Engineering Intern - Fall 2023/Spring2024 - Part Time

Job Description
You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

In Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems, you’ll help develop systems that sense, control, exploit and disseminate actionable information to warfighters supporting a variety of missions.

This position will enable the candidate to work in the Operations Compliance team onsite in the BAE Systems Greenlawn, Long Island facility. The team assists in ensuring that our products and build systems comply with regulatory procedures that support the build and test of high reliability defense electronics products. You will be involved in products and processes as they develop and mature and work closely with internal stakeholders on First Article Inspection (FAI)/Production Process Validation (PPV) which supports validation of new designs as well as design changes.

You will have the opportunity to learn software tools that tie to First Article Inspection/Production Process Validation and work across many product types that support our high Reliability suite of electronics systems for defense customer. You will work both independent assignments utilizing a CAD tool to create the FAI/PPV package structure, and you will also work cross functionally with Operations teams to provide support to production. The candidate for this internship will have regular interface with your core team so that each team member can share best practices and knowledge.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• This internship is for a college student pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering or Engineering Technology who has at least one full year successfully completed with a 2.8 or greater GPA.
• The student must have CAD experience on one or more design tools from high school or college classes and be familiar with reading mechanical drawings.
• The candidate should have held a previous summer job, part time job or volunteer position.
• This is a part-time position, and all work shall be performed at the Greenlawn, NY facility with a minimum of 12 hours per week during the college semesters.
• The internship is set for Fall 2023 / Spring2024.

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires US citizenship or Permanent Resident status.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• This position will enable the candidate to work in the Operations Compliance team onsite in the BAE Systems Greenlawn, Long Island facility.
• The team assists in ensuring that our products and build systems comply with regulatory procedures that support the build and test of high reliability defense electronics products.
• You will be involved in products and processes as they develop and mature and work closely with internal stakeholders on First Article Inspection (FAI)/Production Process Validation (PPV) which supports validation of new designs as well as design changes.
• You will have the opportunity to learn software tools that tie to First Article Inspection/Production Process Validation and work across many product types that support our high Reliability suite of electronics systems for defense customer.
• You will work both independent assignments utilizing a CAD tool to create the FAI/PPV package structure, and you will also work cross functionally with Operations teams to provide support to production.
• The candidate for this internship will have regular interface with our core team so that each team member can share best practices and knowledge.
• You will work with your manager to determine a schedule, by semester, that coordinates work hours around the college class session times.

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At BAE Systems, we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where employees are valued and feel like they belong. We are conscious of the need for all employees to see themselves reflected at every level of the company and know that in order to unlock the full potential of our workforce, everyone must feel confident being their best, most sincere self and be equipped to thrive. We provide impactful professional development experiences to our employees and invest in social impact partnerships to uplift communities and drive purposeful change. Here you will find significant opportunities to do meaningful work in an environment intentionally designed to be one where you will learn, grow and belong.