This is a Summer Internship Position - it is designed to provide students with paid work opportunities within the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) while still in school. These positions are located within various offices at the NRC. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.
For more NRC Student Opportunities, please visit: NRC Student Opportunities.
This position may be non-competitively converted to a Cooperative Education Program position; however, conversions are not mandatory or guaranteed.
The majority of the internship opportunities are located at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD. There are limited engineering and science-oriented opportunities in NRC regional offices:
- REGION I-King of Prussia, PA
- REGION II-Atlanta, GA
- REGION III-Naperville, IL
- REGION IV-Arlington, TX
- Technical Training Center (TTC)-Chattanooga, TN.
The NRC views Summer Interns as our future workforce. The work performed is professional in nature within a learning environment. Internship assignments are based on the functions and tasks performed in the organization to which you are assigned, and ideally related to your academic and career goals.
This position offers training and developmental opportunities in the following areas:
- Engineering: Chemical, Computer, Civil/Structural, Electrical/Electronics, Environmental, Fire Protection, Industrial, Materials/Metallurgical, Mechanical, Nuclear/Radiological, Systems, Welding
- Physical Science: Atmospheric/Meteorology, Environmental, Geology, Hydrology, Physics, Seismology, and Health Physics (including concentrations in Radiation Biology, Waste Management, Environmental Health, Risk Communication, Radiation Chemistry, Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Ecology, Epidemiology, Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology/Technology)
- Business: Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Human Resources, Management, Marketing
- International: International Affairs, International Policy
- Emergency Management: Criminal Justice, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Security Management
- Information Management /Graphic Design: Digital Media, Graphic Design; Information Management, Library Science, Multimedia, Records Management
- Information Technology: Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Computer Science/Information Technology, Instructional System Design, Network Engineering, Information Security, Software Architecture, Low-Code/No-Code Development, Application Development
- Mathematics: Actuarial Science, Data Analytics/Science, Mathematics, Statistics
To qualify for these positions all applicants MUST currently hold and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.85 or higher, be enrolled in an accredited degree seeking program during the 2024/2025 academic year, and meet the academic criteria specified in the "Requirements" section of this vacancy.
Your pay will be determined by your degree program, duty station, GPA, and semester hours completed based on the end of the 2024/2025 academic year. However, the hourly rate of pay will be no lower than $16.95 and no higher than $39.70.
If you are an undergraduate student, your grade level will be based on the following:
To qualify for the Engineering and Science 0899/1399 series, you must:
GG-04 - Be a high school graduate with 30 to 59 semester hours of college credit.
GG-05 - Be a high school graduate with 60 or more semester hours of college credit.
To qualify for all other disciplines, you must:
GG-04 - Be a high school graduate with 30 to 89 semester hours of college credit.
GG-05 - Be a high school graduate with 90 or more semester hours of college credit.
If you are a graduate student, your grade/pay will be set based on the following:
GG-05 - Bachelors with a GPA of at least 2.85 but below 2.95 on a 4.0 scale.
GG-07 - Bachelors with a GPA of at least 2.95 on a 4.0 scale or completion of one full academic year of graduate level education.
GG-09 - Completion of two academic years of graduate level education or a master's degree or equivalent.
NOTE: The number of semester hours are based on the end of the 2024/2025 academic year (May/June 2025).
An ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Basic office automation skills with such programs Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, etc.
- Effective organizational, and oral and written communication skills suitable for a professional environment.
You MUST currently be a degree seeking student enrolled at least half-time at an accredited educational institution as defined by the U.S. Department of Education with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.85.
You must provide a copy of your "Unofficial" transcript for the degree that you are pursuing by the closing date of the vacancy announcement that notes the school you are attending, your major, and contains course titles, date of completion, number of credits, grades, cumulative grade point average (GPA), and courses currently in progress. If you fail to submit transcripts with your application by the closing date, you will be considered ineligible and will no longer be considered. "Official" transcripts will be required Fall/Winter 2024 semester and at the end of the Spring 2025 semester.