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Boeing Research & Technology Graduate Researcher Program – Guidance, Navigation, Control and Autonomy Intern

Tukwila, Washington; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Huntington Beach, California Job ID JR2025470348 Category Business Support Services Role Type Hybrid Post Date Sep. 05, 2025
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At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

At Boeing, we are all innovators on a mission to connect, protect, explore and inspire. From the seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Launch your career with Boeing, celebrated by WayUp as a Top 100 Internship Program in the US for 2025! We are seeking motivated, enthusiastic, and innovative students to join our 2026 intern program.

As an intern at Boeing, you’ll gain hands-on experience, learn from experts, and collaborate with teams that do truly amazing things.

Over the course of our 10-12 week internship experience you will have the opportunity to:

  • Work directly with a mentor in your field of study while finding solutions to real world problems
  • Experience our products up close by touring our state-of-the-art manufacturing and research facilities
  • Interact directly with our company leaders to discuss strategy and the future of Boeing
  • Build a lasting professional network through social events and engaging activities
  • Gain the skills and knowledge to become a future leader in the aerospace industry

Join our exclusive Graduate Researcher Program (GRP) in Boeing Research & Technology during the Summer of 2026 and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.  Boeing Research & Technology is Boeing's global research and development team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enable the future of aerospace. We are engineers, skilled scientists, thinkers, bold innovators and dreamers. 

What is Graduate Researcher Program?

The GRP (Graduate Researcher Program) is a unique 10-12 week internship program designed specifically for students pursuing their PhD. GRP is a hybrid experience of real-world industry work experience combined with development programming that exposes students to Boeing, its products, services and its people.  GRP focuses on deeply connecting students to their team and Boeing through work experience across multiple summers with the goal of ultimately offering a full-time position at the conclusion of academic studies if a mutual fit is achieved. 

How GRP Works:

GRP host teams post opportunities aligned with Boeing needs in hopes of matching to top PhD talent.  Upon application and selection, successful applicants receive an offer to spend the following summer with the GRP host team. The program aims to provide interns with a valuable opportunity to gain deeper experience at Boeing with their host team, while applying academic skills and expertise to help solve real-world industry challenges and opportunities.

In addition to industry work exposure, students will attend GRP programming to further broaden their experience and knowledge of Boeing.  GRP programming includes:  mentorship in your field of study, weekly Featured Speaker Talks, a week-long in-person GRP Summit, participation in an Innovation Challenge, and other opportunities to interact and build a professional network with other GRP students, Boeing team members, and leadership.

Please note:  The work you do at Boeing can be related to your area of study, but cannot contribute or be used in your PhD thesis.  

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking students who will have completed their first year of study in their PhD program by July 2026 and are passionate about the aerospace industry and Boeing. GRP students excel at quickly adapting to their roles, analyzing complex problems, and developing innovative solutions. They thrive in collaborative team environments and possess excellent communication skills. Above all, they are driven to contribute to the success of their team, fellow GRP students, and Boeing.

2026 GRP Position:

This GRP position is with the Boeing Technology Innovation Guidance, Navigation, Control & Autonomy team with primary locations in Tukwila, WA, Huntington Beach, CA, and Cambridge, MA. The selected candidate will work with other Boeing engineers to address research and development challenges in the areas of guidance, navigation, flight controls, and autonomy. As these areas span a wide range of technologies, the particular assigned work will depend on the strengths and interests of the candidate as well as the most current programmatic needs and priorities. With guidance from senior engineers, the candidate will perform R&D to mature technologies needed for areas such as advanced navigation and control system design and analysis methods and tools, dynamic system modeling and simulation, estimation, uncertainty quantification, trajectory optimization, and technologies needed to enable increased automation and full autonomous operations. With guidance, the candidate is expected to have the ability to analyze and develop solutions to complex problems

Job Related Information / Qualifications:

The work involves aspects of problem solving, design, coding / implementation, model based engineering, mathematical modeling and simulation, algorithm development, testing, and analysis. The candidate will carry out experiment design, testing, and results analysis as well as prepare reports and give presentations. Experience with dynamic system modeling and simulation, control system design and analysis theory and methods, estimation, optimization, advanced mathematics, Monte Carlo analysis, MATLAB, Simulink, C or C++, object oriented design, system architecture, and autonomous systems is desired. Some familiarity with machine learning, AI, probabilistic reasoning and decision making, or messaging standards and service oriented architectures is a plus. The candidate must also have good team collaboration skills and good communication skills.

The work involves aspects from problem solving, design, coding / implementation, mathematical modeling and simulation, testing, and analysis. The candidate will carry out experiment design, testing, and results analysis as well as prepare reports and give presentations.

This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options.  This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future. 

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required.  “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Job Related Information / Qualifications:

  • Completed the first year of PhD studies by July 2026
  • Pursing a PhD in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
  • Enrolled student attending a college or university with an expected graduation date on or after August 2026
  • Ability to work full-time for 10-12 weeks during Summer 2026
  • Experience with dynamic system modeling and simulation, control system design and analysis theory and methods, estimation, optimization, advanced mathematics, Monte Carlo analysis, MATLAB, Simulink, C or C++, object oriented design, system architecture, and autonomous systems

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong team collaboration skills and good communication skills.
  • Experience with machine learning, AI, probabilistic reasoning and decision making, or messaging standards and service-oriented architectures

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Union:

These positions are in multiple U.S. locations and may or may not be covered by a collective bargaining agreement. In locations where SPEEA representation applies, this job family will be covered by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. Applicable and appropriate educational/certifications credentials from an accredited institution and/or equivalent experience is required.

Shift:

This role is primarily first shift; however, there may be additional shift requirements to support program objectives.

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range: $89,000


Applications for this position will be accepted until Nov. 01, 2025


Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift


Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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