2027 Materials Engineer Intern - Sunnyvale CA
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique. Sure, you’ll learn new skills, explore our enterprise, network with experts, connect with thought leaders, and finish with a resume that opens doors. But you’ll gain something even more valuable: pride in what you’ve done. Join us and launch your career. We’ll support you with training, professional development and networking opportunities, and our shared vision of global security. Northrop Grumman is seeking Materials Engineers for an internship opportunity. This position will be located at our Mission Systems sector in Sunnyvale, CA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Marine Systems. Marine Systems is a leading provider of missile launch systems, propulsion systems, and power generation systems for naval submarines and surface ships.
Requirements
- Be a student who is enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university and will be enrolled full time in Fall 2027
- Be majoring in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
- Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027.
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Nice To Haves
- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
- Experience and/or coursework related to metallurgical engineering
- Experience and/or coursework related to alloys and adhesives
- Navy or other military experience
- Active U.S. DoD Secret security clearance
Responsibilities
- Materials and test engineering support to production and R&D efforts
- Design engineering efforts, e.g., drawing reviews, design reviews, misc. engineering meeting support, data analysis, and report authoring.
- Mechanical testing of materials for production
- Metallography of steels and non-metallics
- Weld engineering support
- Failure analysis investigations
- Chemical and performance evaluations evaluation of organics materials
- Evaluations of supplier materials
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
