Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Intern

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future. MITRE is seeking interns to support modeling, simulation, analysis, software engineering, and operations research efforts across public interest and national mission domains. Our teams apply interdisciplinary expertise in areas such as software development, data analysis, complex systems modeling, operational analysis, visualization, and rapid prototyping to help sponsors better understand complex problems and evaluate potential solutions. Interns will work alongside technical staff and domain experts in collaborative research, experimentation, and demonstration environments. Job Responsibilities Contribute to modeling, simulation, and analysis efforts in support of complex technical and operational challenges Support software development for real-time simulation applications, immersive environments, analytics tools, or other prototype capabilities Apply knowledge in data science, mathematics, statistics, operations research, geospatial science, economics, computer science, or related disciplines to real-world problems Assist with data analysis, systems modeling, operational analysis, computational analytics, and visualization Develop prototypes, visualizations, interfaces, or other technical solutions to support experiments and decision-making Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams that may include software engineers, data scientists, experiment designers, domain experts, and other technical staff Present findings, prototypes, or technical work products to teammates and stakeholders Basic Qualifications Sustained excellence in academic performance Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program Must continue to be enrolled full-time in the semester following the internship Degree program should be in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Math, Statistics, Operations Research, Geospatial Science, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Computational Social Science, or a related discipline Preferred Qualifications Experience applying technical, analytical, or quantitative concepts in an internship, research, or lab setting Experience with modeling, simulation, analysis, optimization, statistics, machine learning, or visualization Proficiency with one or more modern programming languages or technical tools such as Python, Java, C++, R, MATLAB, SAS, or similar platforms Experience manipulating datasets and developing visualizations or analytical outputs Experience with software development, full stack development, DevOps concepts, or simulation development environments Exposure to complex systems modeling, geospatial analytics, economic modeling, or operational analysis Demonstrated interest in serving the public Strong communication and collaboration skills This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Secret Salary compensation range and midpoint $46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual Work Location Type Onsite All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io for general support and View email address on click.appcast.io for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only. #J-18808-Ljbffr MITRE