Varda Space
Avionics Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
El Segundo, California, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; must be actively enrolled in an accredited degree program.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. and be a “U.S. person” permitted access to the company’s technology without an export license.
About the job
Design and test spacecraft avionics hardware, including custom PCBs and embedded systems, through end-to-end development from schematic capture to testing.
What you'll do
- Design and test custom PCBs for embedded electronics and analog/digital systems.
- Develop hardware systems end to end, including schematic capture, layout, manufacturing, and testing.
- Support embedded system development using microcontrollers and sensors.
What they ask for
- Prior experience designing PCBs.
- Familiarity with microcontroller programming.
- Some experience or interest in Python programming.
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Altium or other PCB design tools.
- Entering junior year or later; attention to detail, hardware-prototype debugging ability, and hands-on project-team or lab experience.
Pay
$33.00 USD per hour (hourly rate)
Tools
PCBs, Python, Altium, microcontrollers, sensors, Ethernet
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