Optical Sensor High School Intern

Leidos is seeking an Optical Sensor Intern to assist in developing novel sensor technology, support electronics, data collection and analysis, and algorithm development. This is an exciting opportunity to get hands-on experience with hardware, system development and data collection in both a laboratory and field environment. During your time at Leidos, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team of mentors and engineers to complete required tasks and objectives, while maintaining a strict timeline. A motivated and agile candidate would gain not only technical skills and experience, but the opportunity to take part in team-building and personal development activities. Your expected roles and responsibilities will be: Working with an interdisciplinary team to develop a novel, distributed, remote sensing prototype based on non-traditional optical sensors. Developing software to communicate with the sensors and support electronics hardware Developing software to collect and store data from the sensors during testing Supporting laboratory and field measurements including equipment setup, data collection, breakdown and analysis Participating in program meetings, status updates, and team discussions, which could include presentations on your work, providing suggestions and input for system development and improvement, and collaborating with other team members Working within a team to develop and demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills, communication skills, and self-motivation To be considered for this position, you must possess these qualifications and skills:

Education:

working towards a high school diploma Experience with Python Demonstrate problem-solving skills Strong written and oral communications skills US citizenship required Additionally, if you have these desired skills, you will be given preferential consideration: Experience communicating with electronic hardware Experience with optical sensing technology Experience with soldering and equipment building Experience with data collection and analysis If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

April 28, 2026 For U.S.

Positions:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $35,100.00 - $63,450.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.

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