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Vehicle Engineering Intern (Summer 2026)

Impulse Space

Impulse Space

USD 30-30 / hour
Posted on Sep 4, 2025
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As a Vehicle Engineering Intern, you will work on spacecraft development projects while working closely with a fast-paced, agile team that strives to make a high-performance spacecraft from a clean sheet design.

This internship will run from May to August 2026.

Department
Vehicle Engineering
Employment Type
Internship
Location
Redondo Beach
Workplace type
Onsite
Compensation
$30.00 / hour

Responsibilities

  • Support our Vehicle Engineering team through the design and build of 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

Minimum Qualifications

  • Completion or working towards 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


Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Hands-on experience working with mechanical systems
  • Demonstrated experience getting a hardware project through the design, build, test phase
  • Familiarity with CAD software and ability to learn new tools
  • Familiarity with analysis programming such as MATLAB, Excel, etc.
Additional Requirements:
  • Willing and able to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA for the duration of the internship
  • This position may require overtime hours; interns are eligible for overtime pay.

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity.


To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

About Impulse Space

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 1:

Application Received

Stage 2:

Resume Review

Stage 3:

Intro Phone Interview

Stage 4:

Technical Phone Interview(s)

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