Composite Engineering (M&P) Intern (Summer 2027)

The role

You will own a scoped project involving composite fabrication, material characterization, and manufacturing investigation. You will work with material behavior and disciplined processes to create parts the team can build repeatedly.

What you will do

• Support composite fabrication, tooling, bonding, cure, trimming, finishing, and inspection activities
• Plan or execute material characterization, coupon testing, process trials, and data analysis
• Study cure cycles, resin systems, fiber architecture, defects, joints, or process-structure-property relationships
• Investigate manufacturing problems and help document root causes and corrective actions
• Create work instructions, test reports, process specifications, or other technical documentation

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field
• Coursework or project experience in materials, composites, polymers, manufacturing, mechanics, or laboratory methods
• Comfort working safely in a lab and on a manufacturing floor
• A hands-on project, research effort, shop role, or team where you made and tested physical parts

Nice to have

• Prepreg, infusion, out-of-autoclave processing, adhesives, or bonded joints
• Mechanical testing, microscopy, NDI, statistical analysis, or DOE
• CAD, tooling, machining, metrology, Python, MATLAB, or data-analysis experience

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave
• Direct impact on a critical national security mission
• A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Depart

About the company

Swarm Aero is building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The team has experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.