Engineering Interns
Summary
The Engineering Intern will work within a specific area of Engineering that fits one's area of study and experience. AeroVironment is an engineering innovator and that means we seek individuals with a broad background of technical skills and the desire to tackle real-world challenges. To qualify for an Engineering Internship, one must be a Junior or higher in one of our preferred majors; possess a desire to build things; have a strong engineering aptitude and thrive working in a team environment.
One will have real responsibilities that impact actual products and help pave the way on our development path. Whether one is part of a team designing a new unmanned aircraft to be used for planetary surveillance, or working to test and verify design modifications to flight hardware/software systems, or helping to resolve flight behavior issues on a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle, your AeroVironment internship will challenge you, stimulate you and provide you with real-world experience at one of America's most innovative and creative tech companies.
Position Responsibilities
- Use your hands-on knowledge and skills to participate in multiple phases of our Engineering/Manufacturing Design & Development process
- Will support engineering and design activities in your discipline using tools such as Windtunnels, 3-D Printers, Solidworks, Altium, Ansys, Visual Studio, and Matlab
- Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)
- Currently enrolled Junior, Senior or Grad Student pursuing a degree in Aero/Mechanical/Electrical or Computer Science/Engineering
- Completed coursework relevant to major
- UAV or Robotics experience
- Hand-on experience with relevant tools
- Experience with software tools in your area of expertise
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
- Flight test or R/C experience a plus
- General engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties
- Familiarity with structured development techniques
- Thrives on innovation and challenge
- Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
- Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Focuses on teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
Physical Demands
- Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
- Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Constant)