Boeing Engineering & Technology Innovation - Graduate Researcher Program – Autonomy Engineering Intern

Boeing•Seattle, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Boeing is seeking motivated, enthusiastic, and innovative students to join our 2026 intern program. As an intern at Boeing, you’ll gain hands-on experience, learn from experts, and collaborate with teams that do truly amazing things. The Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) is a unique 10-12 week internship program designed specifically for students pursuing their PhD. GRP is a hybrid experience of real-world industry work experience combined with development programming that exposes students to Boeing, its products, services and its people. GRP focuses on deeply connecting students to their team and Boeing through work experience across multiple summers with the goal of ultimately offering a full-time position at the conclusion of academic studies if a mutual fit is achieved. The work you do at Boeing can be related to your area of study, but cannot contribute or be used in your PhD thesis. The position is with the AI & Autonomy (AIA) group within E&TI. The AIA group is looking for a top-notch Autonomy Engineering Intern to assist in the development of common capabilities across Commercial and Military programs. This organization was stood up in June 2023, to address the growing need for autonomous capabilities across the Enterprise. AIA seeks to develop and deliver common capabilities – autonomy development infrastructure, autonomous capabilities, and component functions for autonomy, to a range of programs, including Wisk, MQ-25, MQ-28, Tanker, Chinook, BCA Future Product Study, XLUUV, Scan Eagle, etc. AIA will work closely with the Business Units (BUs), who are doing product, and platform-specific development. Some initial ‘common capabilities priorities’ we have identified include Detect and Avoid, Contingency Management, Mission Plan Validation, and Collaborative Autonomy, and we are actively launching and executing projects in this area, working closely with BU programs like Wisk, MQ-25, MQ-28, and commercial airplanes.

Requirements

Completed the first year of PhD studies by July 2026
Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or similar related field.
Enrolled student attending a college or university with an expected graduation date on or after August 2026
Ability to work full-time for 10-12 weeks during Summer 2026
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
This position is expected to be 100% onsite.
The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Nice To Haves

Eager to work in a fast-paced cutting-edge engineering environment with a strong desire to work in the Autonomy domain.
Strong technical background, with a desire to apply this to the development of new and complex systems and components.
Strong interpersonal skills to work with subject matter experts as well as peers on the team to create deliverables.
Programming in Python/C++.
Autonomy algorithm development (in the areas of Perception, State Estimation/Localization, Planning & Decision Making, and Control).
Docker.
Machine Learning.
Model Based Systems Engineering / SysML / Cameo.
Matlab / Simulink.
Verification & Validation of autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

Assist in the development of common capabilities across Commercial and Military programs.
Develop and deliver common capabilities – autonomy development infrastructure, autonomous capabilities, and component functions for autonomy.
Work closely with Business Units (BUs) on product and platform-specific development.
Contribute to projects in areas such as Detect and Avoid, Contingency Management, Mission Plan Validation, and Collaborative Autonomy.
Apply academic skills and expertise to help solve real-world industry challenges and opportunities.
Participate in GRP programming including mentorship, Featured Speaker Talks, GRP Summit, and an Innovation Challenge.
Interact and build a professional network with other GRP students, Boeing team members, and leadership.