Composites Engineering Intern (Fall 2026)

Reflect Orbital; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 24,796 - 34,440; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy lunches provided daily

Job summary

Reflect Orbital is seeking a hands-on engineering intern in Hawthorne, CA to contribute to the design, development, and testing of spacecraft components. You will be given substantial responsibility early and will work closely with full‑time engineers.

Ideal candidates are curious, capable of facing challenges with no known solution, and committed to a minimum 12 weeks in-person. Reflect values initiative and exceptional work across diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• An internship of at least 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office.
• Prior problem-solving experience across any field is welcome.
• Willingness to own problems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of spacecraft components.
• Build tools and testing setups and ship your work.
• Prototype and iterate rapidly.

Skills

Independent worker

Problem solving

Hands-on

Job description

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

About the Role

Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience.

During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. Your work will contribute directly to the success of our flying constellation.

Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands‑on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components
• Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work
• Prototype and iterate rapidly

Ideal Qualifications

• You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it
• You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience

Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with. Healthy lunches provided daily.

Equal Opportunity

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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