About the role#
As a Motorsports Aero-Thermal Engineering Intern, you will contribute to aerodynamic development within the GM Motorsports organization. You will work alongside engineers and technical leaders on projects that connect high-performance racing with real-world engineering innovation. Depending on team priorities and your background, your work may involve computational fluid dynamics (CFD), physical testing, automation, data processing, machine learning, or artificial intelligence applications.
What you'll do#
- Develop and improve CFD workflows across CAD preparation, geometry cleanup, meshing, solver execution, post-processing, and automated reporting.
- Build tools and methods for wind-tunnel aerodynamic testing, including test planning, instrumentation, data acquisition, controls, and data processing.
- Create and validate machine-learning or surrogate models to improve aerodynamic performance prediction and flow-field inference.
- Develop AI-enabled tools to improve engineering productivity, accelerate analysis, and support technical decision-making.
- Collaborate with technical leaders to define requirements, evaluate results, document methods, and communicate recommendations.
What you'll need#
- Pursuit of a graduate degree in physics, mathematics, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, computational science, or a closely related field.
- Graduation date of September 2027 or later.
- Ability to work full-time (40 hours per week) during the summer of 2027.
- Demonstrated experience developing CFD surrogate models, reduced-order models, or other data-driven methods for performance prediction.
- A strong foundation in mechanical design, aerodynamics, CFD, computer vision, three-dimensional generative design, machine learning, or scientific computing.
- Analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills grounded in physical principles.
- Demonstrated engineering capability through research, coursework, or prior technical projects.
- Ability to communicate complex technical findings clearly to specialized and cross-functional audiences.
- Strong interest in motorsports and high-performance vehicle development.
- Experience with scientific programming, software development, version control, CI/CD, or DevOps practices.
- Experience with CAD, geometry processing, meshing, high-performance computing, or engineering data pipelines.
- Experience working with experimental data, wind-tunnel testing, vehicle testing, or instrumentation.
- Note: GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
Location & details#
- Location: Milford, Michigan.
- Work Modality: Hybrid (expected to report to the Milford Proving Ground at least three times per week).
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Status: Full-time, paid internship.
About General Motors
General Motors is a public company based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry. The company employs over 106,000 people. Its work spans the design and production of cars, trucks, and transportation technology, including software, electrification, and AI.
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