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Space Internships in the Los Angeles Area

176 open internships at 17 space companies name a site in the Los Angeles area, most of them in El Segundo and Long Beach; typical pay runs $27.98–$40.00/hr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies offering internships in the Los Angeles area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
The Aerospace Corporation45not stated
Rocket Lab39$27.98/hr
Varda Space Industries27not stated
Impulse Space17$30.00/hr
K2 Space8$35.00/hr
Inversion Space7not stated
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)6$21.01/hr
Reflect Orbital5$28.99/hr
GITAI4$32.50/hr
Northrop Grumman4$30.24/hr
Apex3$45.00/hr
Blue Origin2too few figures
CesiumAstro2not stated
Northwood Space2too few figures
RTX2too few figures
Vast2too few figures
General Galactic1not stated

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Open space internships in the Los Angeles area, newest first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

The 100 newest of 176; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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What people ask about space internships in the Los Angeles area

Which space companies are offering internships in the Los Angeles area?

Today, The Aerospace Corporation (45 roles), Rocket Lab (39 roles), Varda Space Industries (27 roles), Impulse Space (17 roles), K2 Space (8 roles), Inversion Space (7 roles), and 11 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Los Angeles area.

Where in the Los Angeles area are the space internships?

Most are in El Segundo (77), Long Beach (39), Redondo Beach (20), Los Angeles (17), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space internships in the Los Angeles area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $28.99/hr, with typical pay from $27.98–$40.00/hr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do space internships in the Los Angeles area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,856 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Los Angeles area (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Los Angeles and Orange counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title reads as an internship or co-op by the same rule as every space internship; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.