Co-Op Internship - Engineering

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters looking for an Engineering Co-Op Student to join our Engineering Team for the 2026 Fall Semester based in Columbus, MS.

In this role you will assist engineers in developing and documenting repair procedures and associated stress reports for damaged aircraft, crafting engineering change orders, updating of existing drawings, creation of new drawings, creation of CAD models from legacy data, and establishing a catalog of existing CAD data.

Your Working Environment:

On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

Your Challenges:

Detail Design: 75%

• Create engineering change orders

• Create CAD models from legacy data

• Establish a catalog of existing CAD data

• Assist in the accomplishment of engineering airframe designs, analysis, commercial completions, major repairs, major modifications and development programs requiring any type of mechanical or airframe analysis, detail design and testing.

Engineering Support: 15%

• Assist engineers in developing and documenting repair procedures and associated stress reports for damaged aircraft

• Act as liaison to manufacturing and production efforts as needed.

Structural Substantiation: 5 %

• Performs preliminary stress analysis in support of initial layout and design concepts.

Project Coordination: 5%

• Coordinates crucial information into the configuration management system listing mechanical and structural installations for each aircraft unit produced by AHI

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Your Boarding Pass:

Required:

• Must be currently local to the Columbus, MS/Starkville, MS area

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) or equivalent degree in Aeronautical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited college/university

• Responsibilities will require resourcefulness, organizational skills and the ability to coordinate activities across company functions.

• Basic knowledge of 2D or 3D mechanical or structural design requirements

• Able to communicate well in the English language (verbal and written).

• 2D software (AutoCAD, or similar)

• 3D modeling software (SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar)

• Authorized to Work in the US without current, or future, need of visa sponsorship

Preferred:

• Minimum of 1 years’ experience in 2D or 3D design of detail parts, assemblies and/or installations.

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 100% - Daily

• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings every day.

• Hearing