Summer Pulsed Power R&D Intern – Extreme Environments

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an Intern, R&D Graduate Summer in Science of Extreme Environments Research and Innovation (SEERI) Pulsed Power, onsite in New Mexico. The program targets graduate students in computer science, electrical engineering, math, mechanical engineering, and physics to work on high-energy-density pulsed power research during Summer 2027.

You will learn through seminars, tours of facilities, and hands-on experiments, with opportunities to perform simulations, collect

Qualifications

• Earned bachelor's degree and current full-time enrollment in a spring term or upcoming graduation in a science/engineering/math graduate program.
• Minimum GPA 3.0/4.0; U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, asylee or refugee status in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, operate, and troubleshoot lab-scale experiments evaluating pulsed power component performance.
• Design apparatuses to couple new diagnostics to pulsed power platforms.
• Perform finite element analysis, particle-in-cell, or fluid simulations of high voltage systems and plasma phenomena.
• Assist with data collection and analyze large datasets from pulsed power experiments.
• Document findings in reports, presentations, and journal articles.

Skills

Pulsed power knowledge

Laboratory teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories seeks an Intern, R&D Graduate Summer in Science of Extreme Environments Research and Innovation (SEERI) Pulsed Power, onsite in New Mexico. The program targets graduate students in computer science, electrical engineering, math, mechanical engineering, and physics to work on high-energy-density pulsed power research during Summer 2027.

You will learn through seminars, tours of facilities, and hands-on experiments, with opportunities to perform simulations, collect