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What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking graduate student interns to join a dynamic team conducting advanced pulsed power accelerator research at Sandia National Laboratories. Pulsed power is a broad, multidisciplinary field, so we invite applicants from several disciplines including electrical engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, and related fields. On any given day, you may be called to conduct research in one of several topic areas such as: Experimental vacuum system design, construction, and operation in pulsed power laboratories Mechanical and/or electrical design and assembly of pulsed power equipment Measurements of materials outgassing and/or electrode desorption in extreme environments Modeling of advanced pulsed power system designs using state-of-the-art circuit and/or particle-in-cell research codes Development and analysis of novel plasma diagnostics (optical spectroscopy, laser probing) to understand plasma formation on electrodes in...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Mission Services Talent Acquisition Team (MSTAT) is seeking a Graduate Student Intern to support various business operations at the Lab. MSTAT is active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience in an effort to provide valuable internships, build a pipeline for possible future employment, and to meet near-term project deliverables. Candidates are 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. On any given day, you may be called on to: Prepare financial plans, monitor implementation of financial policies, prepare regular and special-purpose reports, maintain historical records, analyze trends, establish cost rates and personnel forecasts, prepare comparative evaluation of actual costs against budgeted funds, and determine rationale for variances between costs and budgets (both direct and...

What Your Job Will Be Like Ready to join the Sandia mission and work on real-world projects with national security impact? Mission Tech, Sandia's Nuclear Deterrence and Science (ND&S) Mission Technologies student program, is seeking motivated mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science graduate students to join us for a year-round internship. With a technical focus in engineering design, component/subsystem development, and product testing, you will partner with ND&S teams to collaborate on real mission-related deliverables. You will use your foundational engineering skills in mechanical, electrical, and software design and analysis in an applied contribution to our nations security. What Your Job Will Be Like On any given day, you may be called on to: Develop and test advanced materials as part of component science, engineering and production and presenting the data and results of these tests to Sandia engineering teams Collaborate...

What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking an undergraduate level student intern to assist in the characterization of materials used in battery applications. The work focuses on how changes in materials properties, mainly changes in surface area, porosity, and thermal properties, impact battery performance over time. The position would best suit a student with an interest in chemical engineering, chemistry, or materials science. On any given day, you may be called upon to: Collaborate with staff members to plan, design, set-up, and perform materials characterization. Organize and prioritize samples. Collect data using various scientific instruments (Surface area and pore size analyzer, differential scanning calorimeter, thermogravimetric analyzer, etc.) Data processing/interpretation in MS Excel and summarizing data in MS Word and MS PowerPoint. Maintain a clean/safe workspace Perform weekly checks of safety equipment and following various corporate...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Mission Services Talent Acquisition Team (MSTAT) is hosting this job requisition for various positions at the Lab. MSTAT is active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience in an effort to provide valuable internships, build a pipeline for possible future regular employment, and to meet near-term project deliverables. Selected applicants will be interviewed by an MSTAT subcommittee of managers from across the Laboratory. Subsequently, the successful applicants will be entered into the internship program and will be provided to organizations managers for placement based on internship interests and project needs. Those selected are expected to commit ten (10) to fourteen (14) weeks of employment over the summer. In addition to a matrix assignment, the program consists of on-boarding meetings, tours of the Laboratories, possible group projects, networking events, and a project presentation to the CFO and Division Management....

What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking an Intern, R&D Undergraduate Year Round - Department of Bioresource and Environmental Security, Onsite. Sandia National Laboratories' Department of Bioresource and Environmental Security in California is seeking to hire a highly motivated intern to work on research with goals to optimize nutrient utilization and biomass generation in attached algae flow ways. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team and support exciting research using a wide range of molecular biology, microbiology, engineering, and analytical skills to address important challenges in bioenergy and environmental remediation. You will be guided by a technical mentor and work closely with a team of researchers and interns on issues of national significance. On any given day, you may be called on to: Prepare and maintain algae cell cultures. Collect biomass and water samples. Carry out molecular and biochemistry assays. Perform test runs on...

What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking a Intern Year Round - R&D Grad Are you passionate about your work and dream of using innovative facilities to explore solutions? Would you like to join a dynamic team that solves significant issues for our nation's security? If your interests align with research and development of simulation and algorithms for hardware system applications, Sandia highly encourages you to explore this new and great opportunity within Sandia's Navigation, Guidance & Control (NG&C) Department! We are actively seeking a motivated Year-Round Graduate Student Intern in Albuquerque, NM to support the development of advanced navigation, guidance, control, and autonomous technologies for R&D Defensive military systems within the Integrated Military Systems Program. On any given day, one may be called upon to: Support navigation, guidance, and control subsystem Design activities for aerospace applications relating to prototype rocket,...

