Hardware / System Engineering Intern

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The System Engineering Analytics Department combines systems engineering and data analytics to address challenging problems facing the U.Interns work with experienced systems engineering professionals to help develop and evaluate analytical models and communicate findings that support government sponsor decisions.

Support systems and mission engineering activities for complex government-sponsored systems and systems-of-systems.

Assist with requirements development and the analysis, modeling, and evaluation of system architectures, interfaces, and performance.

Develop models, metrics, and analyses to evaluate system alternatives, performance, interoperability, resiliency, and risk.

Apply or gain experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Engineering, system integration, testing, verification, and validation.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary technical teams and contribute to project deliverables, technical documentation, and presentations.

Sustained excellence in academic performance.

Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.

Familiarity with a programming or technical computing language such as Python or MATLAB.

Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Engineering (DE), or related systems modeling and architecture concepts.

S. government security clearance.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Academic, project, or internship experience with systems engineering, analysis, modeling and simulation, software development, or a related technical area.

Coursework or project experience with MBSE, SysML, or tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or Sparx EA.

Coursework or project experience related to system integration, testing, verification and validation, or deployment planning.

Experience using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for data analysis, modeling, simulation, or automation.

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.

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