Undergraduate Summer Internship
Are you eager to apply your knowledge and grow your skills this summer? Do you want to collaborate with researchers, scientists, and engineers to tackle real-world challenges? If so, a summer internship at STR offers the perfect opportunity for you!
At STR, we value the contributions of our interns and view them as vital to our success. Our internship program provides hands-on experience, mentorship from experienced professionals, and the chance to work on impactful projects related to national security. Whether you're interested in Cyber, Analytics, Sensors, or Systems Development, our diverse divisions offer dynamic environments to enhance your expertise.
What you’ll get a chance to do at STR:
- Collaborate within project teams with mentorship from experienced staff.
- Contribute to various project phases including problem design, solution discovery, prototype development, experimentation, and system implementation.
- Support technical tasks related to your division’s focus, from algorithm development to hardware integration.
Internship Divisions:
- Analytics:
- Support projects related to object detection, autonomous vehicles, media manipulation, and decision support.
- Engage in all project phases from problem design to prototype development and data analysis.
- Work with cutting-edge technologies in computer vision, machine learning, and big data processing.
- Cyber:
- Work on cyber security related problems, cyber vulnerability research, software system design, machine learning, and more.
- Collaborate with technical experts on problem design, prototype development, experimentation, and technical presentations.
- Projects may involve signal processing, image/video processing, and software development.
- Sensors:
- Focus on advanced sensor systems including radar, electronic warfare, underwater acoustics, and hyperspectral imaging.
- Participate in full system prototypes, experiment campaigns, and technology development.
- Contribute to projects involving RF hardware, signal processing, and real-time embedded systems.
- Systems Development:
- Work on multifunction radar systems, ground command/control systems, and electronic warfare.
- Engage in model-based simulation, technology component development, and full system prototyping.
- Involvement in RF systems, signal processing software, and real-time embedded systems.
Requirements:
- Enrollment in a BS degree program in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, or related technical discipline.
- Strong academic record and a keen interest in research.
- Relevant experience or coursework in areas such as signal processing, computer vision, reinforcement learning, machine learning, reverse engineering, software development, RF hardware, scientific computing (e.g., MATLAB, Python), statistics or other relevant coursework.
Perks:
- Competitive pay
- Housing stipend
- Flexibility/work-life balance
- Vibrant community with fun summer activities inside and outside the office
- Intern seminars and tech talks
Join us for a summer of meaningful work and professional growth. Apply now and make a difference with STR!
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
STR Woburn, Massachusetts, USA Office
600 W Cummings Park, Woburn, MA, United States, 01801
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