Vehicle Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

About the role

Impulse Space is looking for a Vehicle Engineering Intern for Summer 2027, a 12-week program from May/June to August/September 2027. You will work on spacecraft development projects with a fast-paced, agile team building a high-performance spacecraft from a clean-sheet design. The internship is paid at $30 per hour.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Vehicle Engineering team in designing and building primary structures, tanks, supporting structures, mechanisms and thermal management systems.
• Support the design, analysis and/or manufacturing of critical spacecraft hardware and testing equipment.
• Work directly with other design and manufacturing engineers to produce and test hardware.
• Resolve technical issues with innovative and resourceful solutions.

Required profile

• Completion or progress toward a degree in engineering or science.
• Ability to take project ownership and work well in a small team.
• Demonstrated proficiency in basic principles of mechanics and materials, heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluids.
• Willingness and ability to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA for the duration of the internship.
• The position may require overtime hours, for which interns are eligible overtime pay.

Preferred skills and experience

• Hands-on experience with mechanical systems.
• Experience taking a hardware project through design, build and test.
• Familiarity with CAD software and ability to learn new tools.
• Familiarity with analysis programming such as MATLAB and Excel.

To comply with U.S. space technology export regulations (ITAR), candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer.