The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a not-for-profit corporation that operates three Federally-Funded Research and Development Centers serving the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Office of Test and Evaluation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other Federal Agencies.

We provide our clients with research, studies, and evaluations on issues of national importance relating to the acquisition process by which the services purchase weapons systems. We are funded by the non-service elements within the Department of Defense, so that we can address issues which cut across service lines, and can study service programs without the appearance of a conflict of interest. We also support the Executive Office with studies on topics important to the White House policy makers.

Our role is to provide a reliable source of research, technical evaluations, and policy oriented studies which are independent of outside influences. However, our purpose is to stress the technical aspects of issues which have policy implications. While we are not usually involved with scientific research in the traditional laboratory sense, our work is mostly theoretical and computational research. As a result, we desire to attract individuals who have a past record of successful research. We find that technical competence is extremely important in our ability to address system level studies. Individuals with broad technical interests who are willing to consider non-traditional positions should find a career at IDA of interest. We have a history of developing engineering, mathematical and physical scientists into defense analysts.

And for our summer interns we provide an opportunity to try this type of career, and at the same time, to sample the many wonderful sights and sounds of our nation's capital.

Job Application Instructions:

The IDA Summer Intern Program provides students unique opportunity to use their quantitative and analytic skills to work on challenging real-world national security issues. Each year, IDA hires paid student interns at its Virginia and Washington, DC, facilities to work for approximately 10-12 weeks during the summer months. For local students, there are a few opportunities to continue through the year on a part-time basis.

We seek both undergraduate (rising seniors only) and graduate students with strong GPAs (3.3 or above) in a variety of disciplines including chemistry, physics, aero/astro eng, mechanical or electrical eng, materials sci/eng, computer sci/eng, information technology, mathematics, statistics, operations research, finance & economics. We are also interested in students in policy or international relations as well as social or behvioral sciences, provided that they also have significant quanitative skills.

Applicants who are selected will be subject to a security investigation and must be eligible for access to classified information. U.S. citizenship is required.

We accept applications for the summer internship program each year from January to mid May. If you would like to apply, please send your resume with cover letter to (specify your interest in the Intern Program): resumes@ida.org or fax: 240-282-8314

Contact:	Human Resources Institute for Defense Analyses 4850 Mark Center Drive Alexandria, VA, United States 22311
FAX:	240-282-8314
Email:	resumes@ida.org
WWW:	http://www.ida.org

Jobs:

2008 Summer Intern