Aerospace Systems Test Engineer Intern

AeroVironment; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Relocation & housing stipend

Job summary

AeroVironment invites you to join its Summer Internship Program in the Test Equipment Engineering team. This 12‑week onsite role focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating test equipment for AV systems and unmanned aircraft components.

You will gain hands‑on experience with C# software, test planning, and cross‑functional collaboration while working under mentorship in a fast‑paced engineering environment. Relocation/housing stipend may be available.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a B.S. degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering or related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant academic/project experience in test development or labs.
• Exposure to Object‑Oriented Programming (C# or LabVIEW helpful).
• Basic understanding of debugging and troubleshooting processes.
• Ability to estimate cost or development time based on project requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist in design, development, deployment, troubleshooting, and upgrading of test equipment for PCBAs, subsystems, and AV systems.
• Support development of C# / OOP software using Visual Studio.
• Create test software programs in C# and test plans with team input.
• Analyze and format test results per standard procedures.
• Support cross-functional teams across multiple engineering disciplines.

Skills

Bug reports

Root-cause analysis

OOP programming

Debugging

Test planning

Education

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

Tools

C#

LabVIEW

Visual Studio IDE

Job description

AeroVironment invites you to join its Summer Internship Program in the Test Equipment Engineering team. This 12‑week onsite role focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating test equipment for AV systems and unmanned aircraft components.

You will gain hands‑on experience with C# software, test planning, and cross‑functional collaboration while working under mentorship in a fast‑paced engineering environment. Relocation/housing stipend may be available.