Intern, R&D Graduate Summer - Advanced Materials Laboratory, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking Summer - RâD Graduate Interns to join our dynamic team! The Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) within the Material, Physical, and Chemical Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories seeks qualified graduate interns to support research and development in chemistry, material science and advanced manufacturing for a variety of national security customers. The position can support various activities at the AML including chemical/materials synthesis, characterization, testing, modeling, CAD design, printing and additive manufacturing.

Our projects are truly multi‑disciplinary requiring the successful candidates to work effectively in a dynamic research environment as a team member. This internship at AML requires onsite work in Albuquerque, NM.

On any given day you will be called upon to support one of various technical programs including:

• Chemical synthesis, characterization and precursor development for materials science applications.
• Mechanical/electrical design, development and characterization of materials.
• Processes for additive manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing techniques.

At Sandia, we value the important work done by our interns and its contribution to National Security. Because of this, our interns earn competitive pay rates. Our pay structure is based on earned credit hours, classification, and degree level. Your pay rate will be determined during the hire process and included in your offer package. You can view the Intern Pay Rate chart.

• Earned bachelor's degree.
• Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0.
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer.
• U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, asylees or refugees in the U.S.

Note:

If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.

• Interest/experience in Additive Manufacturing.
• Interest in organic chemistry with focus on materials synthesis.
• Laboratory experience or coursework in chemistry, materials science, physics; electrical and mechanical engineering majors are particularly desirable.
• Experience with technical software for data collection and automated research, data processing, modeling, as well as digital preparation of reports/manuscripts, presentations, and posters.
• Mature oral and written communication skills are desired, as demonstrated by coursework or project assignments.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

The Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) is a department within the Material, Physical, and Chemical Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories and is co‑located at the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The AML conducts research and development to meet a wide range of specialized applications for national security, energy/climate, and nuclear deterrence enabled through partnerships with government, industry, and academic institutions.

Technical expertise and focus in the AML is applied to fundamental chemistry of organic and inorganic synthesis, material processing for property‑performance optimization, proto‑type design engineering for structural‑electronic functionality, with an emphasis on expanding autonomous material discovery and informed design enabled by machine learning. The department specializes in advanced manufacturing with an emphasis on defining the boundaries between materials science and process engineering to optimize property performance.

Technical capabilities within the department include fiber‑reinforced composite and nanocomposite manufacturing; chemical, resin, and ink synthesis; additive manufacturing, including Direct Ink Write, Polymer Selective Laser Sintering, Vat Polymerization, Multiphoton Lithography, 3D/structural…