Flight Software Engineering Intern (Simulation/Hardware-In-The-Loop) - Spring & Summer 2027

You'll join a small, fast-moving team building the avionics and flight software for a new flight vehicle program from clean sheet. Everything is actively being built, integrated, and tested on real hardware supporting real tests.

This role will focus on developing simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) infrastructure, combining software development, flight simulation, and hands-on hardware integration.

Small team, big ownership, and we move at speeds the rest of the industry doesn't.

Spring-Summer: Around 28 weeks (January - August)

• Support development of a 6-DOF flight simulation including vehicle dynamics, sensor/actuator models, and engine/plant models to verify flight software in closed loop.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing, including integrating flight computers, avionics, sensors, actuators, and cable harnesses.
• Write simulation and test software primarily in C++, with Python and MATLAB used for modeling and tooling.
• Troubleshoot and integrate hardware using schematics, pinouts, connectors, and common bench tools.
• Build tooling that makes simulation and HITL testing fast, repeatable, and data-rich through logging, playback, and automation.
• Independently own simulation and integration tasks from initial setup through testing and troubleshooting .

Required Qualifications:

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