/terminal ballistics, as well as miniaturization and optimization of explosive systems for novel applications.

The Explosive Research and Development department specializes in the design, development, and characterization of explosive systems through the design of energetic devices, experimental validation of energetic device performance, aerosol dispersal sciences, and high channel data acquisitions.

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: 694693

Job Family: 91

Regular/Temporary Position: T

Full/Part-Time Status:

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.