Systems Engineering Intern

The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health is seeking a Systems Engineering - Intern to work REMOTELY and support its $4.6B single award DHMSM IDIQ contract, known as MHS GENESIS. This highly visible program provides modernization of Electronic Health Records (EHR) capabilities for the Department of Defense, supporting nearly 10 million service members and their families worldwide. While every healthcare system is addressing quality, user experience and cost, the MHS GENESIS program has the added challenge of delivering these objectives within the DOD security environment, at the DOD’s global scale, all while supporting the Defense Health Agency (DHA)’s vision of a medically ready force ─ which is essential to our national defense.   

Leidos offers over 900 internships and 800 entry level positions annually! Consider joining our team to help tackle the biggest problems in defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health today and tomorrow. With over 400 locations in the U.S., you will be helping to fuel the future and provide answers in a complicated world. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Assist the DHMSM engineering team in requirements analysis, integration, testing, performance management, and operations support for the MHS GENESIS system. Develop understanding of IT systems, development, integration and test methodologies. Identify and document critical sustainment processes and procedures.

SCOPE: Under general supervision, performs a wide variety of duties in support of technical or administrative assignments using established procedures. May assist in the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of proposals with supervision. May also participate in activities in support of multiple projects. May independently perform work as assigned by Management. Employee may have autonomy for an assigned area or responsibility within a function.

PROBLEM COMPLEXITY: Works on problems of moderately diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

IMPACT: Personal judgment and performance may significantly affect the cost, schedule and quality of individual projects. Decisions or failure to achieve results may cause delays in schedules.

LIAISON: Interacts daily with supervisor, peer groups. May have (limited) interaction with customers. Interaction normally involves exchange or presentation of factual information.

FREEDOM TO ACT: Normally receives no instruction on routine work, little instruction on new assignments.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS AND ABILITY: Requires working knowledge of business fundamentals and the creation of a course of action in preventing and solving problems which require conducting research, conceiving new …