Aerospace Engineering Intern Spring 2027

INTERN @ SPACEWORKS

Are you passionate about aerospace Do you go above and beyond to solve difficult challenges

SpaceWorks is seeking college student interns for the Spring 2027 (January - April dates flexible)to support several of our functional engineering teams. We are seeking students with experience and interest in various areas of aerospace engineering. Preferred focus areas for Spring 2027 include aerodynamics aerothermal flight performance and software development.

Interns will work withina small team of engineers on the design development testing and evaluation future spacecraft small satellites reentry capsules and hypersonic flight systems. We are passionate about what we do and were looking for someone with a keen interest in high-speed flight aircraft rockets small satellites and/or space exploration. We work with sponsors at the Department of War NASA and other organizations partnering to develop a range of advanced technologies.Given the nature of our work US Person status is position is located 100% onsite at our Atlanta GA office and is a seasonal full-time (hourly) position.

**Application will close at 5pm on August 24th**

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Aerodynamic Design & Analysis:

• Develop and optimize aerodynamic designs from concept development and requirements definition through preliminary and detailed design... or whatever point in that process is happening during the internship.
• Conduct detailed analysis to predict and enhance aerodynamic performance.
• Utilize Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools along with lower-order methods for performance evaluation.
• Evaluate impacts of configuration changes on performance of the vehicle.

Aerothermal Modeling:

• Predict convective and radiative heating environments during ascent atmospheric flight and re-entry using CFD and engineering models.
• Assess coupled aero-thermal-structural interactions and recommend design solutions for survivability and reliability.
• Contribute to thermal environment definition for subsystem qualification and testing requirements.

Flight Performance:

• Mass modeling and vehicle closure of aerospace vehicles and architectures
• Trajectory design and optimization using 3-DOF trajectory tools
• Multidisciplinary design optimization of aerospace systems

Software Development:

• Develop engineering design and analysis software for aerospace vehicle systems (primarily relating to the propulsion trajectory and aerodynamics disciplines)
• Support developments on our commercial off the shelf (COTS) products and custom code development for internal and external customers - learn more about a few of our products here - WE ARE LOOKING FOR (ALL)

  
  

  • College student pursuing a degree (BS MS or PhD) in aerospace engineering electrical engineering mechanical engineering or a related field
    
  • Involvement / leadership in organizations on campus passion projects in the backyard and strong GPA
  • Available 40 hours per week for Fall 2026 (August - November)
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
    
  • Microsoft products such as Word Excel Power Point Visio
  • Windows and Linux operating systems
  • Familiarity with the basic principles of version control systems
  • Engineering Fundamentals: Applies first-principles to simplify systems and perform rough sizing using hand calculations
    
  • Technical Documentation: Able to create and interpret engineering drawings and contribute to technical reports
  • Familiarity with modeling in languages such as Python and/or MATLAB
  • MUST be able to work in-person for the duration of the internship located in Atlanta GA
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

  
  

  WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR (BY TEAM)

  
  

  Aerosciences- aerodynamics and aerothermal focus areas

  • CFD (for aerodynamics or aerothermal at least one of the following)- Star-CCM FUN3D ANSYS-Fluent OpenFOAM CBAero Cart3D
    
  • Thermal Analysis Tool (for aerothermal would want at least one of the following) - Thermal desktop Ansys FIAT
  • Bonus Points -CAD tool (at least one of the following)- ESP NX CATIA SolidWorks and/or PTC Creo

  
  

  Flight Performance (systems analysis team) - flight performance trajectory orbital mechanics

  • Flight Performance key metrics and how they affect a system (T/W range equation wing loading etc)
  • Experience with trajectory optimization software CFD tools MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent simulation platforms

  
  

  Software- engineering degree with interest in coding

  • Proficient in at least 1programming languages: Rust Java Python C/C

  
  

  Check out our website to learn more about us and apply so that we can learn more about you! Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

  
  

  Required Experience:

  Junior IC