2026 Internship - Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Systems
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD
•Onsite
About The Position
We are seeking interns to join our Mechanical Systems teams in developing the next generation of spacecraft systems. As an intern with our team, your responsibilities may include contributing to CAD and/or thermal model design, contributing to structural, CAD, and/or thermal analytical modeling, contributing to the drafting, planning, and execution of various mechanical and/or thermal tests, and working with a team to post-process the test data and compare the results to analytical predictions.
Requirements
- Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar degree
- A minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
- US Citizenship status is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in MATLAB (or another high level language)
- Experience in PTC Creo (or an equivalent CAD system)
- Experience in thermal desktop modeling software
Responsibilities
- Contributing to CAD and/or thermal model design.
- Contributing to structural, CAD, and/or thermal analytical modeling.
- Contributing to the drafting, planning, and execution of various mechanical and/or thermal tests.
- Working with a team to post-process the test data and compare the results to analytical predictions.
Benefits
- Robust education assistance program
- Unparalleled retirement contributions
- Healthy work/life balance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Education assistance
- Training and development
- Sign-on bonus
- Relocation benefits
- Locality allowance
- Discretionary payments for exceptional performance
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Career Level
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