Systems Engineer Intern - St. Pete Site

About the role

Acron Aviation is seeking motivated and innovative Systems Engineering Interns to join our engineering team in St. Petersburg, Florida. This full-time, onsite internship is anticipated to run May through August and provides an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge in a professional engineering environment. You will work alongside experienced systems engineers and contribute to projects supporting the development, integration, verification, certification, and sustainment of aerospace recorder products and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Work under the guidance of experienced systems engineers and technical team members supporting recorder products and related aerospace systems.
• Support development and review of system requirements, specifications, interface definitions, and design documentation.
• Assist with systems analysis, modeling, and product development activities.
• Help translate customer, regulatory, certification, and program requirements into clear and testable system requirements.
• Develop or update test procedures, test scripts, verification plans, and validation documentation.
• Execute functional, environmental, integration, and system-level testing under engineering guidance.
• Analyze test results and document findings, anomalies, and recommendations.
• Support product integration, verification, validation, regression testing, and issue reproduction activities.
• Participate in test readiness reviews and help ensure test equipment, configurations, and procedures are prepared for execution.
• Assist in investigating defects, failures, and unexpected product behavior.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
• Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, project meetings, and engineering peer reviews.
• Support preparation and maintenance of engineering documentation, requirements traceability, and configuration-controlled artifacts.
• Assist with configuration management and product lifecycle activities.
• Collaborate with Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, Certification, and Program Engineering teams.
• Support qualification, environmental, laboratory, and certification testing activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency, automation, documentation quality, and engineering processes.
• Perform other systems engineering assignments aligned with your academic background and the needs of the assigned team.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• Expected to have completed at least two years of undergraduate study before the internship begins.
• Foundational understanding of engineering development, requirements, testing, debugging, and problem‑solving concepts.
• Strong analytical and critical‑thinking skills.
• Ability to follow detailed technical procedures and engineering processes.
• Ability to clearly communicate work status, questions, findings, and potential issues.
• Ability to organize technical information and document results accurately.
• Effective verbal communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• Ability to take direction, ask questions when needed, and complete assigned work with an appropriate level of independence.
• Ability to work full‑time and onsite at the assigned Acron Aviation location for the duration of the internship.

Qualifications

• Systems engineering principles and lifecycle processes
• Requirements development, allocation, and traceability
• System architecture and interface definition
• Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Product verification, validation, and certification activities
• System integration and troubleshooting
• Development and execution of test procedures and test plans
• Environmental, qualification, or reliability testing
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Configuration management and change control
• Defect investigation and root cause analysis
• Test automation or scripting
• Aerospace electronics, avionics, or embedded systems
• Flight data recorders, cockpit voice recorders, or aircraft data acquisition systems
• Safety‑critical or regulated product development environments
• DO‑178, DO‑254, ARINC, FAA, EASA, or other aerospace industry standards and processes
• Aerospace, aviation, defense, or other highly regulated industries

Skills

• Analytical and critical‑thinking
• Technical communication (verbal, writing, presentation)
• Ability to follow