NASA Ames Internship Opportunity

[Cory]

NASA Ames Research Center is proud to offer a robotics internship for 2nd year or higher college students. This student will work primarily with FRC Team 1868. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via private message.

Job Title: Robotics Lab Intern
Location: NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) - Mountain View, CA
Duration: Part Time ~ 8 months (~20+ hours a week, October - May)

Responsibilities :

The candidate will be responsible for working with an all Girl Scout High School
Robotics Team and assisting the various other high school based robotics teams who
work in the NASA ARC Robotics Lab. In addition the candidate will be working closely
with volunteer engineering mentors and student and adult team leaders. The teams are
part of FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

Responsibilities also include:

Providing students with guidance on component and system design
Training and assisting students in use of tools and equipment
Assisting in the manufacturing of parts for robots
Enforcing all NASA safety regulations in the Robotics Lab
● Ensuring continued cleanliness and organization of workspace, part and material
storage, and equipment
● Ensuring timely progress is maintained towards completion of robots and other
associated tasks

Preferred Qualifications:

Technical Background
○ Ability to use and instruct in the use of:
■ Hand tools
■ Power tools
■ Machine tools (mill/lathe/drill press/bandsaws, etc)
■ Soldering irons
○ Ability to use CAD/CAM software. Solidworks and MasterCAM experience
preferred.
○ Knowledge of CNC mill programming/setup. Haas experience preferred.
○ Understanding of the basic physics related to gear ratios, force,
acceleration, and friction
○ Understanding of DC motors and simple electronic sensors and systems
○ General mechanical design and system understanding.
○ Previous experience in FIRST Robotics, FSAE(Formula Society of
Automotive Engineers Design Competition), Mini Baja, or similar programs
highly desired.

Attributes
○ Organized
○ Well spoken and communicative
○ Safety Conscious
○ Ability to work under pressure and meet short deadlines
○ Ability to work with students of varying technical abilities
○ Proactive and self-motivated
● Additional Qualifications
○ Candidate must be a US Citizen to work as a NASA Associate
○ Background screening required
○ College sophomore status or higher
○ Ability to work late afternoons/evenings and some weekends
■ Job requires 20 hours per week except in robot build season
(January through February) which will be 40 hours.
■ Additional paid hours optional during build season ( per agreed
limit)
■ Opportunity to travel with teams to regional competitions and
championships

To apply, visit http://eap.usra.edu/ and click "apply now". You must create a profile and choose "robotics lab intern" from the drop down menu.

[Josh Fox]

If I were a college sophomore I'd be all over this in an instant. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity, hope it works out great for whoever gets it!

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Josh Fox

If I were a college sophomore I'd be all over this in an instant. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity, hope it works out great for whoever gets it!

Haha, I was thinking to myself, "So FRC IS a real job!"

[Cory]

There was an inquiry as to whether this is a paid position. In case the job description is not clear, it is paid.

[Chris is me]

This is something I'll definitely have to think about. Thanks for posting this and letting us know about the opportunity.

[mplanchard]

This is an amazing opportunity for any intern. NASA Ames is an amazing SolidWorks customer creating wind tunnels and many other projects - if any member of Chief Delphi receives this intership, I will send you a Student Edition of SolidWorks for your own use to help prepare and also help you with your certification exam. Just send me a private message. Marie

[Triple B]

It sure would be awesome, I wish I could intern @ AMES.
mike d

[James Tonthat]

Is this from October 2011 till May 2012?

Edit: Whoops, it's from October 2010 till May 2011