Systems Engineering Intern, 2027

About the role

Our interns aren't fetching coffee or shadowing — they're working alongside the same engineers building the systems we ship. This is early‑career work with real stakes. Located in Austin, TX (on‑site). Duration: Summer 2027 (~10‑12 weeks). Paid internship. Small, hands‑on team with direct impact.

Responsibilities

• Turning high‑level mission requirements for Bullfrog into clear, testable specs — and helping define how we'll prove they're actually met
• Systems integration across mechanical, electrical, software, and controls — tracing how a requirement in one subsystem shows up as a constraint in another
• Verification planning and test support — helping design test approaches and reviewing results to see whether a requirement was genuinely satisfied
• Engineering analysis: modeling, simulation, or margin/budget analysis that grounds a requirement or trade‑off in real numbers instead of a guess

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Coursework or project experience in requirements definition, verification planning, or systems integration (senior design projects count)
• Comfortable with engineering analysis — modeling, simulation, or data analysis to back up a technical decision
• A structured thinker who's curious about how interfaces and assumptions between subsystems can create downstream problems

Benefits

• Direct impact: your work ships on hardware being fielded to protect real people — not stuck in a slide deck.
• Real ownership: no red tape. You'll work directly with the engineers building Bullfrog, from day one.
• Small team, big scope: at a startup this size, interns take on real problems, not busywork.
• Mentorship from engineers who've designed and fielded real defense systems.

Pay

Paid internship.

Schedule

Summer 2027 (~10‑12 weeks).