Aircraft Design & Engineering Internships - Summer

At BETA Technologies, we’re united by a shared mission: revolutionizing electric aviation . Our interns bring curiosity, a passion for aviation, and a desire to learn, contribute, and make an impact across the company.

Explores new aircraft configurations, technologies, and early design concepts to advance the performance, efficiency, and scalability of future electric aircraft.

Strong candidates have experience in:

• Mechanical engineering, composites, and structural analysis including dynamics
• CAD (CATIA preferred) and FEA
• Instrumentation, data collection, and analysis

Ensures BETA’s aircraft , systems, and processes meet applicable airworthiness, safety, and certification requirements, supporting the path from development and testing to flight and commercial operation. Strong candidates have experience in:

• Certification & regulatory compliance
• Systems safety processes following ARP
  4761 methodology
• Use of Application Lifecycle Management tools

Uses knowledge of static structures, mechanical systems, materials, and manufacturing methods to design and implement changes to BETA’s Interiors, Doors, and Environmental Control Systems. Strong candidates have experience in:

• Computer Aided Design using parametric modeling methods (Catia, Solid Works, NX)
• Design for manufacturing (DfM)
• Static analysis using FEA or hand calculations
• Drafting test plans and procedures as well as test execution, and reporting.

Uses aerodynamic, performance, loads, and handling analyses to understand aircraft behavior and inform efficient, capable, and safe aircraft design.

Strong candidates have experience in:

• Aerodynamics, stability & control, propulsion and/or wind tunnel testing
• Fixed-wing and rotorcraft systems
• MATLAB/ Simulink & Python
• Aerospace tools such as AVL, XROTOR, XFOIL, CHARM or Pointwise
• Aerodynamic modeling & data analysis

Plans and safely executes aircraft testing, gathers flight data, and supports engineering teams in turning flight data requests into actionable insights.

Strong candidates have experience in:

• The principles of aerodynamics, control law theory, and system integration
• Test planning, procedures, execution, and reporting
• Multidisciplinary data collection & analysis
• Test documentation & process improvement

S hapes how BETA’s aircraft and products look, feel, and function, making complex aerospace systems intuitive, ergonomic, and user-focused . Strong candidates have experience in:

• Industrial Design workflow: sketching, 2D image generation, 3D CAD, 3D printing, and mock-ups
• Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Alias, Solid Works or similar CAD tools
• Fabrication with plastics, metals, and/or wood

Develops the aircraft systems and hardware that enable vertical-lift capability, supporting efficient electric aircraft across a range of environments and missions. Strong candidates have experience in:

• 3D CAD (Onshape, Solid Works, or CATIA) and FEA (ANSYS preferred)
• Design and testing of metallic and composite structures for ultimate load and fatigue
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) of composite structures
• Instrumentation, data collection, and analysis

Develops and validates materials, processes, and manufacturing methods through hands‑on testing, engineering, and analysis.

Strong candidates have experience in:

• Materials & mechanical testing
• Test setup, procedures & specimen fabrication
• Technical documentation

Delivers and supports aircraft from flight test through customer operations, turning field experience and fleet data into technical publications, repairs, retrofits, one‑off dispositions, and engineering updates that keep the fleet safe, reliable, and available. Strong candidates…