Communications Engineering Intern
MITRE
Summary
Join us in shaping the next generation of resilient communications, networking, and infrastructure for U.S. Government sponsors, including strategic and national-level command-and-control communications and other mission-assured systems. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand knowledge in RF and communications engineering, while developing creative problem-solving, software, systems engineering, and technical skills.
Job description
Job Responsibilities
- Support the design, analysis, and testing of RF and communications systems
- Assist with modeling, simulation, and performance evaluation of RF components and system-level architectures
- Contribute to laboratory testing, data collection, and analysis of RF hardware or communication links
- Help develop software tools, scripts, or automated workflows for RF analysis, test, and signal processing
- Document technical findings, test results, and engineering recommendations
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineers in RF, signal processing, software, and systems engineering
- Support trade studies and technical assessments related to RF performance, link budgets, or system requirements
Basic Qualifications
- Interest in communications engineering demonstrated through coursework or extracurricular involvement in RF communications, signal processing, or electromagnetic physics
- Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance
- Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
- This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing technical reports, presentations, and/or production-quality code
- Experience with systems engineering processes for communication systems, including requirements development and review, verification and validation, end-to-end architecture analysis, and link budget analysis
- Experience with agile software development and object-oriented programming, scripting, and/or simulation tools such as C/C++, Java, Python, or MATLAB
- Experience with signal/waveform development
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and system-of-systems architecture frameworks such as Cameo/MSOSA
- Experience with SDR platforms and RF test equipment such as USRP, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and channel emulators
Requirements
- Interest in communications engineering demonstrated through coursework or extracurricular involvement in RF communications, signal processing, or electromagnetic physics
- Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
- Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance
- Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
- This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site
- Experience developing technical reports, presentations, and/or production-quality code
- Experience with systems engineering processes for communication systems, including requirements development and review, verification and validation, end-to-end architecture analysis, and link budget analysis
- Experience with agile software development and object-oriented programming, scripting, and/or simulation tools such as C/C++, Java, Python, or MATLAB
- Experience with signal/waveform development
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and system-of-systems architecture frameworks such as Cameo/MSOSA
- Experience with SDR platforms and RF test equipment such as USRP, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and channel emulators
Benefits
- Competitive benefits
- Meaningful career development
- Culture of innovation
Company overview
MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) for various U.S. government agencies. Founded in 1958, MITRE serves as a critical bridge between government requirements and technological innovation, providing objective analysis and solutions to complex national security and public interest challenges. The organization's work spans multiple domains including cybersecurity, aviation, healthcare, defense systems, and critical infrastructure protection. MITRE operates two primary FFRDCs: one for the Department of Defense and another for the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security. The corporation is renowned for developing technical standards and frameworks, most notably the MITRE ATT&CK framework for cybersecurity threat modeling. With a workforce of engineers, scientists, and technical specialists, MITRE focuses on solving problems of national importance through applied research, systems engineering, and advanced technology development, maintaining strict objectivity by not manufacturing products or competing with private industry.