Strategic Relations Intern

Company Overview 

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.  

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.��� 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.  

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond. 

Capability Area Overview

Strategic Relations deepens relationships with key strategic communities, including U.S. elected officials, political appointees, and senior military officials, to enhance engagement and advance Metrea's mission. The team develops a detailed understanding of the influencers, stakeholders, and decision-makers who impact key Metrea files, including all the market layers, formal and informal decision makers and influencers, and policies impacting funding and acquisition decisions. The Strategic Relations team delivers insights into risk and opportunity exposures to the rest of the enterprise following engagements with external actors.

Position Summary  

Metrea is offering paid internship opportunities to undergraduate students in its Washington, DC Strategic Relations office for the Spring 2026 semester. Metrea is looking for driven, innovative students who are excited about the defense and aerospace domain. Metrea’s market presence covers a wide range of emerging tech and defense capabilities; therefore, interns will be exposed to many facets of the national security environment. While reporting to the Strategic Relations team, this position will work directly with Metrea staff in various departments to support the goals and mission of each unit and the Company as a whole. The internship will provide invaluable career mentorship opportunities as interns work alongside and support professionals and practitioners with decades of experience in government and in the national security environment. Interns will be given the opportunity to explore research topics that suit their interests and to show initiative with new project ideas.

What You’ll Do

• Support the development of briefing materials for engagements with government officials.
• Attend and provide summaries of external events such as U.S. Congressional hearings and think tank discussions.
• Research legislative proposals and federal, state, and local U.S. governmental activities pertaining to Metrea’s priorities on defense, security, and disaster response.
• Provide coverage of key international organizations and coalitions where the U.S. has an enduring interest, such as NATO, the United Nations, and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
• Assist with other tasks within the Americas Market Group as needed

What You’ll bring 

Essential

• Enrollment at a university pursuing an undergraduate or master’s degree in government, foreign policy, international business, or related studies
• Demonstrated interest in national security, defense, and foreign policy particularly in prior coursework or internship experience. 
• Strong ability to write, particularly short memo-style products. 
• Willingness to learn more about the defense and related security industry and Metrea’s mission areas worldwide.
• Demonstrates a proactive attitude to teamwork by taking initiative with new ideas and projects.
• Acute attention to detail 
• Availability for 20 hours a week, in-person. 
• Willingness and ability to maintain confidentiality in relation to company matters 

Desirable:

• Previous internship experience in Congress or the Executive Branch

Additional Eligibility Qualifications  

Must have the legal right to work in the United States.

Our Firmware  

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defi