Students
Whether you’re a high school student, in college pursuing your undergraduate degree, or enrolled in a graduate program, NSWC Crane’s Student Internship Programs provide opportunities for you to gain work experience while supporting the Warfighter.
Explore the incredible range of opportunities available in the federal government in an area related to your academic career goals or field of study. Explore our varied career paths available to students including Engineering, Scientists, Computer Scientists, Information Technology, and Business (Finance, Contracts, Human Resources, and Logistics).
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)
SEAP is a paid internship program that provides an opportunity for students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of SEAP are to encourage participating students to pursue science and engineering careers, to further their education via mentoring by laboratory personnel and their participation in research, and to make them aware of DoN research and technology efforts, which can lead to employment within the DoN. Participating students spend eight weeks during the summer doing research at one of 25 DoN laboratories.
COLLEGE PROGRAMS
STEM Student Employment Program (SSEP)
This is a paid internship program for undergraduate and graduate degree seeking students enrolled in STEM majors. Students gain work experience directly related to an academic field of study, and an opportunity for conversion to a permanent employee upon completion of the program. Applications are accepted year-round.
Professional, Administrative, Assistant, Clerical and Technician Student Employment Program (PAACTSEP)
This is a paid internship program for undergraduate and graduate degree seeking students interested in Administrative/Technical and General Support positions. Students gain work experience directly related to an academic field of study, and an opportunity for conversion to a permanent employee upon completion of the program. Applications are accepted year-round.
The DCTC program operates through collaboration between the DoD & academia. The Defense Civilian Training Corps will educate and develop exceptional scholars to become digitally literate future leaders, capable of collaborating across disciplines and with the private sector to procure and protect strategically significant technologies.
Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
The SMART Scholarship for Service Program is an opportunity for students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines to receive a full scholarship and be gainfully employed upon degree completion. Crane selects several SMART applicants each year.
Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP)
NREIP is a paid internship program that provides an opportunity for students to participate in research at a Department of Navy (DoN) laboratory during the summer. The goals of NREIP are to encourage participating students to pursue science and engineering careers, to further education via mentoring by laboratory personnel and their participation in research, and to make them aware of DoN research and technology efforts, which can lead to employment within the DoN. Participating students spend 10 weeks during the summer conducting research at one of 29 DoN laboratories
X-Force Fellowship
The X-Force Fellowship is a summer program that provides student technologists and entrepreneurs a chance to serve their country by solving real-world national security problems in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The fellowship is a 10-week, full-time (40 hours per week), paid opportunity where multidisciplinary student teams bring unconventional thinking and novel approaches to building solutions as embedded fellows within military commands.
The Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC)
The NEEC program cultivates a world-class naval engineering workforce through student participation in project-based research conducted at colleges and universities. Directed by NAVSEA Warfare Center headquarters and implemented at ten Divisions across the country, NEEC projects target the Navy’s most relevant technology needs.
The three primary objectives of NEEC are to:
• Acquire academic research results and products to resolve Naval technology challenges
• Hire college graduates with Naval engineering research and development (R&D) experience into the NAVSEA workforce (Bachelor's, Master's and PHD degrees)
• Develop/continue exceptional working relationships with Naval engineering colleges, universities, professors & academics
How to join: Formal NEEC partnerships are established via grants that define Naval-related projects with student participation. The grant process initiated by a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) provides a way for our technical workforce to connect with expertise and students (as potential employees) at the academic institution. The NEEC BAA is posted in the fall on grants.gov.
Consortium Partners: In addition to the ten NAVSEA Warfare Center Divisions, with potential to include other Navy commands, NEEC is comprised of more than 40 academic institutions. To view our partnering institutions please visit: NEEC Academic Institutions (navy.mil)
Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
The WRP is a recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to prove their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs. Annually, trained WRP recruiters from federal agencies conduct personal interviews with interested candidates on college and university campuses across the country. Candidates represent all majors, and range from college freshmen to graduate students and law students. Information from these candidate interviews is compiled in a searchable database that is available through this website to federal Human Resources Specialists, Equal Employment Opportunity Specialists, and other hiring officials in federal agencies.
If you have further questions, please email us at crane_recuiting@navy.mil