Summer 2025 Barrios Intern - Patti Grace Smith Fellow

Barrios Technology is seeking a Patti Grace Smith Fellow to join our Summer 2024 Internship Program. The Barrios Internship Program provides support to NASA Human Spaceflight Programs: the International Space Station (ISS), Commercial Crew Program (CCP), Gateway, Orion, and Commercial LEO Development Program (CLDP), as well as Commercial Spaceflight initiatives at our Corporate office at Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX).

Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance. 

Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System. 

The Patti Grace Smith Fellow will:

• Support to ISS, Gateway, Orion, or CLDP boards and panels, ISS Increment systems and payload planning and execution, cargo manifesting, resource and requirement management, and strategic through execute level research planning.
• Create Data Analytic solutions supporting cross program integration.
• Support IT teams for application development projects.
• Support to Commercial Spaceflight projects in the Barrios corporate office.
• Support data analysis, integration and presentation, problem resolution, strategic and programmatic assessments, process improvements and continued innovation, tool development, project management, and systems and project engineering.
• Support requirements collection and management.
• Support integrated modeling projects.
• Perform other duties as required.

**This is an internship (intermittent) opportunity specifically for those candidates that are participants of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship Program - the Summer Internship Program is scheduled for May 2025 - August 2025**   

All other applicants interested in our internship program, please apply to the 2025 Barrios Summer Internship opening on our website. Multiple openings are available through that opportunity.

**An unofficial transcript is required at the time of application.  Please upload your transcript in addition to a resume.**

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:  

• Active applicant in the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship
• Actively enrolled in a bachelor's or advanced degree in an engineering discipline (Mechanical, Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering); Math; Science; Technology; or Computer Science from an accredited college of university.
• Sophomore credit equivalency (30-59 hours)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent communication skills (in both written and verbal), integration, coordination and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Computer programming (Visual Basic, C#, Python, Java) is a plus.
• Experience with SharePoint, Windchill, CAD modeling, or requirements management (e.g. DOORS)
• Project or other leadership experience (in school, extracurricular, or internship), innovation or process improvement skills, ability to demonstrate technical understanding of complex situations and communicate to appropriate audience.

Essential Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol as outlined in our Drug Free Workplace policy.
• Work may involve sitting for extended periods.
• May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb.
• Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary.
• Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on task.
• Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.)
• Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical.
• Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required.
• Must be able to work in a team atmosphere.
• Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation.
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.
• This position may require some commuting and traveling to other installations as needed.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity; for immediate consideration, apply now!

Barrios Technology is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies. Please remember that regardless of the legalization of marijuana in several states, possession and use continues to be illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This includes the use of some CBD products. A post-offer, pre-employment drug test is a condition of employment.

Barrios Technology is an Equal Employment Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.