NSA Summer Internship - Engineering (MD)
With the ever-accelerating technological advances and growing system complexity, NSA needs Engineers to integrate systems, reduce the cost to operate and maintain systems & to design, develop, construct and test electronic hardware and software processing components. These components are typically subsystems of communication, collection, processing or analysis systems.
NSA Engineering interns are hired into positions supporting a broad range of specialized skills including Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Programming, Computer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Communications Engineering.
As an Engineering and Physical Science professional, you will use your skills to create the systems and tools that will be used to enhance the operation of intelligence. You will advise, administer and perform scientific projects, such as planning, designing, and constructing specialized equipment, and ensuring adherence to sound engineering and scientific standards and principles. The NSA offers multiple areas of focus for facilities engineers, including computer, architectural, electrical, mechanical, and structural. In addition, we are seeking skills that include computer design, microelectronics, radio frequency design, and systems engineering. Apply your science and engineering skills to protect the nation.
Responsibilities may include:
- Designing, developing, testing and/or evaluating computer or computer-related equipment.
- Programming, modifying and/or configuring system software that manages the computer hardware and provides services to the applications.
- Applying software engineering principles to design, develop, test, and evaluate/modify software applications.
- Craft high-level system design, specify system/component performance and interface requirements and develop installations, integration and acceptance test plans.
If you are familiar with NSA's individual internal programs, please apply to this advertisement if you are interested in the following internships:
- Science of Security (SoS) Intern Program
- Summer Program for Operations Research Technology (SPORT)
- Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-Cyber Ops) Summer Intern Program
- Cyber Summer Program (CSP)
- Cybersecurity Directorate Summer Intern Program (CSDIP)
- Installation and Logistics (I&L) / Data Center Facilities Management (DCFM) Intern Program
- Summer Intern Program for Science and Technology (SIP/ST)
- Summer Intern Program for Information Assurance (SIP/IA)
- Signals Intelligence Collection Program (SICP)
To be accepted into the NSA Summer Internship - Engineering, candidates must:
- Be a U.S. citizen;
- Be eligible to be granted a TS/SCI/TK security clearance after successfully completing a background investigation that includes passing a Full-Scope Polygraph and a Psychological Evaluation;
- Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for all college work completed;
- Be a currently enrolled college student (undergraduate, graduate or doctorate program) at time of application;
- Be available and in the U.S. for operational and technical interviews and other applicable processing, both in-person and via telephone/internet, between the months of November 2022 and March 2023;
- Be pursuing a major in Engineering or closely related field, such as:
- Industrial Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Computer Network Engineer
- Computer Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Civil Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Software Engineer