Strategic Relations Intern

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas-including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability-designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field-what we call connecting design with effect.

Metrea's solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

Capability Area 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 to undergraduate students in its Washington, DC Strategic Relations office for the Spring 2026 semester. 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 to 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'll bring

Essential

• Enrollment at a university pursuing an undergraduate or master's degree in government, 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 20 hours a week, in-person.
• Willingness and ability to maintain confidentiality in relation to company matters

Desirable:

• Previous internship experience in Congress or the Executive Branch

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

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

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes-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.

AAP/EEO Statement

Legal Entity 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 full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs.

Work Location

1222 22nd St NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC 20037

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting

Travel

Travel requirements are approximately 10%, including local travel to events in the Washington, DC area.

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