Founder's Office Intern

At CRA, we're creating purpose-engineered solutions that power the Energy and Defense sectors. As an integrated engineering powerhouse, we design, engineer, and manufacture everything in-house, giving us unmatched control over quality and innovation. Industry leaders trust our solutions, including BrahMos Aerospace, ONGC, OIL, Indian Air Force, and Schlumberger.

We've entered an extraordinary growth phase, tripling in size over the last three years. Today, with a team strength of 100, we're positioned at the intersection of two rapidly expanding sectors.

We're looking for a Founder's Office Intern to work closely with the founder and leadership team on high-priority operational projects. Unlike a typical intern, this role is execution-first. You'll be hands-on in day-to-day operations, helping build scalable systems and ensuring initiatives run smoothly. This is a unique opportunity to get a front-row seat to how a high-growth engineering company runs and scales from the inside out.

What You'll Work On

• Document & Presentation Prep: Draft, format and refine briefs, reports and slide decks for the founder and strategy team.
  
• Operational Execution: Support key cross-functional initiatives—coordinating between teams, tracking progress, solving blockers, and ensuring on-ground execution of strategic priorities.
  
• Process Building: Help create and document workflows that increase efficiency and reduce friction across departments like manufacturing, supply chain, HR, and finance.
  
• Data & Reporting: Collect, clean, and analyze operational data to support decision-making. Help create dashboards, reports, and insights for the founder and leadership team.
  
• Project Management: Track the status of key projects, follow up with stakeholders, and ensure deliverables are met on time.
  
• Strategic Support: Assist the strategy team with research, analysis, and preparation of materials, though your primary focus will be operational delivery.
  
• Founder Support: Be a go-to execution partner for the founder on high-priority tasks—think of this as a high-responsibility generalist role with exposure across functions.
  

Who You Are

• You're proactive and hands-on—you love solving problems and getting things done.
  
• You're organized, detail-oriented, and a strong project manager.
  
• You thrive in high-intensity environments and can juggle multiple priorities with ease.
  
• You enjoy working behind the scenes to make things work better and faster.
  
• You're data-driven and comfortable making decisions based on numbers and logic.
  
• You're humble, curious, and always eager to learn—especially in areas outside your expertise.
  

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in engineering, business, MBA or related fields.
  
• Prior internship or project experience in operations, project management, or high-performance environments (consulting/startups is a plus).
  
• Strong comfort with Excel or Google Sheets; familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Notion, Asana, Trello) is a bonus.
  
• Clear communication—written and verbal.
  
• Willingness to work from the ground up and take ownership of outcomes.
  
• This role can be full-time/remote/semi-remote depending on your availability.
  

• Competitive compensation package.
  
• Exposure to real-world execution in a high-growth engineering company.
  
• Mentorship from experienced leadership and founders.
  
• Hands-on experience in solving meaningful operational problems.
  
• A close-up view of how strategy is translated into on-ground action.
  
• Possibility of transitioning into a full-time role.