Internships in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job Id R113965 Job Type Full time Posted Date 02/06/2025 Engineering Group Electrical Engineering

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Job Description

MITRE leverages deep technical knowledge, engineering expertise, and prototyping capabilities to develop, evaluate, and test creative and practical solutions that facilitate tech transition and inform acquisition. In our electronic systems and engineering role we innovative and practical solutions in the areas of sensing, communications, processing, and more, and works across MITRE to define and deliver technical products to meet critical mission challenges. 

As an Intern working in electrical or computer engineering, you will work with a team to apply your knowledge and gain experience with one or more of the following: 

  • Electronic warfare, antennas/electromagnetics, sensors/radar, photonics, and signal processing 
  • Communications, SIGINT, spectrum, and position, navigation, and timing (PNT) 
  • Electronics and embedded security 
  • Rapid electronic and hardware prototyping, advanced manufacturing, design, mechanical and reliability analysis
  • Maritime System Development, acoustic & ocean modeling, SONAR system analysis, and transducer design

Basic Qualifications

  • Must be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an accredited degree seeking program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related degree program and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship
  • Knowledge of electrical engineering theory and one or more of the following: digital signal processing, wireless communications, computer architecture, embedded software, embedded security, cryptography, analog design, RF/EM, sensors and antennas, photonics, power systems, and software architecture and design
  • Sustained excellence in academic performance

 Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience having applied electrical engineering or computer engineering learning to an internship or research/lab position.
  • "Hands-on" skills in at least one or more programming language
  • Demonstrated interest in serving the public

Clearance: In addition to passing MITRE’s employment background check, you may be submitted for a U.S. Government Security clearance.  This is determined by the Department of Defense’s adjudicative guidelines for receiving a clearance, to include U.S. citizenship.  Other jobs may require vetting for various levels of agency public trust, fitness, suitability, controlled access, and special programs access determination consistent with the work program to which you are assigned.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$33,000 - $41,500 - $50,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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