Regent Test Engineering Intern at REGENT assists in writing test plans and monitoring live test events for Seaglider vehicles. The role includes data analysis and issue resolution during fast-paced test cycles.
Responsibilities
The rhythm of this role changes constantly: prepping a test plan one day, monitoring a live run the next, and diving into post-event analysis the day after, because Paladin and Squire are both advancing toward manufacturing in parallel, and testing has to keep pace with both. You'll need a real engineering foundation to do this well, since understanding what a subsystem is supposed to do is what lets you write a test plan and recognize an anomaly instead of just a number. You don't need prior test experience. The team teaches how a test event runs, how to build a test card, and how to work a Data Room station, and you'll be on live tests early in the term. The Test Operations team cares deeply about getting that rigor right, because safe and effective testing is what lets REGENT build Seagliders and reinvent how coastal communities move.
If you want a front-row seat to how a vehicle actually gets tested and moves toward certification, and you're energized by precision, fast shifts in focus, and learning from senior technical experts, this internship was built for you.
Help Build the Test Plans: You'll help write the test cards and test plans that tell the team exactly what to check and how, for both Paladin and Squire. Clear, well-structured plans are what keep a test event efficient and its data usable.
Learn the Live Watch: During test events, you'll sit in the Data Room alongside a test engineer tracking real-time telemetry as the vehicle operates, learning to catch something odd in the moment rather than after the fact.
Drive Issues to Resolution: After a test, you'll dig into the data alongside subject matter experts to understand what happened and why. You'll help carry open questions through to a real answer, not just a note in a file.
Move Between Modes Fast: Your week will shift between prepping the next test, running one live, and analyzing the last, often all within the same few days. Priorities on both vehicles move in parallel, and you'll move with them.
Work Indoors and On the Water: You'll operate in the Data Room for some tests and out on the water for others, adjusting to very different environments and requirements. Comfort in both settings is part of the job.
Partner Across Engineering: You'll work closely with engineers across electrical, mechanical, and aero/hydro disciplines to understand what a subsystem is supposed to be doing. That shared understanding is what makes a test plan, and an anomaly call, meaningful.
What You'll Bring
Engineering Coursework: You're currently pursuing a degree in engineering, with coursework in electrical, mechanical, or aero/hydro principles that gives you a working sense of what a system should be doing under normal conditions. That foundation is what lets you start recognizing when something isn't.
Curiosity About Live Data: You've worked with data or instrumentation in a lab, a project, or a class, and you want to learn to watch it stream in during a live test rather than only reviewing it afterward.
Clear Technical Writing: You write documentation someone else can follow, like lab reports or project write-ups, and you care about getting the details right. The team teaches the test card format; the writing habits are yours to bring.
