Internships

More than 200 undergraduate and graduate students from universities and military academies from across the country participate in the Laboratory's Summer Research Program each year. Interns must be US citizens.
200 students gather in the lobby of Lincoln Laboratory to celebrate the beginning of their summer-long internship at Lincoln Laboratory.
DYK Summer internship jobs for college students are posted as early as January and February.

All Lincoln Laboratory internships offer a paid position that lasts from 4 weeks to 3 months with work in a technical field that complements the student’s course of study. Work will be performed at the Lexington site. Housing is provided on MIT campus. Transportation between MIT campus and Lincoln Laboratory is provided.

Student interns at Lincoln Laboratory perform hands-on work on real projects, learn from national experts in STEM fields, access the Laboratory's state-of-the-art resources, and present their research results at the end of the summer.

Upcoming Opportunities

A group of interns pose in the Lincoln Lab lobby

MIT Internships:

  • MIT Research Assistantships – Working with Lincoln Laboratory engineers and scientists, MIT graduate students contribute to sponsored programs while investigating the questions that evolve into their doctoral theses.
  • MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) – MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program cultivates research partnerships between MIT undergraduates and faculty, offering students the chance to work on cutting-edge research and participate in each phase of standard research activity.
  • MIT’s Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) – Part of this full-year program for MIT sophomores is a 10- to 12-week internship in industry, government, or a nonprofit institution. Lincoln Laboratory collaborates with MIT to host UPOP interns.
Summer research interns help to build the MicroMAS CubeSat to demonstrate microwave sounding of the atmosphere from a miniature satellite about the size of a loaf of bread.

Lincoln Laboratory Internships:

  • Summer Research Program – Each summer, Lincoln Laboratory offers undergraduate and graduate students the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a leading-edge research environment.
  • Marshallese IT Internship Program – Kwajalein Field Site staff lead a 10-week summer internship for residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  • Co-op Education Program – Lincoln Laboratory employs students from MIT, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and other area universities as full-time co-ops throughout the year.
  • For other internships held at Lincoln Laboratory, see the Laboratory’s Student Opportunities page.
A group of seven high-school students in the Beaver Works Summer Institute program listen intently to a college-aged teacher's assistant explains an engineering concept. The teacher's assistant has his laptop open and facing the students to help them understand how the concept is applied to creating their project.

BWSI Internships

  • BWSI Teaching Assistantships - Undergraduate and graduate students support the Beaver Works Summer Institute by serving as TAs during fall, spring, summer, or challenge programs, helping high school students engage in hands-on projects in national STEM research areas while gaining valuable teaching, mentoring, and leadership experience. All BWSI job postings can be found at https://app.joinhandshake.com/login.
ROTC cadet Viet Tran worked in the Laboratory’s Homeland Sensors and Analytics Group developing docking systems for autonomous vehicles through the military summer internship program.

Military Internships:

Beaver Works and Lincoln Laboratory offer unique opportunities for service members to further their career by contributing to cutting-edge research that addresses the most pressing challenges in defense and national security. Lincoln Laboratory's military programs include:

  • Military fellowships
  • Space tactics internships
  • Courses for Naval War College students
  • Apprenticeships and internships through Skillbridge, a Department of Defense program connecting active duty personnel with jobs and skills training in civilian career areas.
  • For more about military internships, see Lincoln Laboratory's Military Programs page page.
A young woman works on the internal wiring on a CLAIRITY node.

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