Varda Space
Thermal Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
El Segundo, California, United States · Internship · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related Engineering discipline; candidates must be actively enrolled in an accredited program.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and qualify as a “U.S. person” permitted to access the company’s technology without an export license.
About the job
Support spacecraft thermal analysis, testing, data analysis, and thermal hardware design for vehicle tests and missions.
What you'll do
- Support thermal vacuum test campaigns, including setup, execution, and data collection.
- Contribute to spacecraft thermal models and analyze flight and ground-test data.
- Design, procure, test, and validate thermal hardware; support integration and test activities.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or a related Engineering discipline.
- Coursework in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and data processing.
- Experience or coursework with thermal analysis software; proficiency in CAD tools.
- Comfortable analyzing data in MATLAB and Python, with relevant thermal project, lab, internship, or coursework experience.
Nice to have
- Prior aerospace thermal internship experience.
- Hardware procurement, build, and testing experience; familiarity with spacecraft testing or aerospace systems; student design-team or leadership experience.
Pay
$33.00 USD hourly rate
Tools
Thermal Desktop, ANSYS, Ansys, Star CCM, NX, AutoCAD, PTC, Python
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