Fall/Winter Engineering Co-op

Haast Autonomous • Pendleton, OR

21h

About The Position

Haast Autonomous is hiring Fall/Winter Engineering Co-ops to join its aircraft development team for an extended, full-time work term. The role is designed for students seeking deeper ownership than a traditional internship, with the opportunity to contribute to real aircraft development for a full semester or longer.

Co-ops work closely with the founding engineering team across aircraft design, prototyping, avionics, controls, simulation, manufacturing, and flight testing. They contribute to hardware, participate in test campaigns, and take part in engineering decisions. The work may be based on the co-op’s background and company needs and can involve supporting aircraft prototypes through design, build, testing, and iteration.

Haast is an early-stage company developing long-range VTOL aircraft, autonomy software, and the operational foundation for an on-demand medical logistics network. Co-ops contribute to multiple design-build-test cycles and help advance aircraft development over a meaningful portion of the timeline.

Requirements

• Pursuing a degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, robotics, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Able to work full-time during the Fall/Winter co-op term.
• Interested in aircraft, drones, autonomy, hardware, manufacturing, or medical logistics.
• Hands-on and comfortable working in a shop, hangar, or field-test environment.
• Comfortable learning quickly and working through ambiguity.
• Practical, self-directed, and willing to take ownership.
• Excited to work in an early-stage startup where priorities change rapidly and the work is impactful.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with CAD, 3D printing, drones, aircraft, robotics, controls, simulation, electronics, or manufacturing.
• Involvement in student projects such as rocketry, Formula SAE, robotics, UAV teams, design teams, research labs, or personal hardware projects.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks, Python, MATLAB, ArduPilot, PX4, electronics, composites, wiring, or flight testing.
• Experience building something that needed to work in the real world.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, build, and testing of autonomous aircraft prototypes.
• Work on a focused engineering project based on the co-op’s background and company needs.
• Assist with airframe design, mechanical design, prototyping, avionics, controls, simulation, manufacturing, or flight-test support.
• Build, assemble, modify, and repair aircraft hardware.
• Create CAD models, test fixtures, documentation, analysis, or simulation tools.
• Assist with flight-test preparation, data review, repairs, and design iteration.
• Analyze test results and help integrate lessons learned into aircraft improvements.
• Document work to continuously improve future builds and tests.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed