Co-ops and internships
Finding a Co-op/Internship
Many students find co-ops and internships to be a very valuable component of their undergraduate experience. Here are some ways to begin looking for co-op/internship opportunities:
Visit the Virginia Tech Career & Professional Development website.
The career center has both scheduled appointments and drop-in advising available. This is a great place to get your resume reviewed!
Visit the career center’s Internship Central for tips about securing an internship.
Make an account on Handshake and begin searching for current employment opportunities.
Attend career fairs! Many career fairs have employers who are seeking students for co-ops/internships in addition to post-graduate employment.
Engineering Expo (fall)
Lockheed Martin Day (fall)
Virginia Tech’s Cooperative Education & Internship Program (CEIP)
When you are working in a co-op or internship position, you have the option of participating in Virginia Tech’s Cooperative Education and Internship Program.
Participation in the program provides many benefits, including:
Support from Virginia Tech’s Career and Professional Development office throughout your work experience.
Notation of work experience on your VT transcript (0 credit hours).
Allows you to maintain your full-time student status while you’re away working (if you are working full time).
If you’re interested in learning more, attend a CEIP Info Session.
Some companies/organizations that may have co-op/internship opportunities of interest to AOE students:
- Accenture
- Aerospace Corporation
- Air Combat Effectiveness (ACE) Consulting Group, LLC
- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
- Blue Ridge Envisioneering
- Boeing
- CACI
- CNA Corporation
- Collins Aerospace
- Deloitte
- Draper Labs
- General Electric (GE Aviation)
- Heron Systems, Inc.
- Inertial Labs, Inc.
- Joint Warfare Analysis Center
- Lincoln Laboratory at MIT
- Lockheed Martin
- Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School
- Mercury Systems
- MITRE
- NASA:
- NASK
- National Ground Intelligence Center
- Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program
- Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
- Newport News Shipbuilding (Huntington Ingalls Industries)
- Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Corporation - Renaissance Strategic Advisors
- Rolls-Royce
- SAIC
SAP NS2
Southwest Research Institute - Space@VT
- SpaceX
- Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA)
- Systems & Technology Research
- Technology Service Corporation
Trident Systems Incorporated - Virginia Space Grant Consortium
- Zeta Associates