Space Electronics and Signal Processing Postbaccalaureate
About the role
The Intelligence and Space Research Division (ISR) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking highly motivated individuals for a postgraduate internship within the Space Electronics and Signal Processing Group (ISR-4). This program offers year-round internships for recent graduates interested in electronics engineering, embedded systems, signal processing, and space-based instrumentation.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to projects involving embedded electronics design and layout
- Analog circuit design for specialized detectors
- Digital signal processing and data collection
- FPGA, firmware, or embedded software development
- Radiation-tolerant or radiation-hardened single board computers
- Specialty power supply design
- Applied RF and antenna design
- Instrument integration, testing, troubleshooting, and verification
- Data acquisition systems for spaceflight or ground-based sensing applications
Requirements
- Education or experience in electrical engineering, computer engineering, applied physics, or other related STEM disciplines
- Electronics design
- Embedded systems
- Analog or digital circuit design
- Signal processing
- FPGA development
- PCB design and layout
- Data acquisition systems
- RF systems or antenna design
- Power electronics
- Instrumentation or sensor systems
- Space hardware development
Qualifications
- BS/BA Degree from an accredited program in any STEM field completed within the past 2 years with a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.75 on a 4.0 scale
- Experience with laboratory electronics equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, function generators, network analyzers, or logic analyzers
- Experience with circuit simulation, schematic capture, or PCB layout tools
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, embedded processors, FPGAs, or single board computers
- Experience with programming languages (C/C++, Python, MATLAB, or similar) and/or hardware description languages (VHDL, Verilog)
- Interest in high-reliability electronics for space, radiation, or other demanding environments
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
- Strong leadership skills
Skills
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
- Strong leadership skills
Benefits
Includes award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually), flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays), on-site gyms and wellness programs, extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius), and more.
Pay
Salary is commensurate with experience.
Schedule
Full-time, year-round internship.
Note to Applicants
A comprehensive cover letter (2 pages or less) addressing the job requirements of the position and, if applicable, the desired skills and education eligibility is required. Applicants must submit a resume and current transcript, showing the above requirements, along with contact information for 2-4 references who are familiar with their capabilities as related to this job.