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The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the Army's principal materiel developer. AMC works closely with industry and other government agencies to develop, buy, and maintain sophisticated weapon systems.
AMC also conducts advanced research in such areas as lasers, communications, information technology, electronics, and aerospace, and the day-to-day maintenance of equipment and distribution of spare parts. As an AMC career intern, you will be part of a workforce that includes more than 60,000 civilian and military employees -- over a quarter of the civilians working for the Army. AMC employees work in about 250 locations worldwide, in more than 40 states and a dozen foreign countries.
AMC is a big business. It manages inventory accounts worth tens of billions of dollars as well as a billion-dollar research and development budget, and ranks in business volume among the top ten corporations in the United States.
AMC also handles diverse operations that have far reaching impacts beyond the Army. For example,
AMC:
- Acquires the ammunition for all the U.S. military services
- Manages the multi-billion dollar business of selling Army equipment and services to friends and allies of the United States
- Negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapon systems by foreign nations.
AMC also participates in many humanitarian and disaster relief efforts both at home and abroad. Besides providing equipment and supplies, AMC establishes and manages distribution centers in the affected areas to expedite getting badly needed supplies to victims.
AMC stands for quality in all it does. Its driving force is service to the soldier. From helmets to helicopters, AMC supports every soldier in every unit every day.
When determining what direction to take in your professional life, today's marketplace can be pretty confusing. Most likely your idea of the "right job" is one that challenges you to do your best work, rewards your efforts with recognition, has a clear path for advancement, and gives you a chance to use what you've learned.
The U.S. Army Materiel Command offers exciting and rewarding jobs throughout the United States. These jobs can lead to continuing career opportunities at all levels of the Army, from arsenals, depots, and forts, to command headquarters and the Pentagon.
The AMC Career Intern Program is open to graduates of accredited colleges and universities seeking entry level career development positions. The AMC Intern Program offers demanding yet rewarding training and a clear progression pattern.
The training programs vary from 18 months to three years. Full pay and benefits are provided while in training. Qualifications and requirements include:
- Engineers - must have a BA/BS degree in an engineering discipline.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Willing to relocate nationwide.
Eligibility is determined based on guidelines established by the Office of Personnel Management. AMC is an equal opportunity employer.
AMC is proud of its accomplishments and its contributions to national defense. We seek individuals who wish to apply their talents to a career that is challenging, rewarding, and of a direct benefit to our nation.
The U.S. Civil Service offers benefits that are competitive with most large private companies. Interns are full-time employees and receive the same benefits as their co-workers:
- 10 paid holidays a year.
- Competitive salaries.
- Vacation - Federal employees earn annual leave hours for each pay period they work. Initially, 13 days of annual leave are earned and over time, the accrual rate evolves to 26 days. The amount of annual leave earned is based on how long the employee has worked for the federal government. Annual leave may be used as it is earned.
- Sick Leave - Federal employees earn 4 hours of sick leave for each pay period they work. While there is a fixed rate of accrual, there is no limit to the amount of sick leave that may be accumulated.
- Life Insurance - Low cost term life insurance is automatically provided to all permanent federal employees unless the employee waives coverage. Family coverage is optional.
- Health Insurance - Federal employees and their families are eligible for group health benefits where the government pays the majority of the costs.
- Promotions - Interns are promoted annually, provided that training requirements are met.
- Retirement - Federal employees are covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), a three-tiered retirement plan that includes Social Security, a basic benefit plan, and an optional thrift savings plan.
AMC hires many types of engineering interns:
- Research
- Systems Development Engineering
- Production Engineering
- Quality/Product Assurance Engineering
- Test and Evaluation Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Logistics Engineering.
Science interns are typically those specializing in the physical, mathematical, and computer sciences, reflecting the scientific disciplines most needed in AMC research and development efforts. Physical scientists constitute the majority of the total AMC scientific workforce followed by mathematicians and computer scientists. Within the physical sciences, chemistry and physics are the major disciplines, while most of the mathematicians and computer scientists are operations research/systems analysts.
