Systems Engineering Intern - Submarine Platforms - Summer 2025

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

SPA’s Sea Land Air (SLA) Division supports a diverse portfolio of national security government clients, including the Undersea Enterprise, the Navy Surface Community, the Navy MPTE Enterprise, the Army, DoD Agencies, DARPA, OSD, international clients including the Canadian Navy and Australian Defense Force.  Our primary objective is to provide timely, objective and analytic assessments that integrate the policy, operational, technical, programmatic and acquisition aspects of our clients’ challenges.

Leveraging both in-domain and cross-domain expertise to maximize our clients’ success, SLA Division acts as trusted agents to senior decision-makers and key leaders and excels at providing data driven analytic insights, systems engineering, strategies and plans that address current and emerging challenges to national security.

The Undersea Platform Analysis Group (UPAG), within the Sea, Land, Air Division, provides timely, objective, analytic assessments that integrate technical, operational, programmatic, policy and business analysis to NAVSEA Team Submarine program offices and key stakeholders surrounding submarine platform construction.  Team Submarine unifies submarine platform procurement activities, which includes the Columbia-class SSBN program (a Major Defense Acquisition Program and the Navy’s top acquisition priority), the Virginia-class SSN program and the new SSN-X program (developing the next generation attack submarine), to bring improved capabilities to our undersea forces.  Analysts and Engineers supporting Team Submarine will continue SPA’s decades of support to the SSBN force, as well as supporting oversight of cutting-edge attack submarine construction, assisting in developing the design requirements for the SSN platform of the future, and helping plan and execute new and innovative strategies to strengthen the critical submarine shipbuilding industrial base. These are high-profile, major acquisition and manufacturing programs of significant importance to the future capabilities of the US Navy in an era of renewed strategic competition.

Timeline for intern selection: 

• Applications can be submitted and will be reviewed until 15 November 2024.
• Interviews will be ongoing and conclude by 13 December 2024.
• Offers/decisions will be extended by 20 December.

Learn and gain experience through providing analytic and management analysis support for important Navy acquisition activities. Duties will include exposure to and participation in policy and program research, light data analysis, and development of presentations for senior leadership, focusing on undersea platforms and strategic deterrent activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Working toward a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Data Science, Operations Research or other technical or programmatic field
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to synthesize data and communicate succinctly and clearly via written and verbal means
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to communicate to decision makers
• US Citizenship required, and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

Desired Qualifications: 

• Proactive interest in learning new skills and engaging new challenges.
• Strong customer service skills, with interest in proactively anticipating and addressing client needs.