2026 Internship – Missile Model Developer/Analyst

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

3d•$23 - $48

About The Position

Are you interested in improving the precision strike capabilities of the United States’ preeminent tactical weapon systems? Do you enjoy solving complex problems with sophisticated modeling and simulation tools? If you are pursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field and want to work on challenging technical problems to ensure that our nation’s critical strike weapons can survive against adversary threat systems, we’d love to have you join our team! As a Missile Model Developer/Analyst Intern in the Tactical Weapons System Engineering group, you will have the opportunity to develop technical competency across various domains, including physics-based modeling and simulation, software engineering, mathematics/statistics, data-driven discovery, data visualization, and many others. You will develop these skills while working with various missile modeling tools used to study the performance of precision strike weapon systems.

Requirements

Are working toward a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Have experience or interest in either of the following: A data-processing language such as MATLAB or Python
An object-oriented language such as C++
Have experience or interest in either of the following: Physics-based modeling and simulation
Software engineering using object-oriented programming
Have experience or interest in analyzing simulation results to identify key performance drivers using data-driven statistical methods.
Have the ability to tackle complex problems using defined and documented processes.
Have a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Are able to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.