Aerospace Engineering Intern — Build Flight-Ready Mechanisms

General Astronautics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 4,133,000 - 4,822,000; Full time

Job summary

General Astronautics in San Francisco seeks exceptional engineering students for Summer 2027 internships. As an intern, you will work with mentors and the founding team on projects that ship to orbit, write code, build hardware, and run experiments on the critical path to our demo mission.

Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in engineering, physics, CS, or math with a 3.5+ GPA, have at least 6 months of hands-on experience, strong communication, and be willing to work

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in engineering, physics, computer science, or math by the start of employment
• GPA of 3.5 or above
• 6+ months of hands-on technical work outside the classroom (research, project teams, personal builds, prior internships)
• Strong written and verbal communication, comfortable working alongside engineers, technicians, and the founding team
• Thrives in a dynamic startup environment where priorities shift fast
• Proficient in prototyping, order-of-magnitude estimations, and hand calculations

Responsibilities

• Own a mechanism or subassembly from requirements through hardware
• Build and iterate CAD models and drawings, select materials and assembly sequence for flight-ready hardware
• Utilize classical and FEA analysis for safe margin and reliability
• Write and execute test plans for your hardware, build fixtures, collect data
• Support qualification and acceptance campaigns including parabolic flight and on-orbit hardware
• Produce full design package: drawings, analysis reports, BOMs and assembly documentation

Skills

Hands-on technical work

Strong communication

Startup adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree program enrollment in engineering/physics/CS/math

GPA 3.5+

Tools

CAD (Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS)

MATLAB

ANSYS

Job description

General Astronautics in San Francisco seeks exceptional engineering students for Summer 2027 internships. As an intern, you will work with mentors and the founding team on projects that ship to orbit, write code, build hardware, and run experiments on the critical path to our demo mission.

Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in engineering, physics, CS, or math with a 3.5+ GPA, have at least 6 months of hands-on experience, strong communication, and be willing to work