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Are you looking to strengthen your skills in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar engineering majors while helping apply technologies to solve problems of national significance in the public interest? The MITRE Corporation is seeking to hire highly-motivated undergraduate and graduate interns with skills that span the gamut of EE/ECE, ME, etc topics, including antenna and sensor design, modeling and simulation, and systems engineering practices. Example project tasks include modeling antenna behaviors to support future trade studies.
Requirements:
Currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or similar Engineering major
Experience with MATLAB and similar modeling & analytic tools
Sustained excellence in academic performance
High level desire to help their nation solve its most critical problems
Exhibits the characteristics of a continuous learner
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Secret
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I have completed coursework in systems engineering and have also worked on a team project where I applied systems engineering principles.
Working as Systems Engineering Interns, we are responsible for assisting the senior systems engineers of the company. We perform our assigned tasks within the given timeline to satisfy our employers. We address the issues of our senior engineers and deliver their messages to the management. In the role of Systems Engineering Intern, we are liable for contributing our engineering expertise in the enhancement of designs of internal systems by contributing our ideas. We participate in the testing procedures of the systems and alter the infrastructure codes. We also coordinate with our teammates to complete our tasks as per the provided instructions.
Core tasks:
