About the role#
As a Risk and Reliability Graduate Intern, you will join the Acquisition Risk and Reliability Engineering Department. You will support national security space and civil space customers by developing reliable systems and identifying hazards throughout the system lifecycle. This role involves providing technical guidance and performing risk assessments to help senior leaders make informed decisions.
What you'll do#
- Help Department of Defense, intelligence community, NASA, and other government customers plan and execute risk and reliability activities.
- Provide guidance and analysis for national security space and ground systems.
- Work with program office customers to perform assessments that provide insights to senior decision makers.
- Engage with subject matter experts to deliver critical assessments for senior program managers.
- Shape department risk and reliability capabilities strategy.
- Develop innovative approaches for new space architectures.
- Identify and mitigate hazards throughout the system lifecycle using MIL-STD-882E principles.
What you'll need#
- Currently enrolled full-time in a graduate degree program in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, reliability engineering, systems engineering, or a similar field.
- Must complete a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering major prior to the internship start date.
- Ability to return to a graduate degree program full-time after the internship.
- Availability to work full-time for a minimum of 10 weeks outside of the university term.
- Understanding of statistics and their application in evaluating failures and anomalies.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work both individually and as part of a team.
- Willingness to travel occasionally, approximately 10% of the time, to work locations or customer sites.
- Eligibility to obtain a U.S. government security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid internship.
- Work is on-site in El Segundo, California, or Chantilly, Virginia.
- The internship follows a rolling schedule.
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation operates as a nonprofit organization focused on space research and technology. Founded in 1960, the company provides technical expertise for national space programs and national security systems. It maintains a workforce of over 5,000 employees across offices in Virginia and California. The firm specializes in areas including launch vehicles, artificial intelligence, and space policy.
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