Vehicle Systems Engineer Intern

Role Overview

This internship provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in engineering design, controls and automation, and operations. One team within the department focuses on building tools and processes to manage requirements, track decisions, and identify and mitigate risk, enabling faster, more informed development across the program.

Program Highlights

• In this role, you'll oversee the entire lifecycle of Terran R - from design and development to integrated testing, to launch.
• You will have the opportunity to work alongside multiple groups including structures, mechanisms, fluids, prop, avionics, and integrated analysis.
• Types of activities you might be assigned:
• Completing design trade studies
• Performing cross cutting analysis
• Driving requirements and verification planning to closure
• Creating automation scripts
• Developing concept of operations
• Planning test
• Reviewing data
• Managing vehicle configuration

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to see the big picture but drill down into details and perform detailed work.
• Thrive in ambiguity with the ability to define scope that drives the project forward and to completion.
• Willingness to jump in where and when needed on projects at various stages of the lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience through personal projects, club activities, or previous internships that encompass the entire lifecycle of a project.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with: Python, Jira, Confluence, Propulsion Systems, Mechanical Systems, Electromechanical systems, Robotics, Rockets.

Compensation: $34–42 per hour.