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REGENT is standing up two production lines for the first time — Squire and Viceroy — and that shift is opening up real, substantial work across our Electric Propulsion Unit (EPU) systems. As our EPU Intern, you'll sit inside the Electrical Systems team and work across the full arc of propulsion development: conceptualization, design, integration, and sustainment, across multiple platforms. You'll move fluidly between data analysis, electrical documentation, CAD, and hands-on test support, with direct exposure to motor performance evaluation, component-level testing, and on-water testing of the propulsion systems that move Seagliders through the water.
This isn't a role built around a narrow, pre-scoped task list. There's a meaningful amount of EPU work ahead of us on both Squire and Viceroy, and this internship exists to carve out a real piece of it for you to own — not to shadow, not to simulate, but to actually contribute to systems that will fly on REGENT's vehicles. You'll work alongside engineers who care about rigor as much as speed, and who'll expect you to bring your engineering fundamentals and build fast from there.
We're looking for someone who already has strong footing in electric machines, propulsion fundamentals, and CAD, and who's excited to apply that foundation to a fast-moving, dual-platform propulsion effort rather than a textbook problem set. If you want an internship where the scope is broad because the work is real, this is the seat for you.
Own Real EPU Scope: You'll take on a defined piece of Electric Propulsion Unit work spanning both the Squire and Viceroy platforms, not a simulated side project. The work is real and waiting for someone to pick it up.
Evaluate Motor Performance: You'll dig into motor and drive data to characterize torque, speed, losses, and efficiency across operating conditions. This analysis directly informs decisions on both production lines.
Document Electrical Systems: You'll read and create schematics, wiring diagrams, and harness documentation for EPU hardware. This work unlocks your ability to interpret both vendor documentation and REGENT's own systems.
Build in CAD: You'll produce mechanical drawings and models in a 3D CAD environment, applying basic GD&T as you go. Your CAD work will directly support integration efforts across both platforms.
Support Test Campaigns: You'll get hands-on exposure to both component-level testing and on-water testing of propulsion hardware. By the midpoint of your term, you'll be comfortable with EPU layout and power distribution across current and future REGENT platforms.
Reduce and Interpret Data: You'll use Python, MATLAB, or Excel to process test data, build efficiency and performance models, and run mission-profile analyses. Much of the role runs through turning raw data into decisions.
Connect Propulsion to Power: You'll relate propeller or thruster performance — thrust, torque, advance ratio, efficiency — back to electrical input power. That connection sits at the core of how EPUs get designed and sustained here.
What You'll Bring
Engineering Fundamentals In Place: You're a rising senior or graduate student in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or robotics engineering. These fundamentals are the foundation this role builds on from day one.

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