Varda Space
Propulsion Engineering Internship - Spring 2027
El Segundo, California, United States · Internship · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a specified or similar engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. and qualify as a U.S. person permitted access to export-controlled technology without an export license.
About the job
Supports spacecraft propulsion development through engineering design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of fluid systems and related hardware or software.
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
- Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering, or a similar engineering degree at an accredited college or university.
- Completed relevant engineering coursework, including at least one of Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Compressible Flow, or Combustion.
- Familiarity with engineering design software and principles; strong fundamentals in fluids engineering; prior hands-on experience building or testing fluid systems.
- Familiarity with safe operation of combustion devices, rocket propellants, and pressurized systems; familiarity or exposure to high precision manufacturing environments.
Nice to have
- Previous internship or co-op experience, or experience on technical project teams.
- Completion of a Propulsion or Rocket Propulsion survey course.
Pay
$33.00 USD per hour; hourly rate
Tools
NX/Teamcenter, GD&T, Matlab/Python
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