Systems Engineering Intern - Safety Analysis (Summer)

At REGENT, we’re on a mission to revolutionize regional transportation between coastal cities. We're not just building vehicles, we're creating a new category of transportation: the Seaglider. These groundbreaking wing-in-ground-effect craft travel just above the water’s surface, combining the speed of an airplane with the low operating costs of a boat. Capable of 180 miles at 180 mph on today's battery tech (and up to 400 miles with next-gen batteries), Seagliders will unlock fast, affordable, and sustainable coastal transit for passengers and cargo - connecting cities, islands, and communities like never before.

Backed by leading investors and powered by a team of passionate, forward-thinking engineers, builders, and operators, we’re now scaling from a breakthrough prototype to full production - and building the team to make it happen.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Systems Engineering Intern - Safety Analysis on our Systems Engineering team, you'll help push forward the analysis that gives REGENT confidence in the safety of the Seaglider as we work toward certification. You'll support development of a safety analysis method we don't yet perform in-house and support ongoing safety analysis efforts already underway. Beyond safety analysis, you'll get hands-on exposure to the broader systems engineering discipline, lending support on requirements management, verification, and the systems engineering work behind our hybridization efforts.

This isn't a role where you'll be handed a checklist and told exactly what to do each day. You'll scope your own path to completion on a defined project, work directly with engineers across multiple disciplines to understand how your analysis connects to the bigger picture, and carry your work through to an internal engineering approval process by the end of your term - a level of real ownership that's rare for an internship.

Seagliders are a genuinely new kind of vehicle, and the certification path we're building for them is just as novel, which means the questions you'll help answer haven't been answered by anyone else before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by ambiguity, asks questions instead of waiting for direction, and wants a front-row seat to how safety-critical systems actually get certified, we'd love to have you on the team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Support Development of a New Safety Analysis: You'll lead a safety analysis method REGENT hasn't yet brought in-house, such as a PRA, ZHA, or CMA, and help establish how we approach it going forward.

- Strengthen Requirements and Verification: You'll provide systems engineering support across requirements management and verification, helping ensure our design decisions are traceable and well-documented.

- Support Hybridization Efforts: You'll contribute systems engineering work to our hybridization systems, getting exposure to how power and propulsion decisions ripple across the broader vehicle design.

- Scope Your Own Project: You'll define your own path to completion on a defined project, deciding how to break down the work and what questions need answering along the way.

- Work Across Disciplines: You'll collaborate closely with engineers from different technical backgrounds, learning how safety analysis connects to the decisions being made across the vehicle.

- Present Your Work for Approval: By the end of your term, you'll present your results to the broader engineering organization and carry your analysis through an actual internal approval process.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- Clear Technical Communication: You're comfortable explaining your thinking to people across teams, including delivering technical updates to engineering leadership.

- A Grounding in One Discipline: You have a solid understanding of at least one engineering discipline, which gives you a strong base for quickly picking up the new concepts this role will throw at you.

- Systems Thinking: Any exposure to systems engineering principles will help you ramp up faster and see how your piece of the project fits into the larger whole.

- Passion for Being on the Water or in the Air: You're excited by aviation, sailing, boating, or anything that gets you out on the water or into the sky. Whether you're an experienced pilot, an avid boater, or simply fascinated by how things fly and move through water, that curiosity and enthusiasm are what matter most. Hands-on experience is a bonus!

- Safety Analysis Familiarity: Any background in system safety or Root Cause Analysis principles will help you get up to speed more quickly on the work ahead.

- Comfort With Python or MATLAB: Experience with either opens you up to a wider range of tasks and analysis approaches during your term.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Collaborative Team Player: You believe that great things happen when teams work together. You communicate effectively and collaborate with engineers, stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams to align on goals and move projects forward. You bring people together, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and moving towards a shared vision.

- Creative Problem Solver: You thrive on tackling complex challenges and finding innovative solutions. Whether you're resolving installation challenges, debugging elusive electrical issues, or adapting on the fly during integration and test, you bring a practical, inventive mindset to every problem. You don't just patch issues - you improve processes, anticipate downstream impacts, and help turn one-off fixes into scalable solutions that raise the bar for future builds.

- Adaptable & Agile: In a fast-paced, ever-evolving startup environment, you quickly adapt to changing priorities and requirements. You approach challenges with a calm, resilient mindset, and know how to pivot and adjust your approach as needed, ensuring that progress continues without missing a beat.

- Innovative Mindset: You’re driven by curiosity and a passion for technology. You’re passionate about driving continuous improvement, embracing new technologies and methodologies to enhance efficiency, quality, and team performance.

WHAT WE OFFER

- Competitive compensation

- Housing Stipend available for those temporarily moving to join our team

- Daily, free catered lunches

- Learning & professional development opportunities

- Meaningful projects that make an impact

- Mentorship & guidance from experienced team members

If you’re ready to take on an exciting challenge, grow with us, and make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, but you see yourself contributing to our mission, we encourage you to apply! We value diverse skillsets and experiences and believe in the potential of passionate individuals to make a big impact.

Equal Opportunity Employer

REGENT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.