Mechanical, Systems, or Aerospace Engineering Intern

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Period of Work: May-August 2025 Full-Time: 40 hours a week Location: Lexington Park, MD In Office Requirement: 3-4 days a week onsite Clearance Requirement: Will be submitted for U.S. Government Security Clearance

The MITRE Naval Aviation Systems Department’s (N233) mission is to advance Naval Aviation solutions with urgency, ensuring warfighter dominance against current and future adversaries in defense of our nation. This is accomplished by delivering timely, effective, and sustainable capabilities to ensure the warfighter’s mission success and safe return home

MITRE’s Naval Aviation Systems Lexington Park, MD site has a diverse work program in support of NAVAIR with work in model-based systems engineering, Cyber Security, RF communications, airspace system safety assessments, Nuclear Command Control & Communications (NC3) systems, and systems engineering. Our primary areas of mission concentration include ISR&T sensor integration, NC3, resilient communications, and tactical aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations.

Job Responsibilities:

Apply technologies to solve problems of national significance

Digital and model-based engineering

Modeling and Simulation

Structural analysis and thermal dynamics

Basis Qualifications:

Must be a student enrolled full-time pursuing an accredited degree seeking program in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or a related degree program

Must continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship

Knowledge of systems, mechanical or aerospace engineering theory

Sustained excellence in academic performance

Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience having applied systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or similar learning to an internship or research/lab position

Experience with MATLAB, Cameo, CAD tools, and similar modeling & analytic tools

Active Secret Clearance

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$45,500 – $57,000 – $68,500 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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