Organization 5325, Inertial Systems and Avionics is seeking an energetic and self-driven Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Summer Interns interested in exploring challenging opportunities in Electrical Design. Ready to join a dynamic team that solves significant issues for our nation’s security? Are you passionate about electronic design engineering? If so, we invite you to explore this opportunity to join our team and make a difference!

Our interns get to work with experienced designers working on existing and new designs. Electrical Engineering interns will get the opportunity to review, design, develop, test, debug, and prototype electronic designs that will help staff engineers make critical design decisions.

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

• Work closely with staff Electrical Engineers to review and evaluate designs.
• Assist Staff Engineers to help create, test, and debug prototypes
• Document work and make recommendations for design improvements as needed
• Collect and review laboratory data for report generation
• Create circuit simulations to verify designs

Sandia demonstrates its commitment to public safety in the national interest by requiring that all new hires attest to their vaccination status before commencing employment. The requirement also applies to those who are telecommuting and working virtually.

Any concerns about the ability to meet this requirement should be directed to HR Solutions at (505) 284-4700.

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.

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in a related accredited undergraduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• U.S. citizenship

Note: If you have not yet started your undergraduate program, please apply to a high school intern position.

• A candidate currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, or Master’s, degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. We prefer a candidate that is in at least their Junior year working towards a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 3.4 Cumulative GPA
• Basic electronic design
• Analog or digital circuit design
• Electronic circuit simulation
• Electronic schematic capture using electrical computer aided design tools
• Design of PCB board layout
• Use of laboratory equipment to test and debug circuits
• A computer programming language
• Embedded processors or FPGAs
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE security clearance

The Inertial Systems and Avionics (5325) Department at Sandia supports the development and delivery of critical innovative computing solutions for Navigation Systems, Specialized Radars & Hypersonic avionic systems. Our department specializes in reconfigurable digital signal processing systems utilizing leading edge FPGA technology and general-purpose microprocessors. The department specializes in the design, development, and rigorous testing of novel Digital Electronics for Hyper Sonics Systems, Inertial Navigations Systems, and Synthetic Aperture RADARs (SAR). Some of the work areas include inertial navigation, inertial measurement unit (IMU) integration and test, Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver integration & test, hypersonic vehicle GNC algorithm implementation, and HWIL/SWIL simulators.

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.

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.