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Mechanical Engineering Intern

Albacore Inc. · Philadelphia, United States · On-site

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About Albacore Inc.

Albacore builds mass-produced long-range drone submarines for undersea dominance at scale. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

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

What they're looking for

  • 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
More about this role

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.

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

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