Research Engineering Intern - 2026

Requisition Number: 26189 

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Part Time/Hourly/Non-Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range:  - $52,000.00 

Security Clearance: None  

Level of Experience: Intern 

 

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
 

 

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

 

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Job Description

The Autonomy and Navigation Technology (ANT) Center, located at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson AFB, is looking for a motivated, ambitious individual to serve as an Research Engineering Intern/Co-Op student for Spring/Summer 2026.  The successful candidate will be in the process of obtaining or have graduated from a major university or college with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a closely related field, with a 3.0 GPA or higher.  The candidate must be a self-sufficient and independent professional.

 

Background: 

The ANT Center is an exciting place where we conduct cutting-edge research in autonomous systems and navigation while having a great time and working hard.  We value grit, curiosity, and and excitement to learn new things and we strive to have great work-life balance.

 

Please note that we are unable to provide temporary relocation assistance or a housing stipend for our internship program at this time.

 

Essential Job Responsibilities

The Research Intern/Co-Op student will work closely with AFIT professors to support several research projects throughout the internship.  Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

 

• Design, develop, and test computer software in support of research requirements.
• Collecting and analyzing experimental data.
• Work with faculty, students and research engineers to develop new algorithms and tooling that support the various autonomy and advanced navigation research projects.
• Integrate various hardware and software components to support specific research needs.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and repository maintenance to ensure availability of software tooling.
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.

 

The end goal of this internship is to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to expand their experiences as well as giving the ANT Center an opportunity to vet qualified future hires.

Minimum Qualifications

• Research Engineering Intern 1: High School Diploma or equivalent + Must be working towards a Bachelor's degree with up to 20% of the required credits completed. 
• Research Engineering Intern 2: High School Diploma or equivalent + Must be working towards a Bachelor's degree with between 20% and 40% of the required credits completed with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
• Research Engineering Intern 3: High School Diploma or equivalent + Must be working towards a Bachelor's degree with between 40% and 60% of the required credits completed. 
• Must be U.S. Citizen 

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in software design, development, coding, testing and debugging.
• Solid foundation in object-oriented desi