Intern, R&D Undergraduate Summer - IMPACT - Energy Security, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

The IMPACT energy security team is seeking a summer 2026 undergraduate intern to join our dynamic team. We are seeking motivated undergraduate students interested in pursuing their passion by working side‑by‑side with world experts s initiative is sponsored and funded by the NNSA Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) for Sustainable STEM Workforce. Our interns take on challenges in DOE's leading engineering R&D laboratory and are offered hands‑on, flexible, and cutting‑edge research opportunities while being mentored by Sandia National Laboratories scientists and engineers.

These real‑world experiences are supplemented with technical seminars and facility tours which give our students unique insight into the broad range of engineering and scientific disciplines represented at Sandia.

• Collaborate with design engineering and assurance engineering teams in the collection and analysis of data through observation and experimentation
• Support advanced system development through code refresh and full‑stack programming.
• Collect and analyze data using advanced characterization techniques including electrical testing
• Collaborate on research papers, reports, and presentations.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

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 here.

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited undergraduate program
• Pursuing a science, engineering, or math major
• 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 earned a HS diploma or equivalent, please apply to a high school intern position.

• Currently attending and enrolled full time (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program at a Tribal College & University or a Native American Serving Non‑Tribal Institution (NASNTI)
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Desired skills in VMware, working with virtual machines, and networking
• Ability to conduct independent research utilizing the web
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Conduct research to discover and test innovative methods in cybersecurity
• Build virtual environments and networks
• Learn and implement cryptography, scripting, and computer programming

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 Energy Security Department conducts applied cyber research and development on technologies to better secure our energy critical infrastructures and minimize our threat from cyber enabled nuclear proliferation. In addition to these two areas, we support other SNL cyber organizations in their mission space. Our department focuses on fully understanding the cyber risk to a critical infrastructure and developing tools to help mitigate those risks.

This is done through our three main research thrusts: cyber risk management (including supply chain), secure architectures, and modeling and simulation. Our team performs research and development to solve questions such as what cyber risk is this infrastructure exposed to? What would a more secure control architecture look like? How would I model this environment to explore our potential solutions?

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