COLUMBIA Design and Engineering Summer Intern

General Dynamics Electric Boat provides an unparalleled learning experience for college students, offering practical exposure in the defense industry alongside expert engineers, shaping the future of submarine innovation.

Engineers at Electric Boat work collaboratively across departments and with our customer to develop innovative solutions for the United States Navy’s nuclear submarines. As an Intern, you'll be exposed to various engineering activities with the support of our senior staff. This program grants our trainees the opportunity to develop valuable skills and dive into cutting-edge projects such as leading the Columbia Class design and enhancing Virginia Class submarines. Every intern will be exposed to a wealth of knowledge in order to excel in the engineering domain.

This program requires a minimum commitment of 8 weeks during the Summer 2025 Season.

Participation in this program requires medical screening, passing a drug test, and potential DOD Investigation

This is not a remote opportunity.

All applicants have the potential to be Placed at any of the following locations: Groton CT or New London CT

COLUMBIA Design & Engineering – Summer Internship

Job Description:

Electric Boat's largest and most important program and the Navy’s top acquisition, the COLUMBIA program, is in a critical transition phase from design to construction. The COLUMBIA Design and Engineering Program Office’s focus is design completion in support of accelerating lead ship construction, test, and certification. This role will provide the opportunity to contribute to and take the lead on solutions to technical & program issues the span the entire Electric Boat enterprise from systems engineering and design products, to planning, to contracts to deck plate engineering challenges, all while collaborating with the best ship builders in the world and some of the most accomplished personnel in the US Government and the US NAVY.

From a career development perspective, you will work with all functional areas of EB, from front-line teams to the executive leadership staff. The design program office directorate is focused on building forward thinking, solution oriented leaders who are eager to be team players, collaborative thinkers. You will both be empowered and supported through senior mentorship to leverage existing processes and lessons learned to be combined with your new ideas, methods, and tools to both develop yourself and your team and support the program’s initiatives and directives. 

COLUMBIA Design and Engineering Program Office Summer Interns may be responsible for program management tasks involving the following:

• Program Man-Power Planning and Oversight
• Ships and Key-supplier Contracts Oversight and Execution
• Engineered Component Development and Procurement
• Urgent and Future Material Availability
• Systems and Component Engineering Products
• Life-Cycle Engineering Products
• Design Products
• Planning Products
• Design Change Products and Design Product Consumption

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications received, our current process does not involve interviews. Rest assured that even though you will not be contacted for an interview, your time and effort are greatly appreciated. Each application is diligently reviewed for consideration. Thank you for your understanding and interest!

To be qualified for this position:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• US citizenship is required.
• Must be able to successfully pass a medically supervised drug screen and background check.
• Must be enrolled full-time at a college or university
• At minimum students must have completed their Freshman year prior to the start of the internship.
• Must be available to work 40 hours per week for a minimum eight (8) consecutive weeks between May 2025 to September 2025.
• Selected candidates will be responsible for establishing housing and reliable transportation for the duration of their intern assignment.
• Pursuing a Bachelor or Masters of Science Degree in Construction, Manufacturing, Engineering Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Nuclear Engineering

Additional Skills:

• A demonstrated attitude of accountability and proactivity
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to learn new skills and apply them
• Ability to solve problems in a constructive manner
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Office)