Flight Test Integration Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

About the role

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As an Flight Test Engineering Intern at Reliable Robotics, you will be a part of the Flight Test Engineering team. The Flight Test Engineering team is responsible for all vehicle level installation and test efforts at Reliable Robotics. The team regularly ensures the proper function of mechanical, electrical, and flight control systems onboard the aircraft. In addition, the Flight Test Engineering team has ownership over all ground and flight test operations within the organization. The team is composed of individuals familiar with experience developing experimental and certification products.

Responsibilities

In your role as Flight Test Engineering Intern you will assist in the design and installation of modified flight control systems, throughout the development of a remotely operated autoflight system. You will ensure the proper build-up of functions and capabilities, beginning in the lab and ending on the vehicle. You’ll work alongside a team of engineers with expertise in various disciplines, including mechanical, software, flight test, and systems engineering. When the capabilities are ready, you will help prepare and often lead flight test activities to ensure proper implementation.

Basic Success Criteria

• Currently enrolled and working towards a Bachelor’s Degree of Science or Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or related discipline
• Applied engineering experience through student organizations, internships, or personal projects
• Ability to participate in safety critical operations

Preferred Success Criteria

• Currently have or pursuing a pilot’s certificate
• Leadership experience in a relevant student organization or similar engineering project
• Experience with computer science languages (Python or similar)

Additional information

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person).

Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.