
Student Technical Assistant, Computational Scientist/Engineer (Supercomputing Center - Group 05-99)
Lexington, MAInternship$25.5–43.5/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Student Technical Assistant will support research and development of technologies for interactive supercomputing, big data, and online educational technology. Interns study, develop, prototype, and characterize new technologies, working with a mentored team. The role offers educational opportunities and seeks motivated computational science and engineering interns interested in developing next-generation supercomputing technologies and publishing research results.
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The Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) team is a world leader in interactive supercomputing, big data technologies, and online education. Our team analyzes, architects, builds, and transitions technology, algorithms, and systems to our user base of 1000+ brilliant MIT researchers. We develop leading edge, supercomputing solutions to satisfy the Nation's most difficult problems. Our supercomputing team is completely vertically integrated and we innovate at every level of the supercomputing system from reducing the environmental impact of our systems with innovative data center technologies to collaborating with world-class cyber security experts to make our systems more resilient, from developing revolutionary programming environments to make supercomputing easier for scientists and engineers. Our supercomputing researchers publish extensively both independently and in collaboration with our users. Our team runs the largest computing conference in New England where our researchers share their research with supercomputing peers. As leading contributors, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (the largest and greenest open research data center in the World) and the MIT Lincoln Laboratory BeaverWorks, we are well-positioned to grow our capability both technically and intellectually.
Position Description
As a Student Technical Assistant, you will assist in the study, development, prototyping, and characterization of new technologies for interactive supercomputing, big data technologies, and/or online educational technology. We seek highly motivated computational science and engineering interns who want to develop the next generation of supercomputing technologies. Important skills include: parallel computing expertise; mathematical analysis of data across a range of applications; experience working with state-of-the-art systems; and a strong interest in publishing the results in a conferences and journals. Each selected intern will be mentored by a staff member and placed in a team to conduct research and development in one of the above and other related areas. Interns will participate fully in our team’s activities, which include plenty of educational opportunities including seminars, tours, etc.
Requirements: Candidates should be working towards a BS (junior year or later preferred), MS, or PHD in computational science, engineering or mathematics.
Compensation
Hourly pay rates are based on the highest academic year or degree completed.
Freshman year completed: $25.50/hour
Sophomore year completed: $27.50/hour
Junior year completed: $29.50/hour
4th year of 5-year program completed, no degree conferred: $32.50/hour
Bachelors completed: $34.50/hour
Bachelors + 1, one year of graduate study completed: $36.50/hour
Bachelors + 2, two years of graduate study completed: $38.00/hour
MS completed: $39.00/hour
MS + 1, one year of graduate study completed after the MS: $41.00/hour
MS + 2, two years of graduate study completed after the MS: $42.50/hour
MS + 3, three years of graduate study completed after the MS: $43.50/hour
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,122 open Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25.5–43.5/hr
- Massachusetts median$25–38/hr50 hourly ranges
- US median$23–30/hr1,138 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $34.50/hr, is 10% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the top quarter of Engineering Intern hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 65 open Engineering Intern jobs in Massachusetts and 2,122 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory (this employer)7 open
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- Engineering Intern postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 0 to 1 year (33 postings).
- Education
- 710 of the 2,122 open Engineering Intern jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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