2027 Intern - Airworthiness Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

3d•$19 - $42•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking Airworthiness Engineers to join the Aeronautics Systems Intern Program. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. The selected candidate will support certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms. The selected candidate will help ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions to meet program needs throughout the product lifecycle (e.g. Flight Releases, Type Certification, continued airworthiness, and operation of airspace integration). As an intern, you’ll participate in a summer internship program to develop competencies in a variety of engineering specializations.

Requirements

Be enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university AND graduating after August 2027.
Be majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related STEM field.
Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027.
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).

Nice To Haves

Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher.
Previous internship/co-op experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

Responsibilities

Technical airworthiness planning and verification support including development and negotiation of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities for complex total systems with IPT/REs as well as customer counterparts.
Reviewing and coordinating with other airworthiness engineers as well as internal engineering disciplines performed across the total system to include design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
Performing functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
Maintaining Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence in support of a Military Type Certification and Air System Continued & Continuing Airworthiness as a member of the technical AW staff in a System Design Responsible company.