The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking interns to help improve a Navy ship's ability to defend itself by creating sophisticated simulations, developing analysis tools, and performing early research into promising defense technologies.
Requirements
- Are pursuing a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Physics or a related technical field with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Have detailed knowledge and practical experience in either Python or C++
- Have a strong interest in modeling and simulation design, signal processing related to radar or communications systems, decision processes, resource optimization and allocation schema, or Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Have detailed knowledge and practical experience in two of the following: Python, C++, Matlab
- Have experience with either modeling or analyzing a complex system (military system preferred)
- Have experience with processing, organizing and assessing large data sets
- Have experience developing in a modern software development environment
Responsibilities
- Develop dynamic, interacting physics-based models/simulations to help us understand how mother nature and the laws of physics can impact the performance of key sensor, command and control, and weapon systems.
- Develop tools that apply data analytic and statistical methodologies and use them to analyze current systems, root cause performance issues, and develop operational solutions.
- Mature cutting edge concepts or technologies that lead to improving our Navy's ability to maintain superior situational awareness in the fog of war, identify blatant and subtle hostile actions, and dynamically allocate limited resources in a changing battlefield.
- create sophisticated simulations of current and future Naval capabilities, adversarial threat systems (e.g., missiles, swarms of autonomous platforms) to pair with machine learning technologies in order to develop robust solutions to transform systemic weaknesses into strengths
- develop complex analysis tools and use them to evaluate the performance of new Navy systems or system of system capabilities
- perform early research into promising technology that pushes the art and the science of defense.
Other
- Have above average interpersonal and communications skills
- Are able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a Secret level clearance.
- Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship
