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ATA Engineering’s Co-op and Internship Programs

 

Co-op studentsATA Engineering, Inc., (ATA) takes great pride in our co-op and internship programs, which are at the heart of our recruiting effort to find full-time employees. We believe that our co-op program helps develop outstanding engineers, which is why we have offered co-op and internship opportunities for as long as we have been in business. In fact, approximately 25% of the engineers who currently make up ATA’s full-time staff started their working relationship with our company as co-ops and/or interns. 

We regularly involve our co-ops in project work for customers, giving them many opportunities to attack real problems early in their education—which also inspires in them a drive to acquire more information, methods, and tools to solve these problems. Students typically return to school after each work session more motivated to learn, and return to ATA eager to apply what they have learned to challenging new projects. This alternating exposure to fundamental education and real engineering applications fosters deeper learning, career satisfaction, and self-confidence that is dramatically evident in our graduating co-ops.    

As a consulting company specializing in a broad range of engineering solutions, we work on a number of high-profile engineering programs spanning many industries, from aerospace Co-op at TDSprograms to entertainment to well-known mechanical products.  As a co-op or intern with ATA, you will work side-by-side with recognized experts in many mechanical engineering disciplines such as acoustics and structural dynamics, modal testing, and thermal analysis. Most ATA projects have a co-op student or intern on the project team who works with the experienced engineers. We encourage our engineers to allow co-ops and interns to carry as much of the engineering load as he or she can handle as well as to explain the technology in the project and build their understanding and experience. Each work session, our co-op students are able to carry more of the engineering responsibility, and by their last session many of them are able to independently complete projects with the senior engineers reviewing their work and answering questions. ATA projects are like a continual progression of “design-build-fly contests”—only the ATA projects are for real customers, with real problems, real schedules, and real requirements!

We hope you will consider ATA Engineering for your co-op engineering experience or internship. We know it will be a rewarding and valuable learning experience!

Applying for a Co-op Position

ATA recruits the best engineering students from the top engineering schools around the country, and we have a history of success working with the co-op programs at Purdue University,  Co-op Lab Northeastern University, Georgia Tech, University of Cincinnati, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington, and University of Wisconsin. We are looking for students with proven academic success in the mechanical, aerospace, and structural engineering fields, with an enthusiasm for finding solutions to mechanical and aerospace structural and design challenges and problems. Many of our contracts require access to government, defense, and/or classified material, and we cannot consider your application unless you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident.    

If you meet the above qualifications and are willing to commit to at least three sessions (quarters or semesters) at ATA, please contact the Office of Professional Practice or co-op coordinator at your university for details on how and when to apply.

Applying for a Summer Internship

Because of ATA’s commitment to our co-op students and the success of our co-op program, we Co-op Designoffer a very limited number of summer internships each year. If you are interested in applying for a summer internship, please submit your résumé (including citizenship status) and a copy of your college transcripts to interns@ata-e.com  between December 1st and February 28th. We are looking for students with proven academic success in the mechanical, aerospace, and structural engineering fields, who are enthusiastic about finding solutions to mechanical and aerospace structural and design challenges and problems. Applicants must have completed their sophomore year in one of the above engineering fields and must be available to work in our San Diego office for the entire summer. Many of our contracts require access to government, defense, and/or classified material, and we cannot consider your application unless you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident.

 
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