Structures Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)(Onsite)
About The Position
As a Structures Engineer Intern at Pratt & Whitney, you will provide analytical support for detailed design through development, validation, certification, manufacturing, and operational service. You will use finite element and classical methods for strength, stress and deflection, vibration, fatigue life, damage tolerance, containment, kinematic, and optimization analyses. The role also includes validation testing and data reduction, in-service field investigations, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to develop design solutions balancing durability, performance, cost, and weight. You will coordinate with others to advance technology and improve engineering processes and methods, and document and present results to management and external customers. Travel requirements are 10%.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering field and remain actively enrolled through completion of the internship.
- Experience with one or more of ANSYS, finite element analysis (FEA), or fatigue and fracture.
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- U.S. citizenship is required to access information under the program or contract.
Nice To Haves
- Structures experience, including analytical methods (FEA), hand calculations, and spreadsheet methods.
- Experience communicating and coordinating tasks through completion.
- Experience analyzing strength, stress, deflection, vibration, fatigue life, and damage tolerance.
Responsibilities
- Provide analytical support for detailed design through development, validation, certification, manufacturing, and operational service.
- Perform strength, stress and deflection, vibration, fatigue life, damage tolerance, containment, kinematic, and optimization analyses using finite element and classical methods.
- Support validation testing for engines and rigs, including data reduction.
- Support in-service field investigations.
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams to develop design solutions balancing customer requirements for durability, performance, cost, and weight.
- Coordinate with others to advance technology and improve engineering standard work processes and methods.
- Document and present results to management and external customers.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
