Launch Engineering Intern: Propulsion & Avionics

Cowboy Space Corporation; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily lunch in the office

Fully stocked kitchen

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corporation is seeking a hands‑on engineering intern to join one of four teams in Kent, WA. You will own a scoped component, perform analyses, create CAD models, and present results to the team after completing tasks.

The role emphasizes real work delivered from definition to final test data, with six possible tracks to align with your background. This is a quarterly internship with paid compensation, plus daily meals in the office.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in a STEM field.
• Strong fundamentals in at least one of: fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics, kinematics, or heat transfer.
• Proficiency with CAD (NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, or Fusion 360).
• Comfort working hands-on with hardware, in a lab or shop, and with test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Bring creativity to every design challenge and own your work through to completion.
• Own a scoped component, analysis or test task end to end, under the direction of an experienced engineer.
• Produce CAD models and engineering drawings to ASME Y14.5 GD&T standards.
• Run the analysis on your own work, including hand calculations and FEA, then check your predictions against test data.
• Work on the shop floor with machinists and technicians, and see your part get made.
• Support component and engine test: help write instrumentation requests, take test‑day support shifts, and reduce the data afterward.
• Troubleshoot hardware, take part in root cause discussions, and carry the resulting changes.
• Present your work and your results to the team at the end of the term.

Skills

CAD proficiency

Lab hands-on hardware

Collaborative work style

Self-directed

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

STEM student

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

CATIA

Creo

Fusion 360

Job description

Cowboy Space Corporation is seeking a hands‑on engineering intern to join one of four teams in Kent, WA. You will own a scoped component, perform analyses, create CAD models, and present results to the team after completing tasks.

The role emphasizes real work delivered from definition to final test data, with six possible tracks to align with your background. This is a quarterly internship with paid compensation, plus daily meals in the office.