Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern

About the Role

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a motivated Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern to join our team for a 3-month summer internship in 2027. This role offers hands-on experience with novel avionics and exposure to various satellite subsystems within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics system design, performance, hardware, and test across the satellite bus.
• Collaborate within cross-functional Engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, build avionics test systems, and integrate flight hardware.
• Create and update technical documentation, including system and test asset diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, procedures, and test/anomaly reports.
• Design, build, and program automated test stands for avionics hardware.
• Execute avionics component and system testing on flight hardware through development, acceptance, qualification, and integration phases.
• Support spacecraft integration testing, production issue dispositions, troubleshooting failures, and managing spacecraft risk.
• Design, develop, and build avionics production infrastructure.
• Write modular and reusable test, analysis, and automation software in Python and Rust.
• Manage and communicate project plans, milestones, and schedule execution.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 6+ months of technical engineering experience outside of university coursework (e.g., laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, volunteering, personal projects, or prior internship/work experience).
• Availability for a minimum 12-week internship in person at K2 Space HQ in Torrance.

Nice to Have

• Ability to work well in an integrated, collaborative team environment.
• Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space electronics and harnessing (e.g., thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016).
• Competence with electrical test equipment (power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers).
• Experience with high-voltage electrical systems.
• Experience with NX or similar CAD software.
• Experience in PCB schematic capture and board layout, ideally using Altium or similar software.
• Experience with Linux, Bash, and C++.
• Experience with networking systems and associated testing tools (TCP/UDP, IP, VLANs, iperf, tcpdump).
• Experience with vehicle-level testing, including writing test procedures, creating test sequencing, and analytical data review.