Research Engineering Interns

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PennState University is hiring a mid-level Research Engineering Interns. This is a full-time role in Penn State University Park. posted today. applications are still in the early window, before most candidates have applied. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

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CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The Cloud Technology Advancement Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking graduate / undergraduate interns to work part-time with senior technical staff to research, design, develop, integrate, and test advanced systems. This is an opportunity to work across multiple interconnected disciplines across a large team of teams.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

Responsibilities include:

Develop and deploy on-prem, external, and hybrid HPC (High Performance Compute) / cloud research platforms
Develop and integrate supporting AI/ML models, agentic workflows, and agentic engineering services
Develop HPC / cloud security principals, protocols, and practices from secure supply chain to
Enhance modern development practices through DevSecOps and agile methodologies
Advance existing hardware and software level Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automations
Create HPC / cloud architectural designs and documentation
Implement observability, telemetry, and monitoring solutions to collect and analyze system insights and performance data

Preferred Source Degree Programs:

Computer Science, or Computer Engineering from the College of Engineering
Cybersecurity from Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
Management Information Systems (MIS) from the Smeal College of Business

Interest in a selection of the following is required:

US Federal Government Research and Development
HPC / Cloud computing platforms and services
AI development and integration
DevSecOps practices and tools
Infrastructure automation
Secure digital supply chain practices
Cybersecurity policies, procedures, practices
Software development and design

Preferred Experience include:

US Military ROTC, Veteran, or Reservist service
Interim Secret or above Security Clearance.
Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) CNCF: K8, K3S, Rancher, Longhorn, Keycloak, Kyverno), external (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud),
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) technology integrations (K8, K3, Rancher, Longhorn, Keycloak, Kyverno)
Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation)
CI/CD pipelines and automation (Gitlab, Bamboo, ArgoCD, Github)
Scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
API development and integration
Database management (SQL and NoSQL)
Computer Networking / SD-WAN
System administration (Windows, RHEL, Rocky, Ubuntu)
Monitoring and logging tools (Elk stack, Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Tempo, Alloy, OTEL)
Version control systems expertise (Git)
Cybersecurity best practices (NIST, RMF, CMMC, ACAS, SAST, DAST)
Agile development methodologies
Virtualization familiarity and operability

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Intel Community (IC), and other federal government customers. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our website at www.arl.psu.edu.

BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

Notice regarding employment at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL): Employees must be eligible to obtain a government security clearance, participate in the ARL drug testing program, and comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors. ARL operates in a secure information environment involving Unclassified, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and Classified information. Personal electronic devices brought onsite must be registered and may be restricted from certain areas. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.

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Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.

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