Design Engineering Intern (Summer 2025)

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, and respected and plays a vital role in the success of America's aerospace and defense industries. With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

Design Engineering Intern (Summer 2025)

Kearfott Corporation is looking for a Design Engineering Intern to join our team in Black Mountain, NC. The qualified candidate will become part of the Kearfott Motion Systems product development and support team. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where you will work directly with experienced engineers to enhance your skills and develop a higher level of confidence in your capabilities.

Our Design Engineering team is deeply engrained in the functional areas of the business and partners heavily with the leadership team on critical decisions. Team members are expected to have the skills to analyze data and communicate recommendations to leaders at all levels in the company. Through the intern program, we are looking to find the next wave of talent to drive these efforts.

• Engineering Interns will:
  • 1) help in the coordination and development of engineering solutions
  • 2) research and determine requirements for components and systems
  • 3) derive technical data from test data and analysis
  • 4) defend engineering solutions during internal reviews.
• Other responsibilities may include review of technical and management data, performance assessment, problem identification, corrective action planning and implementation.
• Work with engineering teams to understand and evaluate the effects of changes in system requirement and designs.
• Help develop computer codes to evaluate mathematical models.
• Develop graphics displaying results of analyses.
• Support reports and briefings describing results and significance of analyses performed.
• Support definition, design and development of system requirements.
• Support assessment of current system architecture and limitations.
• Support technical investigations in systems design.

Required Skills:

• Demonstrated creative problem-solving skills.
• GPA of 3.2 or above preferred.
• Must be a Junior, Senior, or pursuing Master's degree.
• Experience in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.

Required Experience:

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college/university degree program pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other similar engineering or scientific majors.
• Knowledgeable in some of the following areas: software programming, computer-aided design, analog / digital design, guidance & control, systems analysis, or systems integration.
• Have coursework, interest, motivation and experience that provide the foundation to develop an expertise in one or more of the above engineering specialties.
• Completed at least sophomore year of college/university.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• General knowledge and understanding of mathematical modeling and analysis methods.
• Programming skills (e.g. EXCEL, MathCad, MATLAB, Simulink, C++, or equivalent).
• Must be able to work full-time (40 hours per week) for a minimum of 10 weeks during the summer 2025 semester.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S., visa sponsorship not available.

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