Quality Engineering Intern

BAE Systems is seeking a talented, motivated Quality Engineering internship candidate who wants to join a team at a dynamic company that values your technical excellence. At our Space Systems facility in Manassas, VA we develop and produce a wide array of space products, from single-board radiation hardened computers to complete space payloads, for commercial, military, and space communities. The company specializes in radiation-hardened electronics and space applications, including application-specific integrated circuits, memories, and single-board computers. Our single-board computer products fly on over 250 different spacecraft, including three generations of Mars rovers and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communication satellites.

Job Description:

In Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems, you’ll help develop systems that sense, control, exploit, and disseminate actionable information to warfighters supporting a variety of missions. We are looking for a Program Quality Engineering Intern to implement tools and processes to ensure products or services meet the standards of quality, including reliability, usability, and performance. You must be a self-starting problem solver who will utilize your analytical skills to find innovative solutions to quality-related issues. Strong communication skills are essential to understand requirements and expectations, make progress reports, and present findings.

Intern Responsibilities:

• Participate in BAE Systems' nationwide LEAP Internship & Co-op Program.

• Support nonconformance investigations by identifying root causes and developing corrective actions.

• Perform hands-on work with production hardware and assist in hardware evaluations.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams while also contributing independently to assigned projects.

• Analyze and trend quality data to identify performance patterns and improvement opportunities.

• Develop and maintain process maps, flowcharts, and documentation to support quality initiatives.

• Developing embedded software for Board Support Packages (BSP) and Start-up ROM (SUROM).

• Developing automated test software in a variety of languages.

• Supporting technical work in areas ranging from the design, verification, test of space products and systems.

• Working alongside senior engineers from multiple disciplines to design/check out specialized test equipment.

• Participating in integration activities of production test systems.

• Engaging in troubleshooting test-related issues.

• Generating, reviewing and updating the technical content of drawings, engineering specifications, reports, and other documents associated with the engineering process.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Enrolled in a Bachelor or Master Degree program in Engineering.

• Ability to perform independent lab work with digital logic devices or components and circuit assemblies.

• Ability to apply engineering principals.

• Ability to work with cross functional teams following established BAE Systems design processes.

• Strong communications skills and ability to work independently.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Outstanding communication skills.

• Demonstrated teamwork and leadership experience.

• Capacity and motivation for hard work.

• Experience in the defense electronics industry.

• Familiarity with Lean and Six Sigma practices.

• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems.

• Relevant quality certifications.

• Technical internships/co-ops.

• Exposure to ISO 9001, CMMI, or AS9100.

• Scripting and programming language familiarity: Visual Studio, Python, C#, LabWindows/CVI, Assembler.

• Familiarity with embedded engineering applications.

• Knowledge of PowerPC architecture.

• Familiarity with electrical engineering principles such as logic compatibility, timing and signal integrity.