2026 Enterprise Resiliency Modeling and Simulation Graduate Intern

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nations space programs solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space delivering innovative solutions that span satellite launch ground and cyber systems for defense civil and commercial customers. When you join our team youll be part of a special collection of problem solvers thought leaders and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

Job Summary

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospaces strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a dynamic portfolio of programs customers and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space-enabled mission effects.

The Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department (CMED) in the Integrated Performance Subdivision leads integration and application of modeling and simulation capabilities and modern analysis workflows to support end-to-end effects chain analysis and space and space-enabled campaign modeling. As an intern with the Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department you will directly contribute to technical capabilities that support our customers in modeling simulation and analysis (MS&A) of space air and ground-based systems of systems to investigate architecture and concept of operations (CONOPS) performance in nominal and contested operating environments. MS&A focus areas include agent-based modeling red vs blue simulations military utility and capability drawdown killchain effectiveness enterprise architecture resiliency and command and control (C2) evaluation. Our interns work as part of a team on multiple projects with project mentors full time staff and other interns to apply existing skills and expand their MS&A knowledge. We support a variety of customers with diverse program portfolios and we are looking for curious and innovative teammates to help us address our customers hardest problems!

This position will be full time on-site in Chantilly VA

What Youll Be Doing

• Learn use and contribute to the development of engineering analysis software tools.
• Assist with conducting technical deep dives trade studies and assessments on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations and reports.

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements :

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these :

The Aerospace Corporation is a proud member of Space Workforce for Tomorrow (SWFT) a growing coalition of leading space companies committed to collaboratively working toward a shared vision of expanding and providing opportunities for talent to join the exciting space industry. As part of this commitment SWFT companies are focused on building a skilled innovative and sustainable space workforce required to maintain U.S. leadership in space for decades to come. Click here to learn more and register for the National Space Intern program.

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple : every employee regardless of level and role can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders we want individuals who :

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include :

We are all unique from various backgrounds and all walks of life yet one thing bonds all of us to each otherthe belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

The Aerospace Corporation is an equalopportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race age sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression colorreligiongeneticinformation marital status ancestry national origin protected veteran status physical disability medical condition mental disability or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If youre an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by emailat .You can also review Know Your Rights : Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

Required Experience :

Intern

Key Skills

Campaigns,Abinitio,AutoCAD 3D,Hardware & Networking,Customer Support,Arabic

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1