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Period of Work: May-August 2025

Full-Time: 40 hours a week

Location: McLean, VA

In Office Requirement: Hybrid (50% onsite)

Clearance: Will be submitted for a DOD Secret Clearance

Job Description

Naval Enterprise Sea Systems (NESS) is seeking a Mechanical Engineering intern who is highly motivated, creative and self-directed to help provide expertise and support to our sponsor and their mission. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s domain knowledge, creative problem-solving capabilities, systems engineering skills, and technical expertise.  Specific areas of interest include systems engineering, advanced analytics, operational experience, autonomous systems expertise/experience, data science, and independent evaluation.

Basic Qualifications

Must be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an accredited degree seeking program in a Mechanical Engineering degree programMust continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internshipKnowledge of mechanical engineering theorySustained excellence in academic performance

Preferred Qualifications

Experience having applied mechanical engineering or similar learning to an internship or research/lab positionExperience with prototype designCADDemonstrated interest in serving the publicAbility to obtain a DOD Secret Cleaance

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

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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