Intern, Technical Undergraduate Summer - MSIPP-MATE, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking highly motivated technical undergraduate students enrolled at Florida A&M and Prairie View A&M University for a 2026 undergraduate summer internship, as part of the Materials At The Extreme (MATE) Consortium. This initiative is sponsored and funded by the NNSA Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) for Sustainable STEM Workforce.

Students will get the opportunity to develop skills and gain experience at Sandia National Laboratories in roles that may include chemical synthesis, materials characterization and test, systems engineering, nuclear engineering and forensics, tech maturation, commercialization, IP, business planning, and more.

As an intern at Sandia, you will be guided by a technical mentor and work closely with a team of researchers and Sandians on issues of national significance.

• Collaborate with a technical mentor to plan, design, set-up, and perform experiments/projects
• Record experimental procedures and collect data in notebooks
• Interpret data using spreadsheets, graphs and statistical analysis
• Document and present results to mentor and peers.
• Responsible for various activities associated with maintaining a laboratory and follow safety procedures
• Conduct surveys and market analysis
• Through your internship, you will learn engineering and scientific skills and join a high-performing team. Students will be expected to demonstrate increasing levels of independence and responsibility and must show a commitment to operate in and contribute to a safe operating environment.

Students will be expected to work full time onsite for the duration of their internship.

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 (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

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• Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited related undergraduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship

Note:

If you have not earned a HS diploma or equivalent, please apply to a high school intern position.

• Students must be part of the MSIPP/MATE program, and therefore a student at Florida A&M University, or Prairie View A&M University.
• Strong knowledge of fundamentals and technical principles in physical sciences or related fields (including chemistry, physics, mathematics, materials science, or engineering)
• Good oral and written communication skills
  
  Ability to contribute to a team environment

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 Securing Top Academic Research & Talent with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (START HBCU) Program and the NNSA Minority Serving Institute Partnership Program (MSIPP) work to increase research collaborations with universities, facilitating research opportunities for qualified students, who are pursuing advanced degrees in STEM.

The MSI Partnership Program (MSIPP) is designed to advance the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) workforce development and research priorities by building strong collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). The program focuses on strengthening institutional capacity, advancing research capacity, and enhancing pathways for students in STEM disciplines to pursue careers in the nuclear security enterprise. Since its inception, MSIPP has focused on building institutional capacity at MSIs and…