Engineering Internships in the US Lockheed Martin with Terma

Kickstart your career and seize the unique opportunity to become an Intern at the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas or Atlanta, Georgia, from February to June 2026!

In collaboration with Lockheed Martin, we are offering you the opportunity to work on the world's most advanced fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II. During the Internship, you will develop your engineering skills, expand your toolbox, and gain valuable practical engineering experience.

Three types of Engineering Internships at Lockheed Martin are part of the program:
We offer three different Internship opportunities described below. We kindly ask you to mention the one(s) you are primarily interested in and qualified for when applying.

The Internships run from start February to start June, 2026, and they are paid.

An important prerequisite for all positions is that you, as an individual, are a self-starter with a keen sense of how to bring value to the areas you support. Additionally, you are assertive yet confident enough to seek assistance when unsure of the next step.

Please note that enrollment at a Danish university and studying for a master’s degree at the time of the Internship are prerequisites for all of the positions.

Option 1: Quality Engineering Internship
Support F-35’s Fabrication, Wing, and Mate Build areas and seize the chance to work with quality improvement projects alongside Quality Engineers and Inspectors.

Throughout this role, you will interact directly with Manufacturing Engineers and Assembly Line Workers. During the Internship you will engage other organizational disciplines to ensure that assigned tasks/projects are progressing as desired. The position involves daily direct interactions with Lockheed Martin personnel across the Build areas.

In this Internship your tasks may include the following:

• Help identify root causes and associated corrective actions and participate/collaborate with the engineering counterparts on program activities to assure processes and products are compliant to contractual requirements
• Perform in-process inspections of production assemblies using engineering drawings and manufacturing work instructions
• Evaluate process/product performance using Product Build Surveillance (PBS) protocol
• Make production data more accessible with the use of programming and analytical skills
• Brief senior leadership on the status and results of their projects

The location for this internship is Fort Worth, Texas.

Option 2: Quality Technology
You will be working within the Data Science and Applications Engineering disciplines. More specifically, you will be developing neural networks for automated inspection, defect identification, and defect classification.

As a member of the Quality Technology team, you will be involved in projects focused on implementing autonomous, robotic, and/or manually controlled technologies for use in performing inspections of F-35 aircraft within production and sustainment environments.

In this Internship your tasks may include the following:

• Programming and Application/Software Development using various programming tools (MatLab, Python, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, C++, Arduino, Pixy, iOS, and/or Unix)
• Being a creative problem-solver, always with the proper respect for our products and high level of quality
• Managing data collection, processing, and building neural networks for modelling the data
• 3D modeling to which experience with modeling programs such as CATIA, CREO, Pro-E, Fusion or NX will be perceived as an advantage
• 3D printing and/or prototyping
• Light project management of own projects - always in close collaboration with your colleagues and with the opportunity to receive sparring on various aspects

Excellent communication skills, motivation, and a team-oriented attitude are all requirements in this position since you will be working with the different teams to investigate their specific needs and translate these into requirements for the various opportunities.

The location for this Internship is Fort Worth, Texas.

Option 3: Production Continuous Improvements Internship
You will be working with Quality and Continuous Improvement projects together with a cross functional team. Within the Internship you will support the Center Wing Build areas and have the opportunities to work with program level quality projects. Projects may include developing machine learning methods or traditional statistical analysis to analyze relevant data regarding center wing manufacturing, as well as developing applications and/or web-based solutions to assist and ease daily running tasks for Supervisors, Managers, Mechanics, and Engineers.

In this Internship your tasks may include the following:

• Work with application and software development tools (MatLab, Python, VBA, C++, Rust, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Pixy, iOS, and/or Unix)
• 3D modelling (CATIA, CREO, Pro-E, or NX), 3D printing and/or prototyping
• Work within existing software and data frameworks to improve and/or streamline code quality and documentation
• Complete process capability and performance analysis to identify potential sources of variation
• Devise and implement methods and procedures for improving, testing and evaluating production processes, particularly through the use of digital tools
• Assist with audits in manufacturing build areas
• Specialize in the areas of design, product evaluation and reliability, and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality
• Be certified in lean and six-sigma methodologies
• Brief senior leadership on the status and results of their projects

The location for this Internship is Atlanta, Georgia.

The F-35 program
The F-35 is a 5th generation multirole stealth fighter aircraft.

In the dynamic and innovative aerospace industry, attention to detail, high standards, safety, and cost efficiency are paramount. This means that during the Internship, you can expect to enhance your skills and are guaranteed to become a better Engineer as you work in the challenging environment at Lockheed Martin.

What to expect?
We have been collaborating with Lockheed Martin on this Internship program for several years, ensuring a professional and well-established Internship program. You can expect a steep learning curve and the experience of a lifetime!

The People Managers at Lockheed Martin being responsible for the Interns selected for the program are experienced people with a great understanding of how to support the learning and working experience of the Interns. Therefore, you can as an Intern expect a great support from both the Managers and the team members you will be collaborating with during the program.

“My internship at Lockheed Martin gave me a unique perspective into the process and culture it takes to build a highly complex product without any defects. This is a perspective that I believe brings a lot of value to my work as an Engineer and is a great addition to what you learn at the university."
Quality Engineer Intern at Lockheed Martin (2020) - today Materials & Processes Engineer at Terma.

Any unanswered questions?
Feel free to contact our colleague via email: msko@terma.com in case of any further questions regarding this position. Our colleague has been participating in the Internship program himself during his studies in 2020 and will therefore be able to answer any questions you might have regarding the program.

If you would like to take on the challenge of working in an innovative company, we look forward to receiving your application. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com. Applications will be processed continuously.

Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk-evaluation. This entails among other issues:

• The full household has as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, and
• None of the full household members have committed serious criminal offences

The high-tech and innovative Terma Group develops products and systems for defense, non-defense and security applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, self-protection systems for aircraft and vessels, space technology, and aerostructures for the aircraft industry.

Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Terma has subsidiaries and operations across Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia Pacific as well as a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Terma Inc., with offices in Washington D.C., Georgia and Texas.

Application deadline:
As soon as possible