The board
- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- Simi Valley, CA
- Posted
- Sep 16
Worker Type
Supplemental
Job Description
The Engineering Intern will work within a specific area of Engineering that fits one's area of study and experience. AeroVironment is an engineering innovator and that means we seek individuals with a broad background of technical skills and the desire to tackle real-world challenges. To qualify for an Engineering Internship, one must be a Junior or higher in one of our preferred majors; possess a desire to build things; have a strong engineering aptitude and thrive working in a team environment.
One will have real responsibilities that impact actual products and help pave the way on our development path.
What you'd do
- Use your hands-on knowledge and skills to participate in multiple phases of our Engineering/Manufacturing Design & Development process
- Will support engineering and design activities in your discipline using tools such as Windtunnels, 3-D Printers, Solidworks, Altium, Ansys, Visual Studio, and Matlab
- Other duties as assigned
- Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
- Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Constant)
What they want
- Currently enrolled Junior, Senior or Grad Student pursuing a degree in Aero/Mechanical/Electrical or Computer Science/Engineering
- Completed coursework relevant to major
- UAV or Robotics experience
- Hand-on experience with relevant tools
- Experience with software tools in your area of expertise
- Flight test or R/C experience a plus
- General engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties
- Familiarity with structured development techniques
- Thrives on innovation and challenge
- Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
About AeroVironment
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best. We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
- Starts
- 2026-09-16