Future Capabilities & Strategy Intern, Summer 2027

Job Description
In this position, you will participate in BAE Systems' nationwide LEAP Internship & Co-op Program, where you will Learn, Engage, Apply, and Progress within the company. The LEAP Program will provide you with the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals on impactful projects, engage in career development opportunities, and network with our business leaders and the other students in the program.
The Future Capabilities team is seeking a motivated college undergraduate or graduate student who can contribute to various technical assignments and communicate effectively with peers, technical experts, and government customers. You will work across the company to understand future customer needs, engage with proposal teams to support their strategies, build strategic roadmaps and assess market trends.
The Strategic Operations (StratOps) Strategic Capabilities Unit, consists of Washington DC Operations, Marketing & Communications and Strategic Development. The StratOps team promotes and elevates the business within our markets, works with customers and industry to influence and drive growth and facilitate collaboration across the business enterprise to increase opportunities.
What You'll Do:

• Drive strategic initiatives to deliver strategic plans and roadmaps to leadership and mission areas exploring new markets or recommending future paths in current markets. This includes collaborating with teams of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Strategic Operations.
• Assess market space for advanced technology Customer Research & Development (CRAD) opportunities for both prime and sub roles and help position BAE to successfully bid to those opportunities.
• Help develop opportunity and capability roadmaps and market assessments to position BAE for future opportunities.
• Support strategic initiative teams exploring new markets or strengthening BAE position in existing mission areas.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to support market assessments, customer needs studies, and long range planning.
• Collaborate with Independent Research & Development (IRAD) Principle Investigators (PIs) and technical teams to ensure mission insights drive architectural and investment decisions.
• Support business planning activities.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

Hourly Rate: $26.50 - $37.75
Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Must have completed your sophomore or junior year and be enrolled in a degree program for the fall of 2027. We will also accept students enrolled in a graduate degree program.
• Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Exposure to or experience with relevant NASA, Department of War, Intelligence Community, or other U.S. Government mission areas (e.g., space missions, air missions, remote sensing, electronic warfare, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, missile defense, command control communication, civil science, etc.).
• STEM majors or students with a technical background
• Comfort working in an exploratory, iterative, and sometimes unstructured environment.
• Ability to quickly grasp advanced technical concepts, whether it's a new quantum sensing approach or the latest application of Large Language Models (LLMs) in software development.
• Curiosity and a proactive approach to learning.
• Clear communicator with a collaborative mindset.

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Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• An active security clearance is desirable but not required.
• Rising seniors and graduate students preferred

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $49592 - $68993
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.
About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.