Remote Graduate Systems Analysis Intern

Sandia National Laboratories; Kansas; Remote; USD 18,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Relocation assistance

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an Intern, Technical Graduate Year Round in Systems Analysis, remote. This position offers the chance to contribute to systems analysis research while collaborating with engineers and researchers to develop hands-on expertise in methodologies used across national security.

Eligible candidates are pursuing related graduate studies, maintain a 3.0+ GPA, and can work up to 30 hours/week during the academic year and 40 hours/week in summer, with U.S.

Qualifications

• Earned bachelor's degree.
• Currently attending and enrolled full time in a related accredited graduate program.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0.
• Ability to work up to 30 hours per week during the academic year, and up to 40 hours per week during the summer.
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Note: If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.
• Political Science, International Relations, or STEM discipline.
• Strong technical skills, especially demonstrated expertise/skill in conflict analysis.
• Experience in at least one of the following methodologies: experimental design, qualitative research, analytic gaming.
• Strong background in strategic conflict research.
• Applicants must be comfortable working in a collaborative environment as part of a team of engineers and researchers.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• The ideal candidate will have an interest in or experience with conducting self‑driven research.

Responsibilities

• Undertake systematic investigation, analysis, or experimentation to discover or revise knowledge of system phenomena and discover new approaches to optimizing system performance
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams to incorporate necessary subject matter expertise and domain knowledge for gaining an intimate knowledge of systems (human and/or machine) and their behaviors
• Build and evaluate frameworks that characterize multi-domain competition and conflict
• Design experiments to answer strategic questions, including variance and process modeling
• Lead and contribute to technical publications and deliver presentations

Skills

Conflict analysis

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Self-driven research

Analytic design

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate program enrollment

GPA 3.0/4.0

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an Intern, Technical Graduate Year Round in Systems Analysis, remote. This position offers the chance to contribute to systems analysis research while collaborating with engineers and researchers to develop hands-on expertise in methodologies used across national security.

Eligible candidates are pursuing related graduate studies, maintain a 3.0+ GPA, and can work up to 30 hours/week during the academic year and 40 hours/week in summer, with U.S.