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Electrical Reliability Engineer – Technical Intern

BAE Systems, Inc.
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116895BR – Electrical Reliability Engineer – Technical Intern

In this position, you will participate in BAE Systems' nationwide LEAP Internship & Co-op Program, where you will Learn, Engage, Apply, and Progress within the company. The LEAP Program will provide you with the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals on impactful projects, engage in career development opportunities, and network with our business leaders and the other students in the program.

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student in Electrical Engineering, and want your professional career to take-off to space and beyond?  Reliability Engineering offers the opportunity to gain experience with a multitude of products and missions, as we assure Mission Success.  This role is an opportunity to be involved with space vehicles, payloads, and terrestrial technology supporting our nation’s most significant scientific discovery and defense missions to the protect and inform the United States of America’s most advanced technologies.  If you are a rising Electrical Engineer and want to accelerate your career by engaging in the most advanced scientific opportunities available to undergraduates, this opportunity might be for you.

 

The Enterprise Assurance Strategic Capabilities Unit delivers critical assurance disciplines that protect and enable people, data and missions. We provide a comprehensive approach to managing risk across the enterprise for current and future information environments where the business and missions execute. We apply the use of innovative tools and robust processes to ensure mission and business success.      

What You’ll Do:

 

  • Under the general supervision of and mentoring by MSA Systems Electrical Reliability Engineers, gain familiarity with reliability requirements that enable Mission Success.
  • Be mentored by Mission Assurance (MA) Leadership, MSA Leadership, and Reliability Engineers to understand the role and possible future employment opportunities.
  • Interface with a variety of Engineering disciplines and programs across BAE SMS as you perform your role and develop understanding of the industry.
  • Under the general supervision of a Senior-Level Reliability Engineer, gain familiarity of a variety of work metrics utilized in the Reliability Engineering discipline, both in the terrestrial and space domains:
    • Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
    • Mean Time Between Critical Failures (MTBCF)
    • Mean Time to Recovery / Mean Time to Restore (MTTR)
    • Probability of Success (Ps)
    • Operational Availability (Ao)
  • Under the general supervision of a Senior-Level Reliability Engineer, gain familiarity of a variety of analyses utilized in the Reliability Engineering discipline, both in the terrestrial and space domains:
    • Reliability Prediction
    • Part Stress Analysis (PSA)
    • Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
    • Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA)
    • Limited Life Analysis (LLA)
    • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and/or Probabilistic Risk Assessment
    • Built-In Test (BIT) Analysis
  • Learn to employ a strong understanding of the drivers for component and system reliability to identify potential risk to the program early in design.
  • Create accurate electrical reliability component parameter variation models to be entered into a database.
  • Analyze electrical circuits classically and/or using SPICE.
  • Opportunity to investigate and analyze failures in electrical circuits. 
  • Learn to translate written requirements from both internal and external sources into simple, straight-forward requirements.
  • Opportunity to assist other Reliability Engineers in completing their tasks for hand-on experience.
  • Engineer efficiencies with ownership of a Continual Improvement Project having defined milestones, with high MSA and Enterprise Assurance visibility.
  • Understand the role Reliability Engineering and MSA plays in the overall Program Lifecycle within BAE SMS, as well as the Engineering interfaces.
  • Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
  • Perform other duties as necessary.

 

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

 

  • Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
  • May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
  • May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

 

Hourly Rate: $26.00 - $35.00

 

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

 

  • Must have completed your sophomore or junior year and be enrolled in a degree program for the fall of 2026. We will also accept students enrolled in a graduate degree program.
  • Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
  • Have a track record of highly collaborative working skills in a team environment.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including strong communication and presentations skills (both written and oral), and the ability to lead group discussions.
  • In addition to the typical educational and experience requirements, the successful candidate must possess a demonstrated capability to adequately perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position and to exhibit the skills and competencies required to fulfill the workflow.
  • Strong analytic capabilities and organizational skills.
  • Experience utilizing mathematical software tools.
  • Ability to document analysis results and write clear and concise reports.
  • Ability to efficiently learn new subjects / techniques / software independently.
  • Ability to contribute to the success of small teams through excellent teamwork.

 

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

 

  • Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.