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Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service - spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack - from the lab to the field - we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Group Overview
Strategic Relations deepens relationships with key strategic communities, including U.S. elected officials, political appointees, and senior military officials, to enhance engagement and advance Metrea's mission. The team develops a detailed understanding of the influencers, stakeholders, and decision-makers who impact key Metrea files, including all the market layers, formal and informal decision makers and influencers, and policies impacting funding and acquisition decisions. The Strategic Relations team delivers insights into risk and opportunity exposures to the rest of the enterprise following engagements with external actors.
Position Summary
Metrea is offering paid internship opportunities for undergraduate students in its Washington, DC, office. Metrea is looking for driven, innovative students who are excited about the defense and aerospace domain. Metrea's market presence covers a wide range of emerging tech and defense capabilities; therefore, interns will be exposed to many facets of the national security environment. While reporting to the Strategic Relations team, this position will work directly with Metrea staff in various departments to support the goals and mission of each unit and the Company as a whole. The internship will provide invaluable career mentorship opportunities as interns work alongside and support professionals and practitioners with decades of experience in government and in the national security environment. Interns will be given the opportunity to explore research topics that suit their interests and show initiative with new project ideas.
What You'll Do

• Support the development of briefing materials for engagements with government officials
• Attend and provide summaries of external events such as U.S. Congressional hearings and think
  tank discussions
• Research legislative proposals and federal, state, and local U.S. governmental activities pertaining to Metrea's priorities on defense, security, and disaster response
• Provide coverage of key international organizations and coalitions where the U.S. has an enduring interest, such as NATO, the United Nations, and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
• Assist with other tasks within the Americas Market Group as needed

What You Bring

• Enrollment at a university pursuing an undergraduate or master's degree in political science, foreign policy, international business, or related studies
• Demonstrated interest in national security, defense, and foreign policy particularly in prior coursework or internship experience
• Strong ability to write, particularly short memo-style products
• Willingness to learn more about the defense and related security industry and Metrea's mission areas worldwide
• Demonstrates a proactive attitude to teamwork by taking initiative with new ideas and projects
• Acute attention to detail
• Availability for 24 - 30 hours a week, in-person
• Willingness and ability to maintain confidentiality in relation to company matters
• Previous internship experience in Congress or the Executive Branch, preferred

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• Must have the legal right to work in the United States

AAP/EEO Statement
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a part-time non-exempt position with typical working hours from Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs.
Work Environment
This role operates in an office setting.
Travel
Travel requirements are approximately 10%, including local travel to events in the Washington, DC area.
Base Pay Range
The compensation range shown below is a good faith estimate and reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills, experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.
Pay Range
$20-$20 USD
Our Firmware
At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.