Description

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are looking for a highly motivated undergraduate intern to assist in a wide variety of duties associated with systems engineering, electrical component testing, and electrical designs including mixed signal printed circuit board development and Python/MS Excel programing.

On any given day, the successful candidate may be called on to:

• Design Electrical test boards for Single Event Effects testing, including:
• Programming ion-atom collision physics programs in Microsoft Excel and Python
• Test an electronic component and evaluate against design requirements when exposed to ion and electron beams

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

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.

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 an accredited undergraduate program
• Pursuing a science, engineering, or math major
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 25 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, asylees or refugees in the U.S.

Note: If you have not earned a HS diploma or equivalent, please apply to a high school intern position.

Qualifications We Desire

• Majoring in Electrical Engineering or Physics
• Coding experience in MATLAB, Python, and Excel required
• Expertise in data structures and algorithms
• Experience with electrical component design and testing
• Experience with printed circuit board design
• Experience with digital signal processing

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 Radiation-Solid Interactions Department is a dynamic team comprised of students, post-doctoral appointees, permanent technical staff, and technologists dedicated to operating and maintaining the Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL). Our vibrant team brings together a diverse range of backgrounds, skill sets, and work styles, fostering a collaborative environment.

The IBL is equipped with eight major accelerators, including a 6 MV Tandem, a 3 MV Single Ended Pelletron, a 1 MV tandem, a 400 kV implanter, two 30 kV Helium Ion Microscopes, and both 35 kV and 100 kV mass velocity filtered focused ion beam systems, achieving spot sizes of less than 10 nm on target. Additional experimental facilities include microbeam lines on all major accelerators and a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) equipped with gas, fluid, and nanomechanical stages, allowing for in-situ ion irradiation from both the Tandem and a Colutron source. While our major equipment is typically operated by individual technologists, the team collaborates to develop new capabilities, perform maintenance, and achieve significant scientific results.

The IBL focuses on three major research thrusts:

1. Understanding Material and Device Performance in Radiation Environments: These projects investigate the performance of microelectronics in space and other hostile environments, as well as cladding materials used in nuclear reactors and storage facilities.
2. Developing and Applying Novel Ion Beam Techniques for Material and Surface Characterization: We utilize advanced techniques to precisely measure material compositions, including mapping hydrogen isotopes in fusion wall materials and analyzing the composition of complex thin films such as transition metal oxides.
3. Exploring the Materials Science of Defects in Solids: This broad area encompasses single ion implants for quantum applications, anomalous grain growth in nanograined materials, hydride formation under irradiation, and the nanomechanical responses of materials.

Within each research thrust, individual staff members cultivate deep expertise in their respective fields, while our technologists acquire specialized knowledge in instrumentation and data acquisition. Teams are formed by leveraging these complementary skill sets to collaborate on research that directly impacts Sandia's mission areas.

Our leadership is committed to fostering a culture that encourages open dialogue and the sharing of ideas and strives for excellence in research.

Join us in pursuing your goals while making a meaningful difference!

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

This position does not currently require a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.

Sandia will conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Furthermore, employees in New Mexico need to pass a U.S. Air Force background screen for access to Kirtland Air Force Base. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause access to be denied or terminated, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment. Under federal law, citizens and agents of the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, and the Russian Federation are generally prohibited from accessing Sandia National Laboratories. Accordingly, such individuals will not be considered for employment unless they are also a citizen of the United States.

If hired without a clearance and it subsequently becomes necessary to obtain and maintain one for the position, or you bid on positions that require a clearance, a pre-processing background review may be conducted prior to a required federal background investigation. Applicants for a DOE security clearance need to be U.S. citizens. 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.

Members of the workforce (MOWs) hired at Sandia who require uncleared access for greater than 179 days during their employment, are required to go through the Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) process. Access includes physical and/or cyber (logical) access, as well as remote access to any NNSA information technology (IT) systems. UPIV requirements are not applicable to individuals who require a DOE personnel security clearance for the performance of their SNL employment or to foreign nationals. The UPIV process will include the completion of a USAccess Enrollment, SF-85 (Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions) and OF-306 (Declaration of for Federal Employment). An unfavorable UPIV determination will result in immediate retrieval of the SNL issued badge, removal of cyber (logical) access and/or removal from SNL subcontract. All MOWs may appeal the unfavorable UPIV determination to DOE/NNSA immediately. If the appeal is unsuccessful, the MOW may try to go through the UPIV process one year after the decision date.

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.