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Supports spacecraft propulsion development through hardware or software design, fluid-system analysis, test campaign creation, test-stand construction, and data reduction. Projects may include propellant system design, component test benches, valve qualification, automated analysis software, and ground fluid equipment. The internship is full-time and on-site in Los Angeles, with candidates pursuing an engineering degree and coursework in propulsion-related subjects.

Manufacturing Engineering Intern supporting spacecraft and reentry-system production. Responsibilities include factory design, production-process development and improvement, hardware optimization for manufacturability, and hands-on production support. The role offers experience with flight hardware, build operations, tooling, real-time problem solving, and production scaling in an on-site aerospace startup environment.

Supports the Guidance, Navigation and Controls team in designing, analyzing, simulating, and testing reentry vehicle systems. Responsibilities include developing GNC algorithms, integrating sensors and actuators, conducting hardware-in-the-loop testing, creating autonomous spacecraft control and maneuver-planning tools, and performing trajectory optimization and dispersion analysis.

Supports spacecraft and reentry vehicle assembly, integration, verification, and testing. Responsibilities include designing hardware or software, developing test campaigns, performing engineering analysis, creating ground support equipment, troubleshooting avionics, building Python test tools, and automating data collection. Interns work hands-on with flight hardware and spacecraft-level checks in an on-site aerospace production environment.

Full-time, on-site summer internship supporting spacecraft and payload development. Responsibilities include designing electromechanical hardware or software, building test stands, supporting test campaigns, and performing engineering analysis. Projects may involve flight mechanisms, pharmaceutical manufacturing payloads, hosted payloads, and custom test equipment. Candidates must be enrolled in an engineering degree program and have mechanical CAD, electromechanical hardware, programming, and hands-on fabrication experience.

Support the Information Security team by reviewing security alerts, documenting responses, tuning security tools, maintaining event logs, organizing audit evidence, tracking external security reports, and updating compliance software. The intern will complete a summer project such as identifying logging gaps, refreshing incident response documentation, or creating a dashboard. The role provides hands-on exposure to security operations, compliance audits, and tools including Zscaler, CrowdStrike, ThreatLocker, Darktrace, and AlienVault.

Design, build, and test mechanical structures for in-orbit manufacturing spacecraft and ground support equipment. Responsibilities include evaluating concepts using physics-based methods, creating CAD models and engineering drawings, fabricating hardware, and supporting development and flight testing. Interns may work on tooling, test setups, ground support equipment, flight hardware modifications, and generative design applications.

Develop and debug real-time embedded C++ software for spacecraft flight computers. Support autonomous control, data handling, fault protection, hardware interfaces, systems integration, and testing. Collaborate with avionics and systems teams to validate software across mission phases in an on-site startup environment.

Own spacecraft final assembly integration from subassembly mating through vehicle closeout. Develop integration procedures, assembly travelers, and work instructions; coordinate structures, propulsion, avionics, and thermal protection teams; resolve interface and sequencing issues; lead readiness reviews; ensure cleanliness, FOD, torque, and inspection records; manage nonconformances and MRBs; track integration metrics; and define tooling and handling requirements.

Develop aerodynamic and aeroheating databases for hypersonic reentry vehicles across rarefied, hypersonic, and subsonic flight regimes. Run CFD and DSMC simulations, build meshes, plan and analyze wind tunnel tests, support 6DOF modeling and flight rules, reconcile CFD, test, and telemetry data, lead post-flight reconstruction, and collaborate with GNC, TPS, structures, and mission planning teams.