To a lesser degree, AMC has a need for science interns in many other disciplines:
- Clothing Design
- Geography
- Psychology
- General Biological Science
- Microbiology
- Pharmacology
- Ecology
- Zoology
- Physiology
- Entomology
- Botany
- Plant Physiology
- Horticulture
- Animal Science
- Home Economics
- Health Physics
- Geophysics
- Metallurgy
- Meteorology
- Food Technology
- Textile Technology.
AMC engineering and science interns acquire technical and work-related skills through both formal classroom and on-the-job training. Total time spent in training varies from 18-24 months. During this time, there is a planned progression and advancement program that offers opportunities for promotion, travel, and challenging job assignments.
All interns begin their training at their work site. Leadership and Army orientation courses (which include field experience) and extensive functional and acquisition courses at service schools complement on-the-job training.
The AMC Intern Program provides the education and training so that each intern develops the advanced skills, knowledge, and abilities for successful performance at the journeyman level. The Intern Program provides each intern with knowledge of:
- The mission of the local command and how the local command fulfills this mission.
- How the Army and the Department of Defense operate as well as a thorough understanding of Army structure, command, planning, budgeting, and management.
- Army acquisition -- how the Army develops, acquires, and supports weapon systems and materials.
- The functional areas selected for specialization.
Civilian engineers perform diverse engineering tasks based on the discipline selected and as described in the following paragraphs.
Research engineers apply engineering principles through modeling, simulation, and experimentation to establish the feasibility and practicality of concepts, designs, materials, and operations. The goal of research engineers is to acquire in-depth knowledge in their areas of engineering expertise and to be innovative when focusing this knowledge to achieve present and future materiel needs of the Army. Research engineers are generally involved in applied research -- projects that seek to discover new knowledge that has specific military objectives with respect to either products or processes.
Systems Development engineers systematically use the concepts, knowledge, and understanding gained from applied research, drawing on innovative design principles and rigorous engineering calculations to develop systems, methods, materials, and devices useful to the Army. Systems development engineers design and develop prototypes and processes. They are challenged to exploit new materials and technologies and develop a superior system that will benefit the soldier and achieve domination of the battlefield.
Production engineers apply engineering procedures to the manufacturing process and to the methods of production of military equipment and materiel. They plan the practices of manufacturing; research and develop the tools, processes, machines, and equipment required; and integrate the facilities and systems for producing quality products economically.
Production engineers perform the studies and activities involved in planning and selecting the methods of manufacture; developing equipment for manufacturing; and performing research and development to improve the efficiency of established manufacturing techniques and to develop new ones.
Logistics engineers are involved with the design and support of military systems, including missiles, electronics, tank/automotive, aviation, and conventional weapons.
The ultimate goal of logistics engineering is to influence the design and support of these systems to reduce operating and maintenance costs and improve equipment readiness. To achieve this goal, the logistics engineer must be trained to establish rapport with the designer, intelligently deal with alternative design approaches, and understand the design criteria and parameters that may limit the extent to which desired maintainability goals can be achieved.
The successful logistics engineer plays a vital role in design and development that will result in systems e capable of fulfilling their mission, and that will do so with high levels of reliability and with minimized support requirements.
Maintainability engineers are involved with the design and support of various types of systems, including missiles, electronics, tank/automotive, aviation, and conventional and nuclear weapons systems. The ultimate goal of maintainability is to influence the design and support of these systems to reduce operating and maintenance costs and improve equipment readiness. To achieve this goal, the maintainability engineer must be trained to establish rapport with the designer, intelligently deal with alternative design approaches, and understand the design criteria and parameters that may limit the extent to which desired maintainability goals can be achieved.
The successful maintainability engineer plays a vital role in design and development, resulting in systems that are capable of fulfilling their mission, and achieving high levels of reliability with minimized support requirements.
In addition to the core classes listed previously, the maintainability engineering program includes:
- Advanced Test Design and Evaluation
- Test and Evaluation Laboratory
- Current Topics in Test and Evaluation
- Test and Evaluation Management
- Software Test and Evaluation
- Test and Evaluation Research Project
- System Effectiveness Evaluation
- Test Engineering.
