Mechanical Engineering Intern

Albacore Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company building highly-capable, mass-producible drone submarines to defend sovereign waters of America and allied nations. We are backed with more than $10 million from Y Combinator and venture capital investors.

Our team is hiring mechanical engineering interns to join our team for the summer.

During that timeframe, you will help us:

• Scale vehicle production to double-digits.
• Conduct international demonstrations to NATO.
• Blow up a ship (legally).

Role description:

• Contribute to mechanical design, integration, and validation efforts, supporting structural layouts, packaging, sealing strategies, and subsystem integration (propulsion, sensing, power).
• Design and fabricate custom hardware to enable component verification, system integration, and performance evaluation, applying a strong first-principles engineering approach.
• Execute focused technical investigations to assess new concepts, mechanisms, and materials that improve performance, reliability, and durability.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience designing and building mechanical or electromechanical systems.
• Proficient in CAD tools (SolidWorks preferred) with working knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and design for manufacturability; capable of producing clear, production-ready documentation.
• Skilled in structural analysis, material selection, and environmental design considerations including pressure, vibration, and corrosion for marine applications.
• Comfortable with hands-on prototyping, fabrication, assembly, troubleshooting, and iterative testing in laboratory and field environments.
• U.S. work authorization and ability to obtain a security clearance.