Space industry role
Summer Engineering Internship
This role falls under U.S. export rules, so the posting asks for U.S. person status. That means a U.S. citizen, a green card holder, a refugee or an asylee.
About the role
About General Galactic
General Galactic designs, builds, and flies advanced spacecraft that redefine what’s possible beyond Earth. Led by former SpaceX, Varda, Impulse, and Relativity engineers, our vision is to dominate cislunar space and build the railway to Mars – expanding access to high-energy orbits and enabling the next generation of missions along the way. Based in Los Angeles, California, we’re leveraging our paradigm-shifting water-based technology to reshape the space domain for good.
Responsibilities may include
- Work directly with our engineering team on propulsion hardware development, testing, or supporting flight systems (specific scope depends on discipline/background)
- Support design, analysis, fabrication, integration, and/or test campaigns
- Help build and document processes as we scale our flight hardware
- Get exposure to the full stack of a growing startup
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, or a related field
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous, early-stage startup environment
- Strong communicator, self-starter, curious
Your salary and incentives will be determined individually on the basis of the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Very brief statements of fit/interest in this role are encouraged, please send to careers@gengalactic.com.
This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations. As such, US person status (including US citizens, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted U.S. asylum status, or individuals admitted in U.S. refugee status) is a required qualification for this position.
General Galactic Technologies Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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The application
Your details and CV, then 1 question.
- 1.I am a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or a protected person).Yes or no
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About General Galactic
Spacecraft propulsion that runs on water.
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