Engineering Intern

About the role

The Engineering Intern position within Leidos’ Defense Systems, Threat Modeling & Simulation Portfolio, offers the opportunity to work on a diverse team of junior-to-senior software developers, engineers, and scientists. This internship is flexible, allowing for part-time (12 hours minimum) or full-time work, depending on the student's school schedule. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional academic performance and enthusiasm for developing a broad technical capability to support overlapping engineering/scientific/developer disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Closely work with a team of engineers and scientists to solve problems in various disciplines such as EO/IR sensor systems, radar systems, directed energy weapons, and command and control systems, primarily for modeling & simulation purposes.
• Support overlapping engineering/scientific/developer disciplines with a particular focus on solving problems.
• Communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

• Must be actively enrolled and pursuing a Bachelor’s degree program from an accredited university in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering physics, physics, software engineering, computer science, or an equivalent engineering or scientific program.
• Experience solving problems with MATLAB/Python/C++ or equivalent.
• U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
• Able to work between 12-40 hours a week.

Qualifications

• Strong academic performance that lends itself towards a technical capability to support overlapping engineering/scientific/developer disciplines.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hightly organized, demonstrating the ability to work independently at times due to a fast-paced and highly productive work environment.
• Interest in working multiple programs with proficiency in C++, MATLAB, Python, and/or C#.
• Experience or interest in EO/IR/RF phenomenology, image processing, signal processing, Kalman filtering, GPU programming with CUDA experience, developing AI/ML solutions.
• Preference may be given to candidates with recent stellar academic performance, a Secret clearance.

Benefits

Pay Range: $48,100.00 - $86,950.00
Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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