Varda Space
Mechanisms & Payload Internship - Summer 2027
El Segundo, California, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Education
- Actively enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program; pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering, or a similar engineering degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person permitted to access the company’s export-controlled technology without an export license: U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Design, build, analyze, and test electromechanical hardware and software for spacecraft and in-space manufacturing or reentry payloads.
What you'll do
- Contribute to hardware or software design for spacecraft or payload development.
- Create or support test campaigns and build test stands.
- Perform analysis to support development and testing.
What they ask for
- Experience with mechanical CAD.
- Experience designing, building, and/or operating electromechanical hardware.
- Basic programming skills in at least one language.
- Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in a stated or similar engineering discipline; comfortable with common hand tools and interested in learning machine tools.
Nice to have
- NX for mechanical CAD; Python for programming.
- Previous internship or co-op experience, or participation in technical project teams.
Pay
$33.00 hourly rate (base salary)
Tools
NX, python
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