Support spacecraft vehicle engineering by analyzing structural dynamics, vibration, shock, loads, and dynamic environments. Develop analytical models, interpret test and flight data, validate vehicle performance, and assist with vibration testing. Collaborate with structures, propulsion, GNC, design, and test engineers to resolve vehicle-level dynamic issues. This is a 12-week, on-site internship in Redondo Beach, California.
As a Dynamics Engineering Intern, you will support the team responsible for determining and validating loads and dynamic environments for vehicles and component subsystems. You will work closely with engineers across structures, propulsion, GNC, and test to understand how the vehicle responds to dynamic environments throughout its lifecycle.
*This internship is 12 weeks long from May/June to August/September 2027*
*This internship is 12 weeks long from May/June to August/September 2027*
Responsibilities
- Support our Vehicle Engineering team in determining and validating loads and dynamic environments for full vehicles and component subsystems
- Support the analysis of spacecraft structural dynamics, vibration, shock, and other dynamic environments
- Develop and maintain analytical models and tools to evaluate vehicle and component dynamic response
- Analyze and interpret test and flight data to validate models and characterize vehicle performance
- Work directly with design, structures, propulsion, GNC, and test engineers to understand and resolve vehicle-level dynamic issues
- Support the planning, execution, and analysis of dynamic and vibration testing of spacecraft hardware
Resolve technical issues with innovative and resourceful solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- Completion or working towards a degree in engineering or science
- Ability to take project ownership and work well in a small team
- Demonstrated proficiency in basic principles of dynamics, mechanics, and vibrations
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Hands-on experience working with mechanical systems
- Experience getting a hardware or analysis project through the design, build, test, or validation phase
- Familiarity with CAD software and ability to learn new tools
- Familiarity with analysis programming such as MATLAB, Excel, etc.
- Experience with test instrumentation such as accelerometers, strain gauges, or load cells
Additional Requirements:
- Willing and able to work on-site in Redondo Beach, CA for the duration of the internship
- This position may require overtime hours; interns are eligible for overtime pay.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Impulse Space El Segundo, California, USA Office
El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245
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