Aerospace CFD Research Intern, GRP - Summer 2027

Boeing; Hazelwood (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Onsite in St. Louis

Job summary

The Boeing Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) in Engineering & Technology Innovation invites PhD students to join the Aerodynamics Engineering intern team in St. Louis, MO for Summer 2027.

You will contribute to CFD tool development and multi-disciplinary analysis under mentorship, applying academic expertise to real-world aerospace challenges. Selected interns engage in hands-on projects, attend GRP programming, and collaborate with host teams to advance fidelity, efficiency, and innovative

Qualifications

• Completed the first year of PhD studies by July 2027.
• Pursuing a PhD in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field of study.
• Ability to work full-time for 10-12 weeks during Summer 2027.
• Experience in development of aerodynamic analysis and optimization tools and processes with the goal of increasing fidelity while reducing cycle time and cost.
• Experience with compressible flows and turbulence modeling.
• Fundamental knowledge of computational fluid dynamics.
• Background in range of numerical methods appropriate for unstructured grid CFD.

Responsibilities

• Enhance internal CFD code to include more time-dependent modeling effects.
• Collaborate with code developers and application engineers.
• Aim to increase fidelity while reducing cycle time and cost.

Skills

PhD Year 1

PhD in Aeronautics

CFD basics

Turbulence modeling

Compressible flows

CFD numerical methods

Full-time Summer 2027

Education

PhD in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CFD code development

Job description

The Boeing Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) in Engineering & Technology Innovation invites PhD students to join the Aerodynamics Engineering intern team in St. Louis, MO for Summer 2027.

You will contribute to CFD tool development and multi-disciplinary analysis under mentorship, applying academic expertise to real-world aerospace challenges. Selected interns engage in hands-on projects, attend GRP programming, and collaborate with host teams to advance fidelity, efficiency, and innovative