Northrop Grumman Australia · 18 hours ago
2026 Materials Engineer Intern - Sunnyvale CA
United States-California-Sunnyvale
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$20.50/hr - $38/hrNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. They are seeking Materials Engineers for an internship opportunity to provide materials and test engineering support, participate in design engineering efforts, and conduct mechanical testing of materials.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Materials and test engineering support to production and R&D efforts
Design engineering efforts, e.g., drawing reviews, design reviews, misc. engineering meeting support, data analysis, and report authoring
Mechanical testing of materials for production
Metallography of steels and non-metallics
Weld engineering support
Failure analysis investigations
Chemical and performance evaluations evaluation of organics materials
Evaluations of supplier materials
Qualification
Required
Be a student who is enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university and will be enrolled full time in Fall 2026
Be majoring in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2026
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Preferred
Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
Experience and/or coursework related to metallurgical engineering
Experience and/or coursework related to alloys and adhesives
Navy or other military experience
Active U.S. DoD Secret security clearance
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase