Systems Engineering Intern

The MITRE Corporation • New Bedford, MA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us.
As a Systems, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Intern at MITRE, you will enjoy a collaborative environment where you will work closely with others in an organization that encourages and values collaboration, mentoring, and continuous learning. You will have the opportunity to leverage and grow your hands-on engineering expertise as you contribute to real challenges across a variety of domains.
As a Systems, Mechanical, or Aerospace Intern, you will work with a multidisciplinary team of experienced engineers on the development of a complex ground, airborne, or shipboard electronic system. Working with a mentor, our interns participate in projects performing research, analysis, synthesis of data, trade studies, requirements development, concept of operations, prototyping, and risk reductions.

Requirements

• Sustained excellence in academic studies.
• Must be a full-time student pursuing an accredited degree program in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or related disciplines.
• Must continue to be enrolled the semester following the internship.

Nice To Haves

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors, Master's or PhD degree in Systems, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or similar field.
• Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and/or Unified Modeling Language (UML).
• Science & Technology (S&T) capability assessments, trade studies, and analysis of alternatives.
• Sustained excellence in academic performance.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates the characteristics of a continuous learner.
• Desire to help our nation solve its most critical problems.

Responsibilities

• Identify operational or technical gaps in current systems and recommend mitigations for fielded or new systems in development
• Identify opportunities to apply emerging technology to the current domain
• Develop and present prototypes and system models to help customers frame emerging technology trends to increase affordability, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Engage in system concept development, requirements engineering, system architecture development and evaluation, and test strategy development
• Use modeling and simulation tools to independently assess performance of techniques and architectures
• Present technical recommendations to government program office customers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees