2027 Intern – Test & Evaluation Engineer

About the role

The position will be located in one of the following locations: Palmdale, CA / Edwards AFB, CA / Mojave, CA / Redondo Beach, CA / El Segundo, CA / San Diego, CA / Patuxent River, MD / Emerado, ND / Oklahoma City, OK

Responsibilities

• Participate in a Summer Internship Program to develop competencies in a variety of Test & Evaluation Engineering specializations.
• Support Test & Evaluation Engineers in planning and executing lab and field tests on components, systems, and software.
• Set up instrumentation and data acquisition, ensuring test configurations meet engineering and safety requirements while testing designs against reality.
• Collect and analyze test data to spot anomalies, edge cases, and performance trends, turning results into clear, actionable insight.
• Prepare test procedures, logs, data summaries, and reports that communicate system performance to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues, support root cause and corrective action, and help turn ideas into proven, mission-ready capability.

Requirements

• Be enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university AND graduating after August 2027.
• Be majoring in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.
• Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027.
• 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).

Qualifications

• A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria.
• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25 out of 4.0 or higher.
• Previous internship/co-op experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular).
• Good presentation and writing/communication skills.
• Self-motivated, willing to learn, and interested in working in a team environment.
• Experience in developing and delivering presentations and leading small groups.
• Experience in working on business or engineering full life-cycle projects from project inception through launch.

Skills

• Ability to work in an autonomous work environment on complex projects.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Pay

• Undergraduate degrees (Including graduating students planning on attending/enrolled in a full-time Master’s program): $17.50-$39.00
• Master’s: $24.75-$48.00

Schedule

• Full-time (40 hours per week)
• Summer 2027