As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will help assemble, integrate, and test our spacecraft engine! You will work with multi-disciplinary teams and leaders to design and run tests to ensure the delivery of our high-quality products to the customer. You will also contribute to the development of novel capabilities within our space products.

How You'll Achieve Your Mission:

• Partner: Work with a cross-disciplinary team of system owners including electrical, mechanical, controls, and software engineers to design and refine flight hardware.
• Build: Take ownership of everything you design from conception, test, and build.
• Impress: Don't be afraid to think outside the box. Astra is doing something that no other space company has, and we are always open to new and creative ideas.
• Strategize: Be prepared to look down the development path to help design products that can grow/evolve with the launch vehicle.
• Up-level: Always be aware of the systems that you interact with and have the desire to help improve them.

• Working toward an MS, BS, or have equivalent experience in any STEM field
• Hands-on experience in the design of complex systems
• Exposure or experience in programming C/C /Python and/or MATLAB
• Exposure to experience with traditional machining methods
• Experience working in a self-motivated environment 

• Exposure to Hall Effect Thrusters
• Exposure or experience with documentation
• Exposure to experience with environmental testing
• Exposure or experience with aerospace-grade lubricants
• Exposure or experience high-pressure fluid systems
• Exposure or experience in programming in LABVIEW