Avionics Electrical Propulsion Engineering Intern (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Redondo Beach, California, for the duration of the 12-week internship

Compensation: $32.00 per hour; overtime eligible

Company

In-space transportation company developing spacecraft and propulsion vehicles for missions beyond Low Earth Orbit and orbital transportation services.

What you will do

• Design, assemble, and test custom circuit boards and avionics hardware for an electric propulsion system.
• Develop schematics, select components, perform circuit analysis and simulation, and support PCB layout.
• Develop and test actuator drivers, power converters, load switches, and other specialized electronics.
• Perform hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, debugging, validation, and laboratory testing.
• Set up tests, execute supervised procedures, analyze data, and document designs, results, analyses, and hardware configurations.
• Integrate hardware with propulsion, firmware, software, GNC, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of basic circuit analysis, electronic components, and analog, digital, or power electronics.
• Hands-on experience building, testing, or troubleshooting electronic circuits.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, function generators, and other electrical engineering laboratory equipment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
• Must be willing and able to work onsite in Redondo Beach, California, and meet U.S. export-control eligibility requirements as a U.S. Person or a person eligible to obtain an export license.

Nice to have

• PCB design experience with Altium Designer or similar tools.
• Experience with circuit simulation, power converters, actuator or motor drivers, load switches, microcontrollers, ADCs, DACs, op-amps, filtering, power integrity, or signal integrity.
• Experience with soldering, electronics assembly, board-level rework, hardware bring-up, automated testing, data acquisition, or laboratory test equipment.
• Experience in aerospace, propulsion, electronics, experimental research, spacecraft, or rocket hardware environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on experience across the spacecraft electronics development lifecycle.
• Collaboration with experienced engineers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• 12-week summer internship running from May or June through August or September 2027.
• Overtime pay eligibility for interns.
• Full-time hires may be eligible for stock options, medical, vision and dental coverage, and a 401(k) retirement plan.

Hiring process

• Application and resume review.
• Introductory phone interview followed by technical phone interview(s).
• Onsite interview and offer stage.