Analysis Engineering Intern

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Brea, CA, USA
In-Office
25-25 Hourly
Internship
Aerospace
The Role
Engineering intern supporting structural, stress, and fatigue analyses of safety-related nuclear power plant components. Responsibilities include developing ANSYS finite element models, reviewing SolidWorks CAD models and drawings, performing hand calculations, preparing design reports, and evaluating pressure, seismic, thermal, and mechanical loads. The intern will collaborate with design engineers to develop code-compliant geometry and structural improvements while documenting assumptions, methods, and conclusions.
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Job Assignment: May 2027 to September 2027


Hourly Rate: $25.00


Your Challenge
  • Assist in preparing formal Design Reports, structural calculation packages, and technical evaluations for safety-related nuclear power plant components.
  • Perform structural, stress, and fatigue analyses for components subjected to internal/external pressure, seismic events, thermal transients, operating dynamics, and external nozzle/piping loads.
  • Utilize ANSYS to construct finite element models, apply boundary conditions, run simulations, and post-process stress results.
  • Review, interrogate, and modify 3D CAD models and 2D drawings using SolidWorks to ensure analytical accuracy and design feasibility.
  • Interface directly with the design engineering team to propose geometry modifications, material considerations, and structural enhancements that satisfy customer specifications and regulatory codes (e.g., ASME Section III / BPVC).
  • Verify numerical models using classical closed-form hand calculations and engineering fundamentals.
Your Skills
  • Education: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline (completed sophomore or junior year preferred) with a minimum 3.3 GPA.
  • Technical Fundamentals: Strong foundational knowledge of statics, dynamics, strength of materials, fluid/thermal dynamics, and structural mechanics.
  • Software Tools: Prior academic or project experience using finite element software (preferably ANSYS Mechanical) and 3D parametric CAD modeling (preferably SolidWorks).
  • Analytical Capability: Familiarity with structural load evaluation, including pressure containment, seismic response, and external mechanical loading.
  • Communication & Documentation: Excellent technical writing and verbal skills, with the ability to clearly document assumptions, methodologies, and engineering conclusions.

No unsolicited agency submittals please.  Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal.  Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss-Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss-Wright.  

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

Skills Required

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline
  • Minimum 3.3 GPA
  • Completed sophomore or junior year preferred
  • Strong foundational knowledge of statics, dynamics, strength of materials, fluid/thermal dynamics, and structural mechanics
  • Prior academic or project experience using finite element software, preferably ANSYS Mechanical
  • Prior academic or project experience with 3D parametric CAD modeling, preferably SolidWorks
  • Familiarity with structural load evaluation, including pressure containment, seismic response, and external mechanical loading
  • Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to clearly document assumptions, methodologies, and engineering conclusions
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The Company
HQ: Charlotte, NC
5,500 Employees

What We Do

Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. We are the corporate descendants of the Wright brothers, the fathers of flight, and Mr. Glenn Curtiss, the father of naval aviation. In 1929, the companies founded by these three great aviation pioneers merged to form the largest aircraft company at the time, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Today, we design and manufacture highly engineered, advanced technologies that perform critical functions in demanding conditions in the commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets, and have operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol CW.

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