Space Vehicle Electrical Engineer Co-Op - Spring 2025

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Greenwood Village, CO
1-3 Years Experience
Aerospace • Cybersecurity • Defense • Manufacturing
Let’s get to orbit with York’s turn-key complete mission solutions.  
The Role
This internship involves contributing to the development of high-fidelity spacecraft, collaborating with multiple engineering disciplines, conducting design reviews, and executing a project that provides real-world experience in space vehicle assembly and testing. Interns will also troubleshoot electrical subsystems and improve processes for vehicle assembly and integration.
Summary Generated by Built In

Salary: $22.00 - $26.00/hr

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next- generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively.

 

The ideal York Engineering intern is a highly motivated, proactive individual who enjoys learning and is excited about working on space hardware and real missions. Each York Space Systems intern has the opportunity to work on York missions, while participating in a tailored engineering training program. Each intern is provided with a dedicated Senior Engineer as a mentor and is assigned a scope bound project that is challenging yet achievable during the duration of the program. York encourages you to indicate the engineering discipline(s) you're interested in with your application, this is your opportunity to experience what it would be like to work at York and discover your passion. Successful candidates will be high energy, adaptable, eager to learn, and passionate about space!
RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Contribute to development of a high-fidelity spacecraft
  • Interface with multiple engineering disciplines and project stakeholders
  • Contribute to design reviews, process improvement and tool development
  • Execute a time bound, well defined project which is of high value to York
  • Gain hands-on assembly and test experience
  • Work with production test teams to quickly and thoroughly resolve production & test anomalies that occur during space vehicle assembly, integration, and test.
  • Perform troubleshooting efforts into electrical subsystems of the space vehicle.
  • Provide electrical-subsystem compatibility and signal-integrity advice
  • Documentation of issue disposition and process/design improvements for more efficient vehicle AI&T.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Enrollment in a 4-year degree program at an accredited university studying engineering
  • Must have completed at least Freshman year of the degree program
  • Ability to commit to a 40-hour work-week for the duration of the Internship
  • Strong communicator, great team player and overall hard worker
  • Self-starter and self-motivated with a hunger to learn
  • An interest in full time employment at York Space Systems
  • Demonstrated interest in spacecraft and space systems
  • Willing and able to work in our Greenwood Village, CO office (this is not a remote internship)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

 

  • Experience/interest in using standard RF / electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.
  • Experience/interest in electronic circuit card assembly, inspection, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience/interest in harness assembly and following wiring/PCBA diagrams/schematics.
  • Experience/interest in Altium designer and reading schematic and PCB layout files.

BENEFITS

  • In addition to compensation, York Space Systems is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance to our interns.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by clicking the “Apply for this position” link below. York Space Systems will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until the position is closed.

 

 

York Space Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, military or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to all terms and conditions or employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. YORK SPACE SYSTEMS IS AN EEO EMPLOYER.

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The Company
HQ: Greenwood Village , CO
0 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

York provides complete solutions for mission design, spacecraft, launch, ground, and operations.  York offers complete mission solutions for both government and Fortune 500 companies from cyber-secure globally connected communications, to earth observation, and dedicated analytics platform streams. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in both end-to-end customer solutions and the manufacturing of spacecraft platforms.

Why Work With Us

We continually question the status quo by transforming the industry to be one of constant production, deployment, and execution. We do nothing for the sole purpose of doing it because that is what has always been done, we are creating a new paradigm for the growth and financial success of the space sector and setting what the future will look like

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