Mechanical Engineering Intern (2027)

About the Role

We are seeking mechanical interns to join our 2027 Winter class (Jan-March 2027). Our interns receive high ownership and guidance with challenging and meaningful projects that are critical components to the success of our mission. You will partner with and learn from top professionals in the aerospace industry.

This will be a 10-12 week internship in our facility in the greater Seattle area. You'll be in the same location where we are pulling in our structures, mechanisms, propulsion, life support systems, avionics, power systems, thermal systems, software, and associated testing. If you are driven, passionate, collaborative, hands on, and want to grow your technical skills - join us and help enable our expansion into the solar system.

Internship Disciplines

• Mechanical Test Engineering
• Motor Control Engineering

About You

You're a successful candidate if you are a giver, not a taker and have a desire to support your team in all the areas to mission success. The strongest candidates have appreciation for the physics underlying engineering while also seeing their developments built with their hands and bias to action, testing, and execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program as a mechanical or electrical engineer (junior standing or higher) or a graduate program and have at least one semester or quarter of school remaining after the internship.
• Available to work full time while not concurrently enrolled in coursework.
• Strong written, verbal, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Basic electrical engineering - voltage, current, resistance, power, Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws

Desired Motor Control Engineering Skills

• Electronics lab work - wiring, soldering, instrumentation, documenting experiments
• Familiar with stepper motors, PWM, phase current
• Feedback vs. open loop, PID basics, stability, bandwidth
• Embedded programming with C/C++, microcontrollers, GPIO, timers, interrupts

Desired Mechanical Test Engineering Skills

• Writing test procedures, defining objectives, setting up tests, executing tests
• Load cells, thermocouples, pressure sensors, displacement sensors, accelerometers, resolvers
• Tensile, compression, vibration, thermal, fatigue, functional tests
• Designing and building test equipment such as dynos, structures, 80/20 aluminum extrusion
• Designing welded or machined structures
• Tolerance stack-up studies and drafting engineering drawings

Salary Range and Description

We provide a competitive hourly wage and housing stipend for our interns, $28/hr - $35.00/hr

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Tra c in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Pay and benefits

Salary Range $28—$35 USD