High Energy Laser intern

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Radiance Technologies, a rapidly growing employee-owned company, seeks a technical intern to support DoD programs in R&D, risk reduction, and testing of high-energy lasers. The role spans hardware integration, testing, modeling, and software development with a self-starter attitude and strong teamwork.

The ideal candidate is pursuing a Bachelor's in Optics, Physics, or Engineering with a minimum 3.5 GPA, US citizenship, and the ability to obtain security clearance.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in optics, physics, or engineering.
• GPA 3.5 or higher; GPA must be listed on your resume.
• US citizenship with ability to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience with Python, SolidWorks, LabVIEW and other engineering tools.
• Understanding of assembly and alignment of systems.
• Lab, test and design experience from class or personal projects.

Responsibilities

• Support DoD programs in research, development, risk reduction and testing of high-energy lasers.
• Cover hardware integration, testing, modeling and software development.
• Conduct tests and implement developmental hardware.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure mission requirements are met.

Skills

US citizenship

Security clearance eligibility

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Optics, Physics, or Engineering

Tools

Python

SolidWorks

LabVIEW

Job description

Radiance Technologies, a rapidly growing employee-owned company, is searching for an technical intern to support Department of Defense programs in research, development, risk reduction, and testing of high-energy lasers. Tasks will cover a range of disciplines including hardware integration, testing, modeling, and software development. We are looking for a self-starter with excellent team skills and flexibility to work with our team to conduct tests and implement developmental hardware.

Required Skills:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Optics, Physics, or Engineering
• Minimum 3.5 GPA (GPA must be listed on your resume to be considered)
• US citizenship with the ability to obtain a security clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Python, Solidworks, LabView, and other engineering tools
• Understanding of assembly and alignment of systems
• Lab, test, and design experience from class and outside projects

Clearance: Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Employee-Ownership Radiance is a proud employee-owned company! Employee-ownership benefits both our customers and workforce, and ensures that Radiance doesn’t have to answer to stockholders or be driven by quarterly earnings reports. Thus, Radiance will always prioritize enhancing our customer’s mission over expanding our bottom line. We are singularly focused on providing our customers with game-changing solutions to their most challenging requirements. This is only possible because employee-ownership attracts the highest quality employees, empowers them to identify capability enhancements, and provides them with the freedom to take risks to deliver high-quality solutions. Employee-ownership also provides tangible and long-term financial security for our people and their families. Therefore, employee-ownership embodies participation, empowerment, freedom, teaming, excellence, accountability, mission focus, and security.

Our Culture

Radiance’s culture is driven by our commitment to our customers and our employee-owners. Our employee-owners thrive on entrepreneurship, empowerment, and mutual responsibility for growth and sustainability. Our culture consists of individuals who embody technical and leadership skills to deliver superior solutions to the nation’s toughest technical challenges. We believe building trust and credibility with our customers leads to long-term results. We invest in a superior technical workforce where leaders are developed, innovation is encouraged, and achievements are recognized. We seek innovative ways to improve, experiment, take risks, foster collaboration, and empower our employee-owners.

Our Values

Our values drive our culture, business model, and daily interactions. These values constantly remind us of who we are and what we do. Our employee-owners influence how we operate our business. We relentlessly pursue operating excellence by innovating, improving our processes, and reducing waste. We believe in being wise and ethical stewards of capital and resources. Our values dictate how we interact with each other and our customers, partners, and suppliers. Honesty, trust, humanity, alignment, and value creation require that we treat our employees with dignity and respect and provide them with fair compensation and equal employment opportunity. We believe in connecting with our communities and have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, and we believe in sustainable business practices, which include supporting the environment and the communities in which we work.