Sentinel Systems Engineering Intern - Hill AFB, United States - BAE Systems USA

Description

**Job Description**

**BAE Systems is seeking an exceptional systems engineering intern for an exciting opportunity to support the Air Force's acquisition of the next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the Sentinel weapon system.**

**Tell me about this job.** This systems engineer will work with a highly skilled team providing critical weapon systems engineering support to the U.S. Air Force. The selected candidate will be working towards a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering from an ABET accredited program, or Mathematics or Physics and adesire to work with system requirements, system interfaces, specialty engineering support and requirements verification for a complex weapon system.

The candidate must possess proficiency in communicating technical concepts to a broad audience, both orally and written. Examples of project management during formal education is expected to be presented during the interview. The strongest candidates will have completed coursework in systems engineering.

This position will operate in an organizational culture that develops and challenges employees to achieve high performance in a fast-paced, high-morale workplace using streamlined management policies and procedures. It is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to shape the development and deployment of the next generation intercontinental ballistic missile, the national security-critical backbone of our nuclear deterrent capability.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing team within a large defense company with an extraordinary, positive culture and mission focus. In this position, you will provide direct support to a national security-critical weapon system throughout engineering development, deployment and sustainment. You will help support several hundred personnel providing the government with ICBM expertise. You will become a trusted mission partner to the innovative, digital engineering-driven Air Force organization that is responsible to design, build, test, transition, and sustain the world s safest, most secure, and effective land-based nuclear deterrent, on-schedule. Do not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

**Why BAE Systems?** BAE Systems is the third largest defense contractor in the world with an exceptional, mission-focused culture. The 800 BAE Systems employees and sub-contractors located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah are closely aligned to the United States Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. We support the Center in sustaining the existing LGM-30 Minuteman III (MM III) weapon system and acquiring its replacement, the Sentinel weapon system (Formerly GBSD). We are a uniquely-valued mission partner delivering daily technical excellence and innovative solutions to our government customers. BAE Systems has earned accolades as a Top Workplace in Utah based on employee feedback for four consecutive years, earning special distinction for providing a healthy work-life balance for our valued employees. We work very hard to ensure this is a great place to work

Why Utah? You ve got to see it to believe it Utah is an amazing state with diverse geography, an eclectic culture, and an exceptional quality of life. We are located north of Salt Lake City at the foot of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. The area offers an incredible range of outdoors pursuits across the seasons including hiking, climbing, hunting, fishing, camping, boating and world-class skiing at resorts that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. The state is home to five amazing National Parks and an easy drive from two more; Grand Teton and, famously, the first National Park in the world, Yellowstone. The Salt Lake City area offers a vast array of cultural activities and businesses including multiple professional sports teams. It is a western states hub for exceptional, cutting-edge medical care with people traveling from across the region for a range of nationally renowned specialty care centers and doctors. The Salt Lake International Airport is expanding and offers easy, direct access to just about anywhere you want to fly.

**Why Sentinel?** The Sentinel Program is an enormous and complex Mega-Project modernizing the entire ICBM weapon system deployed across tens of thousands of square miles in five states. Without any doubt, Sentinel is one of the DoD s most important acquisition efforts for the next decade, if not longer. It includes a complete refurbishment of hundreds of aging Minuteman III ICBM facilities to secure and support a newly designed, technologically advanced ballistic missile. It will also provide an entirely new command and control system as well as vast array of required support equipment specifically engineered to operate and sustain the new weapon system over the decades ahead. It enjoys broad, strong support at the national level. It is a long-term project - the weapon system will deploy over a nine-year period beginning in approximately 2026, and remain operational until at least 2075. Sentinel is a career-defining program that will present unique and challenging opportunities that simply are not available with smaller projects.

**Join an extraordinary company culture and the winning team to success this year and for years to come.**

**Pursuant to Government contract, this position requires US Citizenship status.**

**Required Education, Experience, & Skills**

+ Working towards a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering from an ABET accredited program, or Mathematics or Physics.

+ Proactive person with a positive attitude and a team player mentality

+ Strong communication skills

+ Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance and all required Special Program accesses. The criteria for obtaining clearance is set by the US Government. You must be a US Citizen

**Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills**

+ Active DOD Secret Clearance or higher is preferred but not required

+ Experience with requirements software like IBM DOORS

+ Experience with MBSE software like Cameo or Rhapsody

+ Coursework in systems engineering

+ Completed internship in an engineering facility

+ Examples of technical writing proficiency

+ Examples of technical oral presentation experience

+ Examples of project management skills

**Pay Information**

Full-Time Salary Range: $ $48734

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20 hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.

**Sentinel Systems Engineering Intern**

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