What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking a Year Round - Technical Graduate Intern to join our dynamic team! On any given day, you may be called on to: Perform entry-level work within a technical science and engineering environment. Support Sandia staff on interdisciplinary projects that involve applying integrated technical judgment which requires using critical thinking skills and the scientific method to recognize and formulate problems, to collect data through observation and experimentation, and to formulate and test hypotheses about the uses and deployment of emerging and advanced technologies in support of US nonproliferation and security goals. Conduct analyses in support of research security and emerging technology programs Support efforts to develop project risk/decision analysis models, work with visiting foreign scholars to introduce them to technologies that support implementation of security treaties and agreements Support projects for Sandia's...

What Your Job Will Be Like Ready to join the Sandia mission and work on real-world projects with national security impact? MissionTech, Sandia's Nuclear Deterrence and Science (ND&S) Mission Technologies student program, is seeking motivated mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science graduate students to join us for a summer internship. With a technical focus in engineering design, component/subsystem development, and product testing, you will partner with ND&S teams to collaborate on real mission-related deliverables. You will use your foundational engineering skills in mechanical, electrical, and software design and analysis in an applied contribution to our nation's security. On any given day, you may be called on to: Develop and test advanced materials as part of component science, engineering and production and presenting the data and results of these tests to Sandia engineering teams Collaborate with design engineering and assurance...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Applied Nuclear Technologies department is seeking a motivated Year-Round R&D Graduate Intern to join our Critical Experiments Team. The successful candidate will assist in the design of experiments to support safe and efficient fissionable material operations. These integral criticality benchmark-quality experiments provide the Nuclear Critically Safety (NCS) community the ability to resolve biases associated with the computational tools used for evaluating criticality safety. On any given day, you may be called on to: Apply existing knowledge and gain new knowledge towards designing, performing, and documenting critical benchmark experiments Perform neutron transport modeling and data analysis Conduct research and publish Demonstrate the ability to work effectively and responsibly in a research team, and contribute towards a safe and secure working environment Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Metallurgy and Welding Engineering team is seeking support from an R&D Undergraduate Year-Round Intern! On any given day, you may be called on to: Prepare metallographic samples, collect and interpret metallographic images Apply fundamental materials and metallurgical process development and property characterization principles to Metallurgy issues and challenges Interact with members of the team to develop process parameters and conduct experiments Evaluate, assess, and handle data and create and modify graphic representations of data Participate in team meetings and projects Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM as their school schedule allows. 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...

What Your Job Will Be Like We are seeking a Mechanical Engineering Intern Year Round to support our staff in developing and analyzing advanced thermal energy systems at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. This individual should expect to spend their time modeling both existing and new or novel thermal systems for process heat and power applications. They should also expect and be able to support working closely with out technologists with hand on projects outside and around the facility. On any given day you should expect to: Spend time modeling both existing and novel thermal storage systems against provided criteria Be willing to support on site and outdoors experiments on the site Work closely with peers and site engineers to execute critical modeling work Be willing to take on challenging problems and projects 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...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics (NOMAD) Research Institute is an 8-week long program that brings together researchers from around the world to work on challenging research problems in engineering sciences. The Component Science and Mechanics Department is seeking motivated and productive student interns to contribute to a number of summer research projects. The internship will provide you with opportunities to work in diverse research teams, to participate in a research project that will be presented at a final seminar series, and to engage/network with professionals working within their research fields. The teams generally consist of 3 interns and 3-5 mentors per project team. Past summer projects from 2026 include: Breaking Bats: Designing a Collapsable Baseball Bat Using Topology Optimization Chaotic Vibration Response of Nonlinear Components under Forced Vibration Implementing Multi-Input-Multi-Output Shock Capabilities...

What Your Job Will Be Like The Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics (NOMAD) Research Institute is an 8-week long program that brings together researchers from around the world to work on challenging research problems in engineering sciences. The Component Science and Mechanics Department is seeking motivated and productive student interns to contribute to a number of summer research projects. The internship will provide you with opportunities to work in diverse research teams, to participate in a research project that will be presented at a final seminar series, and to engage/network with professionals working within their research fields. The teams generally consist of 3 interns and 3-5 mentors per project team. Past summer projects from 2026 include: Breaking Bats: Designing a Collapseable Baseball Bat Using Topology Optimization Chaotic Vibration Response of Nonlinear Components under Forced Vibration Implementing Multi-Input-Multi-Output Shock Capabilities Predicting...