Flight Test and Integration Summer Intern

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

2d • $48,100 - $86,950 • Onsite

About The Position

The Small Airborne Effectors Division within Leidos’ Kinetic Effects Business Area is seeking a summer intern to support programs related to missile systems and uncrewed aircraft at the Huntsville, Alabama campus. The division develops, tests, and produces small airborne missiles, autonomous systems, and payload effectors for customers including all branches of the U.S. Military and Special Operations Forces.

The intern will support multidisciplinary teams integrating and flight-testing subsystems, payloads, and munitions; contribute to laboratory test engineering; analyze test data to verify system performance; and prepare technical reports and related documentation. This role requires in-office work in Huntsville and may involve physical work, including lifting up to 30 pounds.

Requirements

• Be actively pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering at an ABET-accredited college or university.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Have an overall GPA of 3.2 or above.
• Be able to perform physical work, including lifting up to 30 pounds.
• Know how to use common hand tools.
• Be willing to work in-office in Huntsville, Alabama.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework in aerospace disciplines such as aerodynamics, propulsion, navigation, avionics, or structures.
• Coursework in instrumentation and test, including technical writing.
• Mechatronics experience and familiarity with computer-aided design tools across disciplines and programming or scripting languages such as MATLAB, SolidWorks, Python, or Arduino.
• Participation in student design teams such as Design/Build/Fly, rocketry, Formula SAE, or robotics.
• Experience with small autonomous aircraft (multirotor or fixed-wing) or autonomy hardware/software packages.

Responsibilities

• Support multidisciplinary teams integrating and flight-testing new subsystems, payloads, and/or munitions.
• Contribute to laboratory test engineering tasks, including requirements traceability, regression testing, and system integration verification.
• Collect, process, and analyze test data—including telemetry, sensor logs, video, RF, GNSS, and inertial data—to verify system performance against requirements.
• Produce technical test reports, data summaries, anomaly investigations, and lessons-learned documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern