Performance Engineering Intern
Regent
North Kingstown, RI, USA
Posted on Oct 2, 2024
REGENT is building the seaglider; the first electric flying machine that will transport commercial passengers. With a vehicle that never flies higher than a few meters off the water, we unlock the ability to fly twice as far as an electric aircraft, and certification by maritime authorities which will let us fly first passengers by mid-decade.
We are actively hiring passionate interns who can help us get our vehicle to market as quickly and safely as possible. We are backed by the world’s best investors: the same investors who are behind SpaceX, Palantir, Boom Supersonic, and more. We have over $9B in provisional orders from some of the industry’s largest operators and are hitting the ground running.
REGENT is seeking a Performance Engineering Intern to support the development of a multidisciplinary performance and sizing framework for the conceptual design and characterization of seaglider vehicles.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- As a Performance Engineering Intern you will work to develop the multidisciplinary performance and sizing framework used for the conceptual design and performance characterization of our seaglider product space.
- Candidates should be experienced in the entire prototype development cycle from concept design and analysis through fabrication, integration, and test. Your work will support both the engineering and business development teams.
- This role requires self-motivated individuals willing to embrace tasks for which they have experience as well as those that will require on the job training and education.
- You will work closely with various engineering disciplines and have an understanding and appreciation for requirements management, verification and validation efforts, and general interaction and functionality of other subsystems and their integration into the vehicle as a whole.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
- Working towards a BS/MS in an Engineering discipline
- Aerospace or naval vehicle performance and simulation experience
- Experience with multidisciplinary tool development in Python, MATLAB, and/or Julia
- Knowledge of the Flight and/or Nautical Physics domains, and depth in at least one of those areas (e.g., aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, electric propulsion)
- System configuration development through Preliminary Design, particularly of highly coupled vehicle systems
- Aerodynamic and/or hydrodynamic design and analysis of vehicles to meet performance goals
- Load case definition and development to support vehicle design
- Mass Properties methodologies for conceptual and preliminary sizing and ongoing tracking of weights through product design
- Strong technical, written, and verbal communication skills
Desired Qualifications and Skills:
- Experience with RHINO3D, NX, Catia
- STAR-CCM+ experience
- Femap NX NASTRAN experience
- CAD de-featuring of watertight geometries
- Disciplinary model development in C, C++, Fortran
- Application programming experience (e.g., Flask, NodeJS, etc.)
Working at REGENT, you’ll be in a fast-paced environment with exciting new challenges daily. Your mentors are passionate about building zero-emission, high-speed seagliders that will revolutionize coastal transportation. Our team works collaboratively and across disciplines to safely marry the latest technologies from aviation, aerospace and nautical engineering.
Our Benefits include:
· Free lunch catered daily
· Office amenities including snacks, drinks, coffee & espresso bar
· Dog-friendly office
· Flexible hours
· Company-sponsored recreational events
Equal Opportunity
REGENT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.