APT Research is hiring a Systems Engineering Intern in Huntsville, AL.
APT is an employee-owned engineering services company specializing in conducting safety and quality analyses for the U.S. Government. APT offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities that match your professional development interest, and excellent benefits including being voted as the best place for working parents. Our employees are owners, each share in the commitment to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative Analysis, Planning, & Test Solutions and services that exceed expectations, build employee pride of ownership, and optimize shareholder value.
Job Responsibilities:
- Apply Traditional Systems Engineering (TSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) across the system development lifecycle
- Translate mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, designs, and technical solutions
- Develop and refine system architectures, requirements, interfaces, data flows, and integration dependencies
- Support integration, testing, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on technical deliverables, documentation, and presentations
Basic Qualifications:
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
- Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship
- Experience with system design, system architecture modeling, requirements development, interface analysis, integration planning, verification and validation, and technical documentation
- Familiarity with both MBSE and traditional systems engineering approaches, including requirements analysis, functional decomposition, interface control, trade studies, risk analysis, technical reviews, and engineering decision support
- U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. government security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), SysML, or tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or Sparx EA through coursework or projects.
- Exposure to system architectures, interface modeling, or diagrams describing system structure, behavior, and requirements.
- Coursework or project experience related to system integration, testing, verification and validation, or deployment planning.
- Interest in federal acquisition processes, market research, technical evaluations, and transitioning technologies into operational use.
- Coursework or project exposure to digital engineering, cloud computing, data platforms, cybersecurity, communications, networking, or artificial intelligence.
Security Clearance Requirement:
Work Environment:
- Office environment
- Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate, and timely communication, both verbally and written
- Ability to interact professionally with coworkers, management, and customers
Travel Requirements:
- Requires ability to travel domestically (within the U.S.) <15%
Physical Requirements:
- Requires sitting for extended periods of time at a workstation / desk
Other Essential Functions:
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgement
- Work attire must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk / hazard to the employee or others
EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled
APT Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following email address, hr@apt-research.com and/or phone number (256.327.3373) to contact us about your interest in employment with APT Research, Inc.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. APT Research, Inc. participates in Everify.