2027 Summer Intern – Motorsports Aero-Thermal Engineering
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Milford, CT - USA
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Job Summary
Job Description
The Role:
As a Summer Intern you will contribute to aerodynamic development within GM Motorsports. Depending on team priorities and your background your work may involve computational fluid dynamics (CFD) physical testing automation data processing machine learning or artificial intelligence applications for engineering.
The Team:
GM Motorsports is a high-performance engineering organization competing at the highest levels of globalmotorsport. Our programs span Cadillac Formula 1 Chevrolet NASCAR and INDYCAR and Cadillac sports-car racing through IMSA and theLMDhprogram. Across these programs our engineers develop and applyexpertisein aerodynamics vehicle performance simulation wind-tunnel testing data science software tires propulsion and vehicle systems.
Motorsports is a technology test bed for GM. The methods tools and insights developed at the racetrack can accelerate production-vehicle engineering while GMs production engineering capabilities help advance race-car performance.As an intern you will work alongside experienced engineers and technical leaders on projects that connect high-performance racing with real-world engineering innovation.
WhatYoullDo:
Example assignments may include:
Develop and improve CFD workflows across CAD preparation geometry cleanup meshing solver execution post-processing and automated reporting.
Develop tools and methods for wind-tunnel aerodynamic testing including test planning instrumentation data acquisition controls and data processing.
Develop andvalidatemachine-learning or surrogate models that improve aerodynamic performance prediction and flow-field inference.
Develop AI-enabled tools that improve engineering productivity accelerate analysis and support technical decision-making.
Work with engineers and technical leaders to define requirements evaluate results document methods and communicate recommendations.
Projects will be defined by team needs and aligned with the candidates experience interests and development goals.
Required Qualifications:
- Pursuit of a graduate degree in one of the following areas: physics mathematics aerospace engineering mechanical engineering computational science or a closely related field.
- Must be graduating after September 2027 or beyond
- Able to work fulltime40 hoursper week during the summer months
- Demonstrated experience developing CFD surrogate models reduced-order models or other data-driven methods for performance prediction or flow-field inference.
- A strong foundationin one or more of the following areas: mechanical design aerodynamics CFD computer vision three-dimensional generative design machine learning or scientific computing.
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills grounded in physical principles.
- Demonstrated engineering capability through research coursework or prior technical projects.
- Ability to communicate complex technical findings clearly to both specialized and cross-functional audiences.
- Curiosity initiative anda commitmentto advancing engineering methods and technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong interest in motorsports and high-performance vehicle development.
- Experience architecting training debugging or evaluating deep-learning models.
- Experience using CFD to develop oroptimizeaerodynamic designs.
- Experience with scientific programming software development version control CI/CD or DevOps practices.
- Experience with CAD geometry processing meshing high-performance computing or engineering data pipelines.
- Experience working with experimental data wind-tunnel testing vehicle testing or instrumentation.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.)
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid:This role is categorized ashybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report tothe Milford Proving Ground in Milford Michigan three times per week at minimumor other frequency dictated by the business.
GMwill provide aone-time lumpsum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the2027Student Program-tohelpfacilitateadministration of relocation benefits please apply using the permanent address you would move from.
Start dates for this internship role areMay 24th& June14thof2027.
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