Great location, coworkers were nice, they treat and pay their interns very well
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Test Engineering Intern
May 2018 • Charlottesville, VA
What I liked
The work was interesting and gave me great experience in a variety of subject matter, including hydrostatic, shock, and software testing.
What I wish was different
The work itself was intermittent, but that was just by coincidence. I am coming back next summer to Northrop, regardless!
Advice
Northrop is a great company with a lot of great opportunities for interns and graduates. They do a lot of cool work, and I think they have helped me a lot.
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Technical Intern
June - August 2018 • Rolling Meadows, IL
What I liked
Working on real, applicable products with a flexible work schedule. There are definitely some cool things going on at the company.
What I wish was different
The work can get a bit dry, and the building is bland and boring with no windows.
Advice
Manager involvement is a hit or miss. If you feel like you don't have enough to do or would like to work in another area, speak up.
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Software Engineering Intern
June - September 2018 • San Diego, CA
What I liked
I was granted a lot of autonomy with my project; my manager gave me a task without many instructions and I was able to complete it to the best of my ability and with my own discretion. We worked in an agile environment, with tri-weekly scrums and meetings. The company offers a lot of resources to interns and I was actually able to fly in the company plane 2 times for other site tours!
What I wish was different
I wasn't granted much time/opportunity for socializing with other interns, so I would have been appreciative of planned socials or intern group work.
Advice
Definitely participate in at least on intern special project! These are specific projects that management sets aside solely for intern groups to work on, under the advisory of a mentor. They are extremely interesting (I worked with Virtual Reality equipment for the first time), and you often don't need any specialized experience to participate in a project.
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Software Engineering Intern
May - September 2018 • McLean, VA
What I liked
Very flexible hours, interesting projects, nice team members.
What I wish was different
A little slow-paced; occasionally found myself with no tasks left. Also, would like to see more intern events (that aren't just watching company executive talks).
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Electrical Lab Summer Intern
May - August 2018 • Bethpage, NY
What I liked
Great working environment. Friendly employees and good pay.
What I wish was different
More involved projects for interns, had summer employees doing a lot of busy work.
Advice
Seek your own opportunities and be ambitious about finding work to do.
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security operations/infrastructure support intern
June - August 2018 • Richmond, VA
What I liked
I liked how willing employees were to assist you and provide you with the resources you need. There were many opportunities to get involved and build your network!
What I wish was different
N/A
Advice
Ask others what they need help with!
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College Technical Intern
May 2018 • Huntsville, AL
What I liked
Good pay, Everyone is really nice, people at this company really care about what they do.
What I wish was different
Not the best organization of their internship program
Advice
Be patient and speak up if you don't like where you get placed, they will do their best to move you to somewhere you want to be.
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Engineering Intern
June - August 2018 • Commerce, CA
What I liked
The company atmosphere was very welcoming. I was always busy and tasked with projects that were very beneficial to my future career.
What I wish was different
I wish my boss and the assistant boss were giving me the same instructions. They often contradicted each other which led me to make several 'mistakes'.
Advice
Be open to doing anything. Keep an open mind and positive attitude.
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Software Engineering Intern
January - August 2018 • Baltimore, MD
What I liked
I felt that the work I was doing was meaningful and could directly see the benefits of my work. Also, I was able to interact with upper management regularly and easily if I had any problems. The environment at Northrop is very welcoming as nobody expects you to know everything and you can ask people for help if you need it.
What I wish was different
I wish that there was more senior developers on the team I worked on. For the last 6 months of the co-op I was the senior developer of the team. Also, I wish their return offer process was more flexible and the offer respond by date was longer as I had a week to respond to it.
Advice
Don't be afraid to take on more/ different responsibilities as that is how you grow both professionally and personally.
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Software Intern
June - August 2018 • Rolling Meadows, IL
What I liked
Employees very involved and helpful.
Got to work on a real project and learned about new technologies.
Good work-life balance
What I wish was different
You don't work with other interns. Typically work with other employees or on your own. Everyday is pretty similar.
Advice
Average age at the company is pretty high. You don't get your clearance the first summer usually.
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Fault Management Systems Engineering Intern
June - August 2018 • Redondo Beach, CA
What I liked
I enjoyed learning about space vehicle design and python. I also liked all of the people I worked with, as well as the 9/80 schedule.
What I wish was different
I wish that I had a security clearance and that I was doing more hardware-based work.
Advice
Don't be afraid to reach out and ask questions because everyone is more than willing to help you out.
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Business Management Intern
June - August 2018 • San Diego, CA
What I liked
Being treated like an actual employee. Working with some of the brightest minds in the defense contracting industry. Given actual, meaningful work.
What I wish was different
Been offered an engineering position, as that is the field I am majoring in.
Advice
Network. Take advantage of getting to know people on the job, create relationships that might lead to a real career one day.
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Facilities
June - August 2018 • Palmdale, CA
What I liked
The people and the environment
What I wish was different
knowledge of rotation program; other options for civil engineering students in addition to facilities
Advice
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Flight Sciences and Test Engineering Intern
June - August 2018 • Sierra Vista, AZ
What I liked
I liked that I worked on a UAV program and could follow the testing procedures from inception to execution. I also liked that I went to the flight line and saw the UAV's flying during test operations.
What I wish was different
For my returning internship, I hope to gain more experience at the flight line and working more with the data acquisition system.
Advice
My advice is to always keep and open mind and take whatever comes your way. There is no telling what interesting opportunity will arrive.
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GMD Commuication Network Hardware Group
September 2017 • Huntsville, AL
What I liked
Very hands on and fun people to work with. They gave me everything I needed as far as a Security Clearance and training and gave me several cool opportunities one of which I get to travel for.
What I wish was different
I wish I had known more about networking and network security before getting here, but it has been very interesting to learn as I go along.
Advice
Study up on communication networks and Ground System Missile Defense as a whole. There are tons of opportunities there.
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Technical Intern
June - August 2017 • Redondo Beach, CA
What I liked
I got to work on some pretty cool new technologies.
What I wish was different
The company cultures is definitely put your shoulder to the wheel.
Advice
Ask for help. There are tons of people perfectly willing to help you.
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Manufacturing Engineering Intern
January 2017 • Ogden, UT
What I liked
I was doing real engineering work. I was not sitting behind a desk trying to rewrite process orders for the shop floor. I feel like I have so much more experience under my belt becuase of this!
What I wish was different
I wish there were more manufacturing engineers. We are often swamped with work so that can be hard to deal with while trying to graduate.
Advice
Do a co-op internship! A co op internship can give you so much more experience and employers really care about your schooling so it's much easier to get time off and make a decent wage while going to school.
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Software Engineering Intern
June - September 2017 • Herndon, VA
What I liked
Learned a lot about software development lifecycle. Management was very flexible, other interns were friendly. Good company culture! Learned a lot of practical computer science skills.
What I wish was different
Onboarding process was a bit tedious.
Advice
Ask for things to do!
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Communication Systems Engineering Intern
June - August 2017 • El Segundo, CA
What I liked
Relaxed learning environment, cool projects.
What I wish was different
Wish there was less routine and more interaction, sometimes being in a cubicle is not the most fun thing.
Advice
Find what type of worker you are, whether you enjoy a lab environment or an office environment, whether you like interacting with others or not. All those factors should determine which job you want to attain (or whether you want to go to graduate school and perhaps work afterwards or pursue academia).
