Critical Infrastructure Analysis Graduate Intern - Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Summer Institute - Summer 2027

LLNL•Livermore, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has multiple openings for graduate students in its Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Summer Institute (CSI). Interns work on critical infrastructure security and resilience topics aligned with LLNL’s national security missions, including critical infrastructure risk analysis and security, energy infrastructure modernization and resilience, and defense critical infrastructure. The 2027 program runs during the summer, with start dates from May 17, 2027, through June 21, 2027, and flexible end dates through September 24, 2027. The program offers professional and technical development with Laboratory subject matter experts, opportunities to network with interns and Laboratory employees, and exposure to LLNL’s national security work. The position requires full-time on-site presence. Interns provide technical or research support, contribute to the development and documentation of Laboratory methodologies and capabilities, and conduct research under limited direction and supervision. They also attend at least one relevant on-site seminar or training class per week and present their work in presentations or poster sessions.

Requirements

Be a continuing college or university student in good standing at an accredited institution and pursuing a graduate degree.
Be able to apply wide-ranging problem-solving techniques and/or analytical principles to solve technical problems.
Demonstrate academic achievement in a scientific or engineering curriculum.
Demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to present and communicate concepts and ideas.
Have experience applying engineering principles to solve technical problems.
Be able to work in a team environment.
Have coursework or relevant experience exposing the candidate to at least one of the following: machine learning and super intelligence; risk or decision analysis; infrastructure modeling or simulation; threat or hazard modeling; data analysis; open-source research and analysis; systems engineering; system decomposition; or operations research or optimization.
Be a U.S. person, as defined in the posting, because the work involves U.S. Export Control.

Nice To Haves

GPA of 3.0 or above.

Responsibilities

Provide technical and/or research support for projects involving critical infrastructure analysis, modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and related fields, working with scientists, engineers, and technical staff.
Support the development, testing, and documentation of Laboratory methodologies and capabilities.
Conduct research under limited direction and supervision in assigned areas, which may include risk or decision analysis; infrastructure, threat, or hazard modeling and simulation; data analysis; open-source research and analysis; systems engineering; system decomposition; operations research or optimization; and super intelligence (formerly AI/machine learning).
Perform basic-complexity technical assignments and provide technical support to scientists on scientific research and development projects.
Attend relevant on-site seminars and training classes at least once per week.
Present work through presentations and/or poster sessions.
Perform other duties as assigned.