Intern - Materials and Failure Modeling - R&D Graduate Summer

What Your Job Will Be Like:

The Materials and Failure Modeling Department is looking for a highly motivated and productive individual to work in a dynamic multidisciplinary teaming environment with a focus on the prediction of material behavior. A key thrust is the connection of process-structure-property-performance relationships across a range of materials, structures, and manufacturing processes. There are significant opportunities to team with in-house code development teams and material scientists, as well as daily opportunities to work on very challenging problems utilizing world-class computational resources

On any given day, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Model the non-linear mechanical response of additively manufactured polymeric foam replacement structures
• Work in collaboration with subject matter experts at Sandia on the development of modeling approaches to predict structural responses using traditional Solid Mechanics techniques.
• Apply the principles of material mechanics and advanced computational finite-element analysis to provide credible solutions to engineering problems.
• Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Qualifications We Require:

You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:

• Earned bachelor's degree
• Currently attending and enrolled full time in the spring term immediately preceding the internship (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in an accredited science, engineering, or math graduate program
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
• Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
• U.S. citizenship

Note: If you have not yet started your graduate program, please apply to an undergraduate intern position.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Knowledge and experience in polymer material behavior, especially in the context of additively manufactured polymers.
• Experience and knowledge of continuum mechanics, nonlinear material behavior, computational mechanics, and computer programming
• Experience in computer programming and code development with one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Fortran, Julia, Python, or Rust
• Experience in performing finite element simulations of materials and structures subjected to complex and extreme loading conditions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills as evidenced by conference presentations and journal publications

About Our Team:

The Materials and Failure Modeling Department of Sandia National Laboratories performs material mechanics R&D, develops advanced engineering models, and deploys state-of-the-art computational capabilities to enable physically credible prediction of material behavior, fracture, and failure in support of Sandia’s mission areas. Core capabilities developed and maintained by the department include adaptive material and failure models, robust computational material library covering events from aging to shock physics, effective model calibration methodologies, computational fracture mechanics, and quantification of margin and uncertainty of material models.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Job ID: 687239