2027 Internship – Wireless Communications Engineer – Wireless Cyber Capabilities

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

44d•Onsite

About The Position

This internship focuses on wireless communications, offering the opportunity to gain expertise in the latest wireless technologies and contribute to solving critical communication challenges for the government. The intern will join the Wireless Cyber Capabilities Group, which aims to provide a significant advantage by controlling the wireless communications environment. The role involves leveraging wireless communications expertise, software-defined radios (SDR), and radio frequency machine learning (RFML) to manage the communications environment. The intern will collaborate with a team of wireless communications engineers and software developers to implement wireless communication technology solutions.

Requirements

Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical degree
Interested in signals & systems or wireless communication concepts
Have a passion for software programming
Able to obtain Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain Secret level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Nice To Haves

Skilled in and/or have knowledge of signals & systems or wireless communication concepts
Skilled in and/or have knowledge of software design patterns in a language such as Python, C/C++, VHDL/Verilog, or MATLAB
Skilled in and/or have knowledge of digital signal processing (DSP) such as Fourier analysis and filtering
Skilled in and/or have knowledge of software defined radio (SDR) frameworks such as GNU Radio
Skilled in and/or have knowledge of machine learning (ML) including frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow

Responsibilities

Be part of a team that leverages wireless communications expertise, software defined radios (SDR), and radio frequency machine learning (RFML) to own the communications environment.
Collaborate with a team of wireless communications engineers and software developers to implement wireless communication technology solutions.