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Do you want to join our over 500 student staff members for a summer full of learning, networking and fun?  Do you want to perform applied research in computer science, engineering, and in the physical and biological sciences that will contribute to solving our nation’s most critical problems?  Do you want to be mentored by engineers and scientists that are experts in their fields? If so, apply for this position.

Summer 2025 Required Work Period/Required Period of Availability

For these positions, students must be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 8 weeks, from Monday, 16 June, through Friday, 8 August 2025.

Key Description:

MITRE's Emerging Technologies Division is seeking a number of current freshmen in college through juniors in college to serve as Technical Aides, student investigators who will assist and collaborate with senior staff in summer research projects on any one of variety of topics, including:

A.I.Robotics/Autonomous SystemsCyber SecurityBlockchain and CryptocurrencyBiotech and HealthPhysicsChemical SensingEnergy, Water Resources, & the Environment

Basic Qualifications:

For this position, we require that the candidate is working towards their college diploma and have: mature communication skills, basic knowledge in the sciences and math, as well as consistently maintain sustained excellence in academic performance.  Sustained excellence in academic performance includes a 3.0+ GPA or higher, high standardized test scores, plus a record of technical or scientific interests and engagement.  Applicants will be selected for positions based upon the applicability of the skills and experience listed on their resumes to the technical area (or one of the two areas) for which they apply.

Eligibility: These positions are open only to applicants who are current freshmen through juniors in college, and who will not have completed their undergraduate studies and obtained their bachelor’s degree by summer 2025.  Consideration only will be given to applicants who meet these criteria. (For example, students who will have obtained their bachelor’s degree at any time from December 2024 through June 2025 are not eligible.) Thus, applicants also should be sure to list their current year in school on any resumes or other materials submitted in their application to this job opening.To obtain a position, students must be available for in-person work at MITRE's facilities in McLean, Virginia full-time (40 hours per week), in-person for at least 8 weeks, from Monday, 16 June, through Friday, 8 August 2025.To apply for a position, a student must submit a resume.  Certain items are required on the resume. Please click here to obtain a downloadable list of the items required on all applicant resumes and an example resume that includes all the items and is prepared in a simple format that is easy for reviewers to consider and should be easy for applicants to use.On the resume submitted with the application, the applicant's year in school, as well as the name and address of their school, must be listed prominently near the top, or else the application will not be considered further.  See the downloadable handout and example resume to see how this might be done.Also required on the resume is an objective statement that specifies an applicant's preferred area of technical interest for work in summer 2025 (e.g., one of the technical areas listed above in the Key Description of these positions). A single area is preferred; do not list more than two.All work will be conducted in-person every day during the summer at MITRE's facilities in McLean, Virginia.  Students must be prepared to commute every day from their summer place of residence to MITRE's McLean campus for in-person work.  There will be no remote-work or hybrid-work option.Because there will be no remote work,, student applicants whose usual home addresses and/or college addresses, as listed on their resumes, are not in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, within daily commuting distance of MITRE's McLean campus, must indicate specifically on their resumes that if they obtain a position they will move for the summer to a residence within daily commuting distance of MITRE in McLean, VA. Relocation assistance will be provided.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience or in-school coursework in one or more of the following areas would be beneficial, but is not necessarily essential: computer programming, Python computer language, Matlab software, coursework in biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus.

How to Apply:

As stated above, applicants must submit a resume to be considered for one of these summer positions. To ensure that all resumes submitted include the information required and to help you prepare a resume please click here to see the downloadable list of all the required items and the example of a resume in a simple format that includes all the required categories of information.  Even if you already have a resume, you may wish to reformat your resume using our recommended format or one that is very close to it. In either case, be sure to include on your resume all items we require.

Once again, please click here to review the downloadable list of required items for your resume and the example before you submit your application.

IMPORTANT: Closing Deadline for Applications

Please note that this requisition will be closing at 11:59 PM EST on Monday, 10 February 2025. All students must complete their application process by this date. Applications will not be accepted after this date.

After you have filled out the online forms and uploaded your resume, BE SURE TO CLICK THE SUBMIT BUTTON before the submission deadline.  If you do not, your application will not be complete and will NOT be considered.

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):

None

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

None

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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