Internship Opportunities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Opportunity Description:


HPC Cluster Engineer Academy: Undergraduate interns spend nine weeks learning the basics of cluster engineering and system installation under the guidance of LLNL experts and gaining direct experience with running and maintaining high-performance computing systems. 

Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Science Internship: Undergraduate and graduate students earn practical research experience by working with mentors on projects in geoscience and atmospheric science.

Center for Global Security Research Student Intern: Engages undergraduate and graduate students in practical research experience to support United States policy and decision makers in developing strategies for national and international security.

Computation Scholars Program: Computation offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to gain research experience and work with Laboratory science and engineering mentors through our internship program.

Data Science Summer Institute: This program offers data science advanced undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity for a 12-week summer internship working on real problems that matter to the nation.

High-Energy-Density Physics Summer Student Program: Opportunities for students to perform experimental, theoretical, and computational research in disciplines such as astrophysics, hydrodynamics, turbulence, plasma physics, inertial confinement physics, and radiation/particle transport.

National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Student Internship Program:Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in R&D in lasers, plasma physics, electro-optics, software development, and optical, x-ray, and nuclear instrument development and testing.

Materials and Chemistry Institute (MaCI) Summer Program:  students spend 10–12 weeks working in materials chemistry, synthesis, characterization, and processing; analytical chemistry; actinide science, optical materials science, electrochemistry, and physics

Minimum Qualifications and/or Eligibility Requirements: 

  • Students must be enrolled and in good academic standing at an accredited institution, or have been accepted to begin an undergraduate or graduate program, prior to commencing employment.
  • Students must be able to successfully meet the hiring requirements. (e.g. pre-employment drug testing, approval for site access, etc.)
  • U. S. Citizenship is required for some positions. Foreign National students may apply based on job requirements
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