The Role
Supports electromagnetic compatibility engineering for spacecraft components and systems. Responsibilities include optimizing EMC automation, bringing up semi-anechoic chambers, conducting EMC analysis, simulation, and testing, troubleshooting electromagnetic performance, preparing test plans and reports, and operating RF laboratory equipment. The intern collaborates with RF, avionics, mechanical, and software engineering teams and works on-site in Redondo Beach, California for a 12-week summer internship.
Summary Generated by Built In
As an EMC Engineering Intern, your core responsibility will be to support electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Engineering workflows. You will collaborate closely with RF, Avionics, Mechanical, and Software Engineers to test, troubleshoot and report findings of electromagnetic performance on various products. You will have the unique opportunity to contribute on various spacecraft components and system level development.
*This internship is 12 weeks long from May/June through August/September 2027
*This internship is 12 weeks long from May/June through August/September 2027
Responsibilities
- Contribute to optimization of in-house EMC automation.
- Drive semi-anechoic chamber bringup and inter-chamber repeatability.
- Conduct analysis and simulation of spacecraft components and systems for phenomen such as radiated emissions, surface charging, and performance in radiation.
- Conduct component level and system level EMC testing per MIL-STD 461 & MIL-STD-464
- Drive test plans, test reports, and troubleshooting efforts with diverse engineering groups across multiple satellite designs.
- Operate and integrate common EMC lab related equipment including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, RF amplifiers, scopes, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master's program for Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related area.
- Understanding of circuit theory and EM fundamentals concepts.
- Familiarity working hands-on in a lab with RF test equipment.
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast paced environment.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Understanding of radiated, conducted, and transient testing.
- Experience with Python scripting.
- Understanding of RF fundamentals such as antenna principles, link budgets, desense, S-parameters, transmission line theory, amplifiers, etc.
- Experience with EMC Design Guidelines and Best Practices.
- Experience with simulation tools such as EMC Plus, ADS, CST, HFSS, etc.
Additional Requirements:
- Willing and able to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA for the duration of the internship
- This role may require overtime hours; interns are eligible for overtime pay.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Skills Required
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
- Understanding of circuit theory and electromagnetic fundamentals
- Hands-on laboratory experience with RF test equipment
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Understanding of radiated, conducted, and transient testing
- Experience with Python scripting
- Understanding of RF fundamentals, including antenna principles, link budgets, desense, S-parameters, transmission line theory, and amplifiers
- Experience with EMC design guidelines and best practices
- Experience with EMC Plus, ADS, CST, HFSS, or similar simulation tools
- Willingness and ability to work on-site in Redondo Beach, California for the internship
- Must meet applicable U.S. Government ITAR authorization requirements
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What We Do
Impulse enables low-cost and nimble last-mile space payload delivery - access any orbit, reach other worlds.
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