Mechanical Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
About The Position
As a 2027 Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will join the Electronic Warfare Mechanical Design Hardware Section in Goleta, California, supporting new product development and product enhancements. You will work with more senior team members to design RF systems for challenging thermal and high-vibration environments, with a focus on electronics packaging design. Assignments may include thermal and structural design and analysis; electrical component design, construction, and failure modes; printed wiring board and circuit card assembly processes and best practices; surface-mount and through-hole component installation processes and failure modes; metal fabrication and finishing methods; RF isolation mechanical design; and environmental test methods and equipment. The role is onsite.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM major and remain actively enrolled through completion of the internship/co-op session.
- Have a minimum of 60 credit hours by the start of the internship/co-op session.
- Have experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and ASME drawing and documentation standards and procedures; experience may come from on-the-job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- Be a U.S. citizen, as U.S. citizenship is required for eligibility for a security clearance.
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; an active and existing DoD Secret clearance is required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Experience or coursework in calculus, differential equations, calculus-based physics, statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, thermodynamics, or heat transfer.
- Experience creating and documenting mechanical designs in CREO or similar modeling tools.
- Experience with structural and thermal analysis using finite element analysis (FEA) modeling techniques.
- Experience with conformal antenna array packaging.
- Experience with electronics packaging, cabling and harness design, and printed wiring board designs and routing.
- Coursework, laboratory experience, or project experience in mechanical design.
Responsibilities
- Work with more senior team members to design RF systems for challenging thermal and high-vibration environments.
- Support new product development and enhancements within the Electronic Warfare Mechanical Design Hardware Section.
- Contribute to electronics packaging design.
- Work on assignments that may involve thermal and structural design and analysis.
- Work on assignments involving electrical component design, construction, and failure modes.
- Work on assignments involving printed wiring board and circuit card assembly processes and best practices.
- Work on assignments involving surface-mount and through-hole component installation processes and failure modes.
- Work on assignments involving metal fabrication and finishing methods, RF isolation mechanical design, and environmental test methods and equipment.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and program conditions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
