Intern

About the Role

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student spring intern with academic or work experience in controls, 6 DOF modeling, simulation, and tool development. This position will support the Human Lander System Program (HLSP) to ensure safety and mission success.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and maintain software simulations, tools, and scripts
• Create, edit, and debug software written in MATLAB, Simulink, and/or Simscape Multibody
• Model, simulate, and analyze launch vehicle and/or spacecraft dynamics and performance
• Analyze systems in the time and frequency domain
• Work with GN&C leads and other engineering disciplines
• Support verification and validation of technical products
• Prepare and present technical reports and/or briefings
• Create and review engineering and software documentation

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Programming in MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape Multibody, and/or C/C++
• Experience preparing, presenting, and reviewing technical reports and briefings including analysis and software documentation
• Must be detail oriented and self-motivated that can work independently and collaboratively
• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Have completed sophomore year of university studies and be in good academic standing
• Maintain an overall average of 3.0
• Have a valid Star ID/ Real ID driver's license
• Have access to an automobile and be able to drive yourself to work locations
• Proof Of U.S. Citizenship Is Required

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, science or related field is required.
• A degree from an ABET accredited institution is preferred.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Academic or work experience modeling, simulating, and analyzing the performance of aerospace vehicles in the time domain
• Experience improving analysis tools and/or controls models
• Academic work, experience, or demonstrated interest in control systems design/analysis
• Analyzing systems for stability margin in the frequency domain (Nichols, Bode, Nyquist, Root Locus)
• Deriving state equations related to spacecraft and launch vehicle systems
• Conducting design and development of flight control systems including PID control gain design, state estimation, adaptive control, neural networks, or other advanced control methods
• Conducting controls related trade, parametric, and failure analysis studies
• Implementing machine learning algorithms for controls, modeling, system identification, or other aerospace applications
• Developing GUIs in Matlab
• Programming in Python
• Familiar with conducting unit tests and analyses for simulation/software development, verification, and validation
• Creating visualizations in 3D tools such as Terragen, STK, or Unreal Engine