GENERAL STUDENT TRAINEE
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General Student Trainee (Technical)
This is a temporary position - JUNE 2027 NTE AUGUST 2027. As a GENERAL STUDENT TRAINEE (TECHNICAL) you will be responsible for the following duties: Provides technical expertise in support of acquisition, operations, mission support, launch, and other NRO missions. Offers knowledge and experience in a broad range of technical domains and specialties including research, design, development, integration and testing, program management, launch, operations, maintenance, and disposal of cutting-edge overhead intelligence systems for national security. NRO Interns will receive training and guidance in the following:
- Prepares and evaluates plans and designs for engineering projects; researches trends and patterns; conducts technical analysis; evaluates the value and applicability of new technology; and provides engineering expertise and advice on program planning over a broad range of engineering, architecture or scientific programs.
- Supports the management of issues and risks to balance cost, schedule and technical performance.
- Supports the development of new methods and criteria, procedures and/or instructions for engineering, architecture or scientific problems; proposes new policies and practices.
- Provides recommendations on engineering, architecture or scientific problems, programs, and functions to a broad customer base.
- Supports the planning, development, and implementation of crucial projects and segments of NRO programs.
- Supports the development and modification of analytic models and methods to meet the requirements of cost, performance, and effectiveness studies and variance analyses.
- Gathers historical cost, performance and effectiveness data and establishes relationships between system characteristics and design criteria.
- Conducts extensive systemic exploration of problems by an operations research approach; conducts analysis of alternatives, presents trend analysis data ascertaining potential problem areas.
- Synthesizes science and technology capabilities to create new concepts and prototypes with guidance.
- Develops draft test and evaluation plans with supervisory assistance; participates in the test and evaluation campaigns.