Highlights
At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company is seeking talented college students to join our 2027 summer internship program.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Simsbury, Connecticut |
| Industry | Aerospace and Defense |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1836 |
| Website | http://www.eba-d.com/ |
Description
At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you!
Job Description
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company is seeking talented college students to join our 2027 summer internship program. Our 12-week internship program is designed to provide real-world and hands-on experience in areas that interest you! As an intern, you will collaborate with industry experts to solve real-world challenges and change the way we do business.
Development Engineer Interns will provide electrical project support through:
Design and fabrication of test article instrumentation
Circuit analysis
Harnessing, soldering, testing
PCB design
Electrical database administration
Perform hands-on testing of electronic assemblies in a development lab environment
Participate in environmental and dynamic testing of development, qualification, and production top-level assemblies
Assess and analyze technical risks, then support the creation and execution of risk mitigation plans
Generate technical reports for complex development tests and analyses
As a part of our internship program, your experience will include:
Robust projects with positive business impact
Formal and informal feedback from managers
Lunch and learn sessions featuring executives from across the business
Networking and social events
Visibility to all levels of leadership
Qualified candidates will be pursuing a bachelor’s degree with Junior standing at the time of application, in an Engineering discipline.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.
About Company
Mission Statement To improve people’s lives By providing technologies that help put people and satellites in space, and protecting the armed service men and women around the world as they protect our freedoms at home, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) continuously seeks to improve the lives of people. Vision Statement Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) seeks to be a leader in mission critical hardware and services. Strategy Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) delivers mission critical hardware and system solutions, integrating complementary technologies and building partnerships to broaden our markets, add value and grow. Unparalleled Experience Solutions require innovation. In 1836, William Bickford's invention of a superior initiator for mining explosives, safety fuse, heralded not only a safer era for miners, but the formation of the Ensign-Bickford company. From this single but significant milestone, EBAD has developed global industry influence and extensive capabilities facilities in three locations; Graham, KY, Moorpark, CA and our headquarters in Simsbury, CT. Ideas, insights and engineering breakthroughs have made us manufacturers of the most reliable, precise aerospace and defense energetic solutions available. Our history of providing high-reliability solutions to these markets is unequaled, as is our commitment to meeting cost, delivery, reliability, environmental, and performance requirements. No other company can match the range of innovative energetic solutions that we've manufactured; this breadth of energetics application and technology is the foundation on which our success—and yours—rests.