Intern, Research & Technology, New Product Development Aircraft System Architecture (Winter 2027)

What are your contributions to the team?

• Learn how aircraft-level requirements are created by supporting the authoring and refinement of Design Requirements and Objectives (DR&O) and Aircraft Requirements Document (ARD) requirements for a new aircraft.
• Work with experienced engineers to review requirements and help make them clear, complete, consistent, feasible, verifiable, and traceable.
• Take part in technical reviews and requirements-validation activities, while learning how engineering assumptions, decisions, questions, and open issues are documented and resolved.
• Receive hands-on exposure to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) by helping develop aircraft architecture models covering system context, functions, logical architecture, interfaces, and key functional exchanges.
• Help connect requirements, architecture models, interfaces, analyses, and design decisions so that the engineering story remains aligned and traceable.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary functional teams and discover how aircraft systems come together as part of an integrated design.
• Prepare clear technical material for architecture reviews and working sessions, participate in discussions, and follow actions through completion.
• Bring a fresh perspective and contribute ideas to improve systems engineering methods, modelling conventions, templates, and ways of working.

How to thrive in this role?

• You are pursuing studies in systems, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, software, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• You are curious about how an aircraft works as a complete system and eager to understand how requirements, functions, interfaces, and design decisions fit together.
• You enjoy organizing information, asking thoughtful questions, and turning complex ideas into clear requirements, models, diagrams, or presentations.
• You are comfortable learning new concepts and tools with guidance from experienced team members; prior aircraft architecture experience is not expected.
• You bring attention to detail, a collaborative mindset, and the initiative to follow up on questions and actions.
• You can communicate clearly and enjoy working with people from different engineering disciplines.
• You are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to a new aircraft while building practical experience in systems engineering, requirements development, and MBSE.
• Coursework, a student project, or personal interest related to systems engineering, aircraft systems, requirements, modelling, or product development is helpful.
• Assets—not requirements:
  • Awareness of MBSE, SysML, or a systems modelling tool.
  • Exposure to a requirements-management tools
  • Basic familiarity with verification, validation, or requirements traceability.
  • Interest in aircraft development, certification, or multidisciplinary design integration.