Intern - Mechanical Engineer (Summer 2026)

Summary: Persistent Systems, LLC is a leading global provider of mobile networking solutions for military and commercial markets. They are seeking a Mechanical Engineer Intern to join their integration engineering team for the summer of 2026, focusing on the research and development of new products and improvements to existing products. Responsibilities: - Managing, deriving, and capturing mechanical requirements from Product/Program requirements, electrical interface design specifications, component requirements, and functional block diagrams - Supporting environmental and thermal product testing - Supporting and facilitating engineering projects including new product/solution development, product changes, and customer integration - Supporting the change management process to ensure all required actions have been completed and that communication to key stakeholders is maintained - Ensuring quality documentation is updated/created as required, including technical manuals - Providing support and delivering solutions for rapid development projects - Modifying and updating requirements documents - Coordinating preparation of design drawings including updates - Supporting and facilitating project scheduling Required Qualifications: - Must be enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in Mechanical Engineering, robotics mechatronics, or related field and have completed at least two years of the program - Successfully completed at least one course in engineering design - Must have a United States security clearance or the ability to obtain a United States security clearance Preferred Qualifications: - Prior Internship experience with solid modeling software (Solidworks or other) - Prior Internship experience with systems development, evaluation and requirements capture - Prior Internship experience with Data Management Software (Pro/Intralink, PDM etc) - Prior Internship experience with 3D printing and/or machining knowledge - Prior Internship experience with detail drawings creation and basic knowledge of tolerance stack-up - Prior Internship experience with electronics packaging Required Skills: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design, SolidWorks, Systems Development, Requirements Capture, Data Management Software, 3D Printing, Machining, Detail Drawings Creation, Tolerance Stack-up, Electronics Packaging, United States Security Clearance Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Summer