Performance Intern (Summer)

REGENT•North Kingstown, RI

About The Position

REGENT is developing the Seaglider, a wing-in-ground-effect craft designed to provide fast, affordable coastal transportation for passengers and cargo. The Performance Intern will work within Hardware Engineering on the modeling framework used to predict and validate Seaglider performance for vehicle development and operations. The role focuses on connecting on-water test data with performance models and helping generate performance data in standardized, repeatable formats. The intern will spend most of their time working with code, data, and models rather than on the hardware floor. They will own tools and pipelines used by the Performance team, and their models and documentation will help shape future performance work.

Requirements

Solid grounding in aircraft performance modeling and aerodynamics, developed through experience beyond the classroom.
Proficiency in Python or MATLAB, with examples of projects or code beyond mandatory coursework.
Some exposure to optimization methods.
Experience working with flight test data or comparable data, and ability to extract insights from it.
Experience using Git; exposure to CI/CD workflows is beneficial.
Clear communication and ability to collaborate with others, ask questions, and share thinking.

Nice To Haves

Private pilot’s license, model-building experience, or participation in competitions such as Design-Build-Fly or comparable activities.
Exposure to CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

Update and improve specific vehicle performance models using real test data to increase their accuracy for operations and vehicle development.
Improve the tools and workflows used to run and maintain performance models.
Contribute to generating performance data in standardized, repeatable formats.
Present progress and findings to the Performance team, communicating technical work clearly.
Document models, tools, and decisions to support a clean handoff and future work.