Scientists and engineers with strong backgrounds in operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, or science can qualify as an operation research analysis intern. An operations research analyst employs mathematical modeling, statistical techniques, and scientific inquiry to analyze and resolve operational problems.
Analytical studies may involve management and marketing problems, industrial processes, system design, or other specialized fields. The primary requirement of operations research work is competence in the rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis rather than in the subject matter of the problem.
Product/production engineering requires the application of engineering procedures to the manufacturing processes and methods of production of industrial commodities and products. Product/production engineers plan the practices of manufacturing to develop the tools, processes, machines, and equipment required and to integrate the facilities and systems for producing quality products economically. This discipline embraces the studies and activities involved in the planning and selection of the methods of manufacture, the development of equipment for manufacturing, and research and development to improve the efficiency of established manufacturing techniques and to develop new ones.
Some of the major duties of product/production engineers are:
- Perform feasibility studies for the manufacture of new or different products for the possible integration of new items into existing facilities.
- Prepare economic feasibility for acquiring machinery, tools, and equipment for new products and processes.
- Act as technical advisor and evaluate new project requests.
- Perform product engineering to improve quality, reliability, producibility, and maintainability.
- Conduct studies on the improvement of existing layout, procedures, tooling, equipment, and product plans.
- Perform value analysis and cost control relating to manufacturing methods and procedures.
- Participate in research and development of new production methods.
- Plan for production base support to assure production capability of necessary material to meet full mobilization requirements.
- Monitor production of items to ensure proper operation and maintenance of equipment and efficiency of components used.
- Maintain production control to assure compliance with scheduling.
- Interact with designers to ensure that new weapon systems can be produced effectively and efficiently.
In addition to core classes listed previously, the product/production engineering program includes:
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Automated Assembly
- Pollution Prevention Engineering
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing Tools
- Product/Production Engineering
- Research Project
- Electronic/Polymeric Materials and Production Processes
- Production Engineering Programs
- Materials and Primary Production
- Production Systems Design.
Quality/product assurance engineers assure that the equipment, material, and systems developed or procured by AMC conform to performance standards.
These engineers are involved with material acquisition and management with emphasis placed on equipment life cycles and the relationship to product assurance and testing. Other areas of involvement are:
- Development and implementation of plans and procedures to meet quality assurance objectives.
- Application of quantitative reliability analysis techniques used in engineering design.
- Maintainability analysis related to product quality assurance.
- Statistical model-building technology to design and evaluate tests.
- The interrelationship and evaluation of development and operational tests.
- Statistical methods used in industrial quality control.
Software engineers develop software by applying a comprehensive set of design measures, strategies, technical tools, and programming languages. Software engineering for mission-critical computer resource systems increases in complexity and sophistication as more advanced and highly integrated systems are introduced.
Test and evaluation engineers apply scientific and engineering principles in the evaluation of state-of-the-art systems and equipment. These engineers focus on three major areas: Test engineering and management, statistical test design and analysis, and software engineering and control systems.
Test and evaluation is an integral part of all developmental efforts. Major duties of the test and evaluation engineer include:
- Serve as a member of acquisition team and test integration working groups to assure the proper integration of system testing and evaluation.
- Participate in the development of test and evaluation master plans, independent evaluation plans, test design plans, and detailed test plans.
- Participate in translating technical system requirements into test and evaluation issues.
- Participate in failure scoring conferences and design reviews.
Intern Vacancies
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How to Apply
Submit your resume and official college transcripts to:
North Central CPOC
ACTEDS Intern Office
ATTN: SAMR-CP-NCF
Building 102
1 Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island, IL 61299-7650
For further information/queries please contact:
Victor Gallegos, AMC Civilian Careers Recruiter
Telephone: 703-806-8163
Pam Myers, AMC Civilian Careers Recruiter
Telephone: 703-806-9753
The U.S. Army Materiel Command is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified and eligible applicants receive consideration without regard to political, religious, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, gender, national origin, nondisqualifying physical handicap, or age, or any other non-merit factor.
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