The board
- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- Simi Valley, CA
- Posted
- Sep 10
Worker Type
Supplemental
Job Description
Our Summer Internship Program is meticulously designed to provide students with an immersive and dynamic experience within our industry, offering a taste of what it's like to be part of our professional team. We strive to simulate a full-time job, enabling our interns to work hands-on with cutting-edge technology, contribute to meaningful projects, build strong relationships with coworkers, and develop strategic problem-solving skills. Our program is highly selective, hosting only a handful of interns each year, ensuring personalized attention and ample opportunities to work closely with AV team members.
We are hiring for various roles and locations throughout the U.S.
What you'd do
- Assist Quality Engineers with investigations involving production and customer issues
- Use measuring equipment such as Calipers and Micrometers to measure products for dimensional analysis
- Participate in problem-solving sessions
- Receives detailed instructions on all work under close supervision
- Work with software tools in your area of expertise
- Participates in all aspects of the Quality inspections, investigations, and process audit program
- Other duties as assigned
- Ability to work in an office and R&D environment (Constant)
- Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)
What they want
- U.S. Citizenship, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.
- Must be currently enrolled in a college or university pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a technical or engineering major related to work assignment during the internship.
- Must have a minimum cumulative 3.0 out of a 4.0 GPA or equivalent
- Must be available to work onsite full time (40 hours/week) for 8-12 weeks
- Proficient in MS Office applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Basic knowledge of SolidWorks solid modeling application a plus
- Possess a desire to build things; have a strong quality engineering aptitude; and thrive working in a team environment.
- General quality engineering fundamentals, problem solving, data analysis, drawing interpretation, and basic product and process evaluations
- Completed coursework relevant to major
- UAV or Robotics experience a plus
About AeroVironment
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best. We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
- Starts
- 2026-09-10