Thermal Intern (Summer)

Design, analyze, and test thermal systems for cutting-edge satellite hardware.

🎯 About the Role

This internship offers hands-on experience in thermal analysis and design for satellite components. You will collaborate with the engineering team to evaluate, build, and test hardware, contributing to the development of advanced space technology.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• 🚀 Work together with the engineering team to design, evaluate, build, and test satellite hardware and/or software.
• ⚖️ Support design trades that successfully balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• 🌡️ Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of fidelity on a variety of different types of hardware.
• 🔧 Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and surface coatings.
• 🏗️ Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly which ensure thermal design intent is met.
• 🔬 Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at the component and spacecraft level.

✅ Requirements & Skills

• 🎓 Currently pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in mechanical, aerospace, or equivalent technical degree (e.g. physics or applied math).
• 💡 A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development.
• 🛠️ Demonstrated ability to personally design, build, and test hardware from scratch.
• 🇺🇸 US Citizenship or Green Card.

🎁 Perks & Benefits

• 💼 Opportunity to do meaningful work on complex projects.
• 🚀 Many past interns have designed hardware/software that is heading to space.

💰 Compensation: $29.00 per hour

⏳ Duration: Twelve weeks

📍 Location: Northern California, USA