Computational Physics Intern (Spring 2027)
Core
Develop computational tools and physics-based models to automate design trades, optimizations, and sensitivity studies for autonomous drone aircraft and logistics systems.
Role type
Computational Physics Intern (Systems Modeling)
Builds
Physics-based simulation frameworks and automated design analysis tools for aircraft performance and fleet operations
Domain
Autonomous logistics, drone delivery, aerospace engineering, computational physics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
fundamental physics (energy, heat transfer, circuits, dynamics, fluids, aerodynamics), numerical methods, computational tool architecture, trade-off analysis
Preferred skills
battery and electric motor modeling, aircraft dynamics modeling, experimental data interpretation, model-based systems design
Technologies
Matlab, Python, Julia, Rust
Responsibilities
Develop computational tools to automate high-level design trades and sensitivity studies; Improve performance and flexibility of simulation frameworks; Build physics-based models for aircraft performance simulations; Analyze test data to validate vehicle component models
Seniority
Intern