Paid Aerospace Engineering Internship: MDAO & Structures

M4 Engineering; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

M4 Engineering in Long Beach offers paid internship opportunities across Structural Analysis, MDAO, Engineering Software Development, and Laboratory equipment, enabling hands-on experience in a dynamic, high‑tech setting.

Interns will contribute to design studies for DoD, NASA, and commercial clients, perform analyses with MSC/NX Nastran and data acquisition tools, and develop software that spans disciplines while polishing communication and presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Programming experience in Python, FORTRAN, C/C++, and/or MATLAB is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in structural analysis for aircraft components through design stages.
• Support multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) activities.
• Develop methods and software tools for multidisciplinary analyses.
• Work with engineering software development and maintenance tasks.
• Operate lab and manufacturing equipment; collect test data.
• Present results to internal and external customers.

Skills

Python

FORTRAN

C/C++

MATLAB

Tools

MSC/NX Nastran

National Instruments DAQ

Job description

M4 Engineering in Long Beach offers paid internship opportunities across Structural Analysis, MDAO, Engineering Software Development, and Laboratory equipment, enabling hands-on experience in a dynamic, high‑tech setting.

Interns will contribute to design studies for DoD, NASA, and commercial clients, perform analyses with MSC/NX Nastran and data acquisition tools, and develop software that spans disciplines while polishing communication and presentation skills.