Performance Intern (Summer)

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA. Posted 5 days ago

The role

You will work within the Hardware Engineering Performance team to build and improve modeling tools. You will use code and data to predict and validate Seaglider performance for vehicle development and operations.

What you will do

Update Vehicle Performance Models using real test data
Improve tools and workflows used to run and maintain performance models
Contribute to generating performance data in standard, repeatable formats
Present progress and findings to the performance team
Document models, tools, and decisions

Required qualifications

Solid grounding in aircraft performance modeling and aerodynamics
Proficient in Python or MATLAB
Exposure to optimization methods
Experience working with flight test data or similar
Used Git
Communicate clearly and work well with others

Nice to have

Private pilot’s license
Model building experience
Competitions like design-build-fly or comparable
Exposure to CI/CD workflows

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Housing Stipend available for those temporarily moving to join our team
Daily, free catered lunches
Learning & professional development opportunities
Meaningful projects that make an impact
Mentorship & guidance from experienced team members

About the company

REGENT is on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities using Seagliders. They are scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production.