13 January 2023

Summer Employment Opportunity in Emerging Technologies R&D

for High School Freshmen (9th grade) through Seniors (12th grade)
Requirements students should be able to meet:
• Availability: Students who wish to participate in the MITRE Emerging Tech Summer
R&D Program must be available to work in-person at MITRE in McLean 8 hours per day,
5 days per week for at least 8 weeks, from Monday, 19 June, through Friday, 11 August
2023, with only a few days off. Hours of work will be Monday through Friday, 8 hours per
day. No days off will be permitted from Tuesday through Friday during the week of 19
June or on any day during the week of 8 August. Please refer to the Web page at the
URL listed on the bottom of this page for more details.
Resume Requirements:
To apply, you must prepare & submit a resume with at least the following information:
• Your full name
• E-mail address
• Home mailing address
• Home phone no. & cell phone no., if you have a cell phone; please note your preferred contact no.
• Work Objective: State your job goal or preference--esp., indicate technical area of interest. You must
specify at least one area of interest from among those listed here, but no more than two. Areas
available include: A.I.; Robotics; Data Analytics; Health Sciences & Health Info. Tech; Biotechnology;
Energy Systems; Transportation Networks; Remote Sensing; Cyber Security; Blockchain &
Cryptocurrency; Microelectronics; Telecommunications; Advanced Manufacturing/3D Printing;
Chemistry & Nanotech; and Physics
• Dates of availability for work. The minimum required is 19 June through 11 August.
• Present Year in school (e.g., Junior in High School or 11th grade, etc.), plus the name and location
of the school. (NOTE: If this year-in-school and school information is not prominently
displayed near the top of your resume, your application will not be considered further.)
• Your cumulative grade-point average versus the total that represents a perfect grade (e.g., 3.5/4.0)
• SAT Scores (Math, Language, plus total vs. possible total) or PSAT scores, if no SAT scores
available. Other standardized test scores if SAT/PSAT has not yet been taken.
• Your intended major and minor subjects at college, if you know
• Prior educational history (starting with high school, including high school grade-point average)
• Technical skills--e.g., science and math skills, computer skills & lab skills--as well as other skills.
(You may list skills you're acquiring from courses you will complete by the end of the spring semester.)
• Computer languages you know and in which you have experience programming
• Computer operating systems with which you have significant experience
• Specialized software (e.g., Matlab, Mathematica) with which you have experience & expertise
• Previous work experience
• Achievements (e.g., technical research projects completed, publications)
• Honors, awards, scholarships, etc.
• If your home address is outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, but you plan to move
within daily commuting distance of MITRE in McLean for the summer, if hired, please indicate this.
• Other information you believe is important

Apply starting in December & up to deadline at 11:59 pm EST on Monday, 6 February 2023
by submitting your resume on the page at the following URL:
Link to application web page: High School Technical Aide – Summer, Emerging Technologies

See the next page for an example resume that conforms with the requirements above ––>
 --- RESUME EXAMPLE ---

HI A. CHEEVER

E-mail: hiacheever@biginternet.com

Home Address & Phone: School Address & Phone:

Hi A. Cheever High Tech High School
22 Wistful Vista 2001 Object Oriented Road
McLean, VA 22101 Silicon, VA 22001
Phone: (000) 000-0000 Phone: (703) 123-4567

Work Objective:
I would like to use my knowledge as an A.I programmer to assist a company
with Artificial Intelligence Tasks

Dates of Availability:
Summer 2023: 19 June - 11 August 2023

Current Educational Level:

I am a currently a junior at the High-Tech High School. I am enrolled
in AP Chemistry, Computer Programming in Python, Artificial Intelligence, and
Calculus.

Plan to attend The Big University in Fall 2024 as a freshman majoring

in Computer Science, with a minor in Biotechnology

GPA: 3.75/4.0 (high school average to date)

SAT: Math - 770 Language - 730 TOTAL - 1500/1600

Technical Skills:
- Proficient user and programmer of Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Systems
- OS experience: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
- Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, HTML, Python, BASIC, and Visual Basic
- Extensive biotech lab skills, including cell culturing and DNA analysis

- Extensive work with: Internet, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,

MatLab, Mathematica, Web page coding, Photoshop, image authoring,
Layout & Design, Custom graphics algorithms
- Math through Calculus, experience with mathematics-related programming
- Type at 60wpm

Work Experience:
- Big Manufacturing Co.: volunteered in winter 2021-22 as a visitor guide.
This gave me a taste of working in a well-run organization.
- Computer Consulting: worked informally on and off starting in February 2022

Research (Programming) Projects:

- Design and execution of an A.I. learning program to recognize DNA
"fingerprints"

Outside Interests:
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Soccer Team - Middle School and High School, 4 years
- Writing lots of code
- Playing the piano, drawing, chess, computer games