Veterans to Engineers

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Oak Ridge, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Veterans to Engineers (VTE) program supports veterans in pursuing engineering education while gaining work experience, with the goal of helping participants move into permanent employment in Mission Engineering after completing their degree. Selected participants relocate to the Oak Ridge/Knoxville, Tennessee area and work in a rotational program with different groups throughout Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS). Participants attend an ABET-accredited college or university, potentially beginning at a two-year institution before transferring to a four-year institution to complete an engineering degree. Participants are expected to use Department of Veterans Affairs education benefits or other scholarship opportunities as applicable. Upon graduation, interns may be offered a full-time engineering position with CNS. Participants work with technical personnel in engineering, maintenance, operations, production, research and development, and related functions. They assist with analyzing and evaluating technical and engineering problems, developing experimental outlines, scheduling procedural steps, and setting priorities. Work includes independently conducting tests, experiments, and analyses; operating and troubleshooting equipment; gathering, reducing, evaluating, and interpreting data; and preparing analyses, reports, and procedures. The role involves routine and some unique non-routine technical support activities following standard procedures within the discipline. Interns perform routine tests and experiments and assist with more complex equipment or operations. They may generate ideas, recommend improvements to methods and procedures, exercise independent judgment on routine and occasional non-routine matters, assist experienced engineers with basic tasks, and lead new personnel in routine functions. Contacts are primarily within the organization, with occasional work across organizational lines. The position may require access to Material Access Areas and participation in the Human Reliability Program, including successful DOE counterintelligence evaluation and potentially a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Veteran of any branch of the United States Military.
Actively pursuing an engineering degree at an ABET-accredited institution, program, and discipline.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance.
Adherence to requirements specified in the Veterans to Engineers program.
Maintain academic good-standing status and make satisfactory progress toward engineering degree requirements while employed.

Nice To Haves

Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in an Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) ABET-accredited program in the United States, or an eligible equivalent from Canada or Mexico, the Washington Accord, or ABET's list of substantially equivalent programs.
Specialized knowledge and/or experience with nuclear materials, processing, design, and/or systems.
Eligible degree fields include mechanical, chemical, electrical, nuclear, civil, structural, architectural, industrial, materials science, metallurgical, aeronautical, and software engineering; computer science; and 3D CAD Design Technology.

Responsibilities

Work in a rotational program with different groups throughout CNS while pursuing an engineering degree.
Work with technical personnel in engineering, maintenance, operations, production, research and development, and related functions.
Assist in analyzing and evaluating technical and engineering problems.
Develop experimental outlines, schedule procedural steps, and establish priorities.
Conduct tests, experiments, and analyses independently.
Operate and troubleshoot equipment; gather, reduce, evaluate, and interpret data.
Prepare analyses, reports, and procedures.
Perform routine tests and experiments and assist with complex equipment or operations.
Recommend improvements to methods and procedures when appropriate.
Assist experienced engineers with basic tasks and potentially lead new personnel in routine functions.
Make satisfactory progress toward engineering degree requirements and maintain good academic standing while employed.