CSIRO
2021/2022 Pawsey Supercomputing Centre Summer Internships (Nov 2021)
Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- Up to $1,622.856 per fortnight
- 25-30 vacancies
- Apply by 6 Sep 2021
- Start date 30 Nov 2021 - 27 Feb 2022
- Get hands-on research experience
- Access Pawsey's world-class facilities
- Apply for a Pawsey Summer Internship today!
Our Pawsey Summer Internship Program is run over the Australian summer holidays. This Program offers high achieving and promising undergraduate students the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers, using Pawsey's world-class facilities.
Students will have the chance to work on a real project in science, technology and/or computing. Placements are full time and typically begin in late November or early December and are 10 weeks in length.
Participation in the Pawsey Summer Internship Program has influenced previous scholarship holders in their choice of further study and future career options. Many have gone on to pursue a PhD in CSIRO or a partner institution, or to build a successful research career within CSIRO, a university or industry.
Like last year, this year's Pawsey Summer Internship Program will focus on research projects targeting:
- Computational science
- Large-scale simulations
- Data science
- Large-scale data processing
- Grand Challenge problems^
- Machine learning
- Accelerated computing^^
- (Big) Data visualisation
^ Projects focused on making a significant impact on a given scientific computing discipline
^^ Projects making use of GPUs, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, code optimisation, data storage and retrieval, etc.
Projects: Pawsey has 24 projects seeking qualified applicants, for details please see the Project List available from the CSIRO Careers site
Location: Various locations across Australia (Remote/Online considered)
Scholarship: Up to $1,622.856 per fortnight
Reference: 77001
Pre-Requisites/Eligibility:
- To be eligible to apply you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or an international student who has full work rights for the 12 weeks duration (does not require visa sponsorship).
Applications are open to students who:
- Are currently enrolled in a degree at an Australian university
- Have completed at least three years of a full-time (or equivalent) undergraduate course (however exceptional second-year students may be considered);
- Have a strong academic record (credit average or higher);
- Intend to pursue a research career in science, technology, or computing or a career in a related discipline; and
- Are available to undertake a full-time placement for 10 weeks over the university summer vacation period.
The successful applicants will be required to obtain and provide a National Police Check or equivalent.
Diversity and Inclusion
- We're working hard to recruit diverse people and ensure all our people feel supported to do their best work and empowered to let their ideas flourish.
- We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
About CSIRO
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Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- International Student/Graduate Visa +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
Reviews
My role is in business development providing the business side of support so that scientists and their research can have impact. Day to day responsibilities vary as a graduate where I am gathering a blend of formal training and on the job learning. I am experiencing three different rotations, each lasting 6 months. I am also involved in various projects at the same time so I split my time between those projects which vary in difficulty, length and nature e.g. desktop research task
As a research technician, my responsibility is to help with whatever project I am assigned too. Due to the newness of my role, this is almost always supervised.
My work is primarily remote; my team live on the other side of the country. Thus it can get quite isolating and lonely, as well as anxiety inducing due to losing the human touch of working in a team. But this was part of the role I agreed to and so I have learned to find strategies to deal with it such as making special efforts to socialise and engage with the local staff.
About the employer
CSIRO
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1,000 - 50,000 employees
R&D and Manufacturing
At CSIRO, we do the extraordinary every day. We innovate for tomorrow and help improve today – for our customers, all Australians and the world.
Pros and cons of working at CSIRO
Pros
CSIRO has really flexible working arrangements... no pressure to work from the office.
The culture is one of inclusivity creativity and a deep commitment to improvement.
Great professional development opportunities.
I like the work-life balance that CSIRO provides—I'm able to complete my work and have time for other commitments.
Working for an organisation that is on the cutting edge of science and innovation.
Cons
Not knowing if I have a job after my contract ends.
Multiple processes and steps that could be simplified.
It can feel isolating at times as the office is always really quiet, and most of your day-to-day interaction is online.
Promotion opportunities have not been clearly explained.
The structure and bureaucracy make things get done at a slower pace.