Sandia
Albuquerque, NM
What Your Job Will Be Like As a Summer 2027 Code Developer Intern, you will design, implement, optimize, and validate new and existing simulation modules within Sandia's Computational Simulation software suite (Sierra, SPARC, STK, CTH, Alegra, SMASH). On any given day, you may be called on to: Develop algorithms for CFD, thermal analysis, solid mechanics, structural dynamics, and shock-driven phenomena Implement finite-element, finite-volume, finite-difference, explicit-dynamics, ALE, and adaptive-mesh strategies Integrate and extend material-response models for high-strain-rate, shock-loading, and fire-structure interactions Collaborate with verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification experts on code verification, solution verification, benchmark validation, and uncertainty quantification Optimize code performance on multicore CPUs, GPUs, and leadership-class HPC systems using MPI, OpenMP, CUDA/HIP, and Kokkos Apply AI-assisted development using Claude...