What Your Job Will Be Like:
The Storm Chasers Grand Challenge at Sandia National Laboratories is seeking Graduate Summer Interns to conduct basic and applied research on weather, structural, thermal, fluid, and aero phenomena related to advanced vehicle design. You will be mentored by staff engineers and work closely with test engineers and technologists to conduct this research. A successful graduate internship will provide you exposure to work in a national laboratory environment and relevant engineering experience.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Assist staff to conduct experiments or computational simulations in weather, fluid mechanics, particle dynamics/mechanics, or structural vibration.
- Perform surrogate and/or data-driven modeling in these topic areas.
- Participate in and contribute to experiments including wind tunnel testing, high-speed particle impact, large-scale testing, among others.
- Conduct engineering analysis on experimental and computational data.
- Present your results to a project team.
The internships available span multiple engineering and science disciplines, including:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computational Science
- Applied Mathematics
- Chemical Engineering
- Materials Engineering
The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.
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/51/2024/12/Student-Rate-Sheet-2025.docx) .
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
- Ability to secure and maintatin a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship
Note: If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.
Qualifications We Desire:
- Excellent scientific writing and presentation skills.
- Experience with laboratory test setup, test execution, and test documentation.
- Experience with data analysis software (e.g., Python, Matlab) and data acquisition equipment (e.g., NI/Labview)
- Experience with mechanical design tools (e.g, Solidworks).
- Experience with machine learning and surrogate modeling.
- Experience with computational simulation tools (e.g., Ansys, Abaqus, US3D, CFD++, among others).
- Experience with meshing & viz tools (e.g., Pointwise, Cubit, Paraview, Tecplot, Ensight, among others).
Posting Duration:
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
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 vacation, 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.
About Our Team:
The Storm Chaser's team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, offers challenging and important work relating to national security in R&D and technology applications in aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, compressible fluid mechanics, and flight dynamics. The Storm Chasers Grand Challenge spans topics such as weather, advanced vehicles, multi-phase flows, and surrogate modeling. Technical activities include experimental, computational, and analytical efforts.
Job ID: 699553
Job Family: 91
Regular/Temporary Position: T
Full/Part-Time Status: P
