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2026 Business Management Intern

Oklahoma City, OK

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman is seeking a Business Management Interns to join the Aeronautics Sector Intern Program. This position will be in Oklahoma City, OK.
The selected intern will become part of Northrop Grumman's Lifecycle Sustainment and Modernization Solutions (LSMS). LSMS provides sustainment support for the US Air Force B-1 and B-2 Bombers, E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System, and numerous other Government platforms. Our team members complete engineering, reverse engineering, and logistics solution efforts to solve complex obsolescence problems and ensure warfighter supportability.
As an intern, you'll participate in a summer internship program to develop competencies in a variety of specializations that may include:

• Help develop and implement a costcontrol system for contracts, following government costcontrol guidelines.

• Assist in monitoring contract costs and schedules, flagging any variances for review by the manager.

• Support preparation of basic cost and schedule reports for internal leadership and government stakeholders.

• Help draft and update budgets and funding schedules for contract work, including simple funding profiles and sales outlooks.

• Assist with variance analysis to compare planned versus actual expenditures and highlight discrepancies.

• Support creation and updating of program plans, ensuring that all program requirements and statements of work are captured accurately.

• Help perform schedule risk assessments, identifying potential cost or timing risks that need escalation.

• Assist in maintaining accurate expenditure records and in preparing simple expenditure projections to support funding availability.

• Support the submission of timely funding requests to the government when additional resources are needed.

• Help integrate contractual changes into the costcontrol system, adjusting cost and schedule baselines as directed.

• Assist in liaison work with internal teams, external partners, and government agencies to coordinate contract execution and resolve costcontrol issues.

• Support the verification of financial data accuracy to ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory standards.

• Help prepare, develop, and coordinate the integrated master plan and master schedule to meet program objectives.

• Assist in ensuring that major projects and program schedules are aligned across finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality functions.

• Support tracking of plans and schedules, performing basic risk analysis, and identifying critical path and network logic conflicts.

• Help use Gantt charts, PERT, milestone charts, earnedvalue management, and other projectmanagement tools to gauge progress and identify performance variances for focused intervention.

Basic Qualifications
A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university AND graduating after August 2026.

• Be majoring in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related degree.

• Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2026.

• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher.

• Be available to work an abbreviated schedule on-site in Oklahoma City during the 2026 academic year.

• Proficient in Microsoft office suite

• Previous internship/co-op experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

Intern Pay Range

• Undergraduate Degrees (Including graduating students planning on attending/enrolled in a full-time Master's program): $15.25 to $27.50 per hour

• Master's: $22.00 to $34.50 per hour

At Northrop Grumman, our internship pay rates are standardized and take into account three main factors: the anticipated graduation date of the individual, the cost of labor of the geographic location, and whether the internship is considered technical or administrative.
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The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.PDN-a08253d2-5928-404a-90a7-91d21fc3a4e7
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman is seeking a Business Management Interns to join the Aeronautics Sector Intern Program. This position will be in Oklahoma City, OK.
The selected intern will become part of Northrop Grumman's Lifecycle Sustainment and Modernization Solutions (LSMS). LSMS provides sustainment support for the US Air Force B-1 and B-2 Bombers, E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System, and numerous other Government platforms. Our team members complete engineering, reverse engineering, and logistics solution efforts to solve complex obsolescence problems and ensure warfighter supportability.
As an intern, you'll participate in a summer internship program to develop competencies in a variety of specializations that may include:

• Help develop and implement a costcontrol system for contracts, following government costcontrol guidelines.

• Assist in monitoring contract costs and schedules, flagging any variances for review by the manager.

• Support preparation of basic cost and schedule reports for internal leadership and government stakeholders.

• Help draft and update budgets and funding schedules for contract work, including simple funding profiles and sales outlooks.

• Assist with variance analysis to compare planned versus actual expenditures and highlight discrepancies.

• Support creation and updating of program plans, ensuring that all program requirements and statements of work are captured accurately.

• Help perform schedule risk assessments, identifying potential cost or timing risks that need escalation.

• Assist in maintaining accurate expenditure records and in preparing simple expenditure projections to support funding availability.

• Support the submission of timely funding requests to the government when additional resources are needed.

• Help integrate contractual changes into the costcontrol system, adjusting cost and schedule baselines as directed.

• Assist in liaison work with internal teams, external partners, and government agencies to coordinate contract execution and resolve costcontrol issues.

• Support the verification of financial data accuracy to ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory standards.

• Help prepare, develop, and coordinate the integrated master plan and master schedule to meet program objectives.

• Assist in ensuring that major projects and program schedules are aligned across finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality functions.

• Support tracking of plans and schedules, performing basic risk analysis, and identifying critical path and network logic conflicts.

• Help use Gantt charts, PERT, milestone charts, earnedvalue management, and other projectmanagement tools to gauge progress and identify performance variances for focused intervention.

Basic Qualifications
A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university AND graduating after August 2026.

• Be majoring in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related degree.

• Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2026.

• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher.

• Be available to work an abbreviated schedule on-site in Oklahoma City during the 2026 academic year.

• Proficient in Microsoft office suite

• Previous internship/co-op experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

Intern Pay Range

• Undergraduate Degrees (Including graduating students planning on attending/enrolled in a full-time Master's program): $15.25 to $27.50 per hour

• Master's: $22.00 to $34.50 per hour

At Northrop Grumman, our internship pay rates are standardized and take into account three main factors: the anticipated graduation date of the individual, the cost of labor of the geographic location, and whether the internship is considered technical or administrative.
Campusjobs
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.PDN-a08253d2-5928-404a-90a7-91d21fc3a4e7

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip out customers with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our nearly 100,000 employees contribute to launching the technology of tomorrow, today.

© 2025 Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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