Aerospace Systems Test Engineer Intern

AeroVironment; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Housing stipend

Paid internship

Top internship program

Job summary

AeroVironment invites motivated students for a 12-week, on-site Summer Internship Program across multiple U.S. locations including Herndon, VA, and other sites.

You will work with AV teams on meaningful projects, learn professional engineering concepts, and gain hands-on experience in a full-time environment with relocation and housing stipend potential. Candidates must be enrolled in college or recent graduates, with a minimum 3.0 GPA and interest in RF, automation, or test engineering.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a B.S. degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering or related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant academic or project experience in test development or manufacturing environments.
• Familiar with writing bug reports and root-cause analysis.
• Exposure to Object-Oriented Programming (C# or LabVIEW a plus).
• Basic understanding of debugging and test execution.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design, development, deployment, testing, and upgrading of test equipment for PCBAs and AV systems.
• Support C# / OOP software development using Visual Studio.
• Develop test software programs in C#.
• Collaborate to develop test plans, gather requirements, and create test strategies.
• Analyze and format test results following standard procedures.
• Meet project deliverables in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Support cross-functional teams across engineering disciplines.
• Provide feedback to product design on testability.

Skills

Bug reports

Root-cause analysis

OOP concepts

Communication

Education

Pursuing B.S. in Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering

Tools

C#

LabVIEW

Visual Studio

Job description

AeroVironment invites motivated students for a 12-week, on-site Summer Internship Program across multiple U.S. locations including Herndon, VA, and other sites.

You will work with AV teams on meaningful projects, learn professional engineering concepts, and gain hands-on experience in a full-time environment with relocation and housing stipend potential. Candidates must be enrolled in college or recent graduates, with a minimum 3.0 GPA and interest in RF, automation, or test engineering.