Communications Engineering Intern
About The Position
The Communications Engineering Intern will support work on the next generation of resilient communications, networking, and infrastructure for U.S. Government sponsors, including strategic and national-level command-and-control communications and other mission-assured systems. The position offers opportunities to apply and expand knowledge in RF and communications engineering while developing problem-solving, software, systems engineering, and technical skills. The intern will support the design, analysis, and testing of RF and communications systems; contribute to modeling, simulation, performance evaluation, laboratory testing, and data analysis; and help develop software tools and automated workflows for RF analysis, testing, and signal processing. The role also involves documenting technical findings and collaborating with engineers across RF, signal processing, software, and systems engineering. This is an onsite position requiring attendance five days per week. Applicants must be full-time students in an accredited degree-seeking program and remain enrolled full-time during the semester following the internship. The role requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance, and U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility. The listed clearance requirements state that no clearance is required at requisition and none must be obtained within one year of hire. The annual salary range is $46,500–$69,500, with a midpoint of $58,000.
Requirements
- Demonstrated interest in communications engineering through coursework or extracurricular involvement in RF communications, signal processing, or electromagnetic physics.
- Must be enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree, and remain enrolled full-time during the semester following the internship.
- Sustained excellence in academic performance.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for a security clearance.
- Must work onsite five days per week.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing technical reports, presentations, and/or production-quality code.
- Experience with systems engineering processes for communication systems, including requirements development and review, verification and validation, end-to-end architecture analysis, and link budget analysis.
- Experience with agile software development and object-oriented programming, scripting, and/or simulation tools such as C/C++, Java, Python, or MATLAB.
- Experience with signal or waveform development.
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and system-of-systems architecture frameworks such as Cameo/MSOSA.
- Experience with SDR platforms and RF test equipment such as USRP, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and channel emulators.
Responsibilities
- Support the design, analysis, and testing of RF and communications systems.
- Assist with modeling, simulation, and performance evaluation of RF components and system-level architectures.
- Contribute to laboratory testing, data collection, and analysis of RF hardware or communication links.
- Help develop software tools, scripts, or automated workflows for RF analysis, testing, and signal processing.
- Document technical findings, test results, and engineering recommendations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineers in RF, signal processing, software, and systems engineering.
- Support trade studies and technical assessments related to RF performance, link budgets, or system requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
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