Intern, Launch & Satellite 2027

What you'd do

• Bring creativity to every design challenge and own your work through to completion.
• Own a scoped component, analysis or test task end to end, under the direction of an experienced engineer.
• Produce CAD models and engineering drawings to ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Run the analysis on your own work, including hand calculations and FEA, then check your predictions against test data.
• Work on the shop floor with machinists and technicians, and see your part get made.
• Support component and engine test: help write instrumentation requests, take test-day support shifts, and reduce the data afterward.
• Troubleshoot hardware, take part in root cause discussions, and carry the resulting changes.
• Present your work and your results to the team at the end of the term.
• Daily lunch in the office and a fully stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks

What they want

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in a STEM field (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in at least one of: fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics, kinematics, or heat transfer.
• Proficiency with CAD (NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, or Fusion 360).
• Comfort working hands-on with hardware, in a lab or shop, and with test equipment.
• A collaborative, self-directed working style, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Export Control Requirement: To conform to U.S.
• Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), applicants 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 ITAR here.

About Cowboy Space · Launch & Propulsion Engineering

Mission Cowboy Space Corporation is solving the global energy crisis by building the infrastructure for abundant, resilient space-based solar energy. We are tackling one of humanity’s most complex engineering challenges with a world-class team dedicated to delivering a revolutionary power platform. Cowboy Space Corporation is transforming how civilization powers, computes and connects - from orbit to Earth. Background Cowboy Space Corporation is building the infrastructure to power and connec…