Materials Engineer Intern

Northrop Grumman offers employees the chance to work on revolutionary systems that impact lives globally, from the first transatlantic flight to stealth bombers and lunar landings. We seek bold, inventive individuals to help invent the future. Our culture values intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems provides mission-enabling solutions for global security, with a portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems. Our battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely information and superior situational awareness to protect the U.S. and its allies.

An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique. You'll learn new skills, explore the enterprise, network with experts, and finish with a resume that opens doors. You'll gain pride in what you've done. Join us and launch your career with training, professional development, and networking opportunities.

Northrop Grumman is seeking Materials Engineers for an internship at our Mission Systems sector in Sunnyvale, CA. The qualified candidate will join Marine Systems, a leading provider of missile launch systems, propulsion systems, and power generation systems for naval submarines and surface ships.

Roles and Responsibilities

The qualified candidate will shadow senior engineers and participate in:

• Materials and test engineering support to production and R&D efforts
• Design engineering efforts, e.g., drawing reviews, design reviews, 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 of organic materials
• Evaluations of supplier materials

Basic Qualifications

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria:

• Be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university and will be enrolled full-time in Fall 2027
• Be majoring in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related STEM degree
• Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Intern Pay Range

Bachelor's: $21.50 to $39.00 per hour

Master's: $30.50 to $48.00 per hour

Internship pay rates are standardized and consider anticipated graduation date, geographic labor cost, and whether the internship is technical or administrative.