Salary
$50k – $66k per year
Location
In office (Los Angeles)
Seniority
Intern
Employment
Internship
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026. Hermeus scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Hermeus is a US defense aviation company that designs, builds and flies high-Mach uncrewed aircraft powered by a precooled Pratt and Whitney F100 engine, with its headquarters in Hawthorne, California near Los Angeles. Founded in 2018 by AJ Piplica, Glenn Case, Skyler Shuford and Michael Smayda, it flew its first aircraft in 2025 and went supersonic 364 days later, holds a Defense Innovation Unit contract scaled to $219 million, and has teams in Atlanta, Jacksonville and Washington. It hires flight software, avionics, structures and propulsion integration engineers, flight test engineers, welders, sheet metal technicians and quality inspectors.
Backed by Khosla Ventures, Canaan
About The Role:
As a Loads and Dynamics Engineering Intern you will support the development of our supersonic aircraft programs. This individual will work closely with the aerodynamics and structures teams to develop and refine external loads, create dynamic simulations, validate analysis through testing and flight, and evaluate flutter behaviors to support aircraft development.
Summer: around 12 weeks (May - August)
Responsibilities:
- Solve structural static and dynamic problems through hand calculations, finite element analysis, or test data
- External loads definition from flight maneuvers, gust, takeoff and landing for use in structural design and analysis
- Generation of vehicle finite element model to assess static and dynamic load cases
- Characterization of aeroelastic effects such as flutter
- Definition of random vibration environments from buffet and engine dynamics
Minimum Requirements:
- Practical experience through internships, studies or projects.
- Must be currently enrolled in a STEM program at an accredited college or university (undergraduate student in your third or fourth year of study, or enrolled in a Master's or Ph.D. program).
- Strong understanding of engineering first principles.
- Demonstrated ability to work within cross-functional teams.
- Enthusiasm for aviation and Hermeus's mission.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- GPA of 3.0 or above.
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