Mechanical Engineering Intern

ABOUT HEAVISIDE INDUSTRIES

Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied special operations and conventional forces. While modern warfare has rapidly evolved with the proliferation of unmanned systems, hyper-precise munitions in contested environments are the future of the battlefield. Economical precision strike capabilities are critical to U.S. and allied war efforts, enabling successful defeat of enemy military assets and infrastructure. Heaviside builds precision munitions designed to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed battlefields—where traditional systems degrade or fail—without inflated prices or sacrifice to performance. All engineering and manufacturing is conducted in-house in Heaviside's Los Angeles, CA headquarters and Oslo, Norway office. Heaviside is backed by Interlagos, Menlo Ventures, Flume Ventures, Cantos, Anorak Ventures, and Ravelin Ventures.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will support R&D under the direction of our mechanical engineers, assisting across their full scope of work — from concept through qualified hardware.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist engineers with the mechanical design of structures and mechanisms — from concept through qualified hardware
• Design parts according to a system of constraints defined by our engineers — packaging and load paths at required loads, vibration, and shock
• Help with trade studies on materials, sealing and joining methods, and manufacturing processes (injection molding, CNC, additive, sheet metal, composites)
• Support structural analysis (hand calcs and FEA) under engineer direction
• Help with the print-to-part feedback loop with our in-house and external machine shops as designs iterate
• Support environmental and structural test campaigns: static load, vibe, shock, thermal, HALT/HASS
• Support test — fixturing, instrumentation, post-test teardown — and help turn the data into design changes

QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently pursuing a BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional setting)
• CAD proficiency (NX, SolidWorks, or similar); exposure to GD&T-driven drawing packages a plus
• Coursework or project experience in statics, dynamics, and vibrations; FEA exposure a plus
• Exposure to machining, sheet metal, injection molding, 3D printing, or composite fabrication
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62)

PAY RANGE AND COMPENSATION PACKAGE

Compensation: $40 per hour. This is a paid, full-time, on-site internship at our Los Angeles, CA headquarters. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Heaviside is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Heaviside is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical disability or any other legally protected status.