2026 Internship - Electrical Engineer - Networked Systems & Integrated Fires

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory • Laurel, MD

79d • $22 - $47

About The Position

Are you looking for exciting opportunities to help determine how to best defend the United States, our armed forces, and our allies from all forms of air and missile threats? If you are pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and a looking for internship opportunities to work on challenging technical problems, we would love to have you join our team. We are seeking talented students to join our Networked Systems and Integrated Fires Group to conduct algorithm development, modeling and analysis for air and missile defense. You would become a part of the team that works on a wide range of exciting technical challenges involving sensor data processing, target tracking, multi-sensor data fusion, communications and networking, and system-of-systems design that encompasses sensors, networks, combat systems and weapons, all with the goal of developing groundbreaking solutions for distributed warfare theaters. You will use math, engineering, physics and software skills to model, analyze and improve existing and prototype new air and missile defense systems and concepts. As you do so, you will broaden and deepen your technical knowledge and make contributions to important national security missions.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
• Theoretical knowledge and coursework in probability theory, statistics, linear algebra, signal processing, time-frequency analysis, communications theory, machine learning
• Good analytical skills and ability to effectively communicate ideas and results
• Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by start date and ultimately obtain a Final Secret level security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience using MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++ for algorithm development, modeling and simulation
• Practical experience working with sensors and signals
• Final Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the development of distributed air and missile defense systems
• Modeling, analyzing, and studying performance of current systems
• Identifying opportunities for improvements
• Proposing and developing new algorithms and concepts
• Participating in a dynamic and collaborative group culture with many opportunities for learning and growth

Benefits

• Generous benefits including a robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees