Northrop Grumman · 23 hours ago
2026 Materials Engineer Intern - Sunnyvale CA - R10220948
Sunnyvale, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$20.50/hr - $38/hrNorthrop Grumman is a leading provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, and they are seeking Materials Engineers for an internship opportunity. The role involves shadowing senior engineers and participating in materials and test engineering support, design engineering efforts, and various evaluations related to materials.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Founded in 1994
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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