Summer 2027 Mechanical Engineering Intern Air Vehicle Systems and Test
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will take a scoped engineering project from requirements and concept development through design, build, testing, data review, and improvement. You will create CAD models, perform engineering calculations, support hardware fabrication and assembly, define test needs, analyze results, document conclusions, and present your work.
Requirements
- Current undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. study in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Heat transfer
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Electrical and programming fluency
- Multidisciplinary hardware project experience
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Siemens NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, or similar 3D CAD experience
- Machining, additive manufacturing, composite fabrication, sheet-metal fabrication, mechanical assembly, or rapid prototyping
- Measurement and data-acquisition systems
- MATLAB
- Python
- LabVIEW
- Test fixtures
- Actuators
- Electric motors
- Pumps
- Mechanisms
- Fluid systems
- Thermal systems
Responsibilities
- Own a scoped design project and contribute to adjacent team needs
- Translate objectives into requirements, interfaces, success criteria, build plans, and test approaches
- Develop CAD models and drawings for hardware and tooling
- Perform engineering calculations, tradeoff analysis, performance prediction, and risk identification
- Support fabrication, procurement, assembly, instrumentation, checkout, and troubleshooting
- Define instrumentation and data-acquisition needs and write test procedures
- Reduce and interpret test data and recommend improvements
- Participate in design and test reviews
- Maintain engineering documentation and present internship results
Benefits
- Housing stipend
- Company-sponsored events