Space Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Varda; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Commuter benefit

Relocation support up to $4,000

Job summary

Varda is offering a Manufacturing Engineering Internship for Summer 2027 in Los Angeles, CA. Interns must be actively enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program and will work full-time on-site to bridge design and production of spacecraft and reentry systems.

Interns will gain hands-on experience with flight hardware, tooling, and manufacturability, contributing to production processes and factory design in a startup environment alongside aerospace professionals.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in Engineering or Physics (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Aerospace, or related field)
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes (5S, production floor space, etc)
• Experience with CAD (NX) and engineering tools (MATLAB, LabVIEW) and SQL

Responsibilities

• Own or contribute to factory design to support production scaling needs
• Create new production processes or improve existing workflows
• Optimize hardware designs for manufacturability
• Perform hands-on production tasks or support production operations when needed

Skills

Hands-on experience

Manufacturing processes familiarity

CAD modelling/assembly

Education

Bachelors in Engineering/Physics

Tools

NX CAD

MATLAB

LabVIEW

SQL

Job description

Varda is offering a Manufacturing Engineering Internship for Summer 2027 in Los Angeles, CA. Interns must be actively enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program and will work full-time on-site to bridge design and production of spacecraft and reentry systems.

Interns will gain hands-on experience with flight hardware, tooling, and manufacturability, contributing to production processes and factory design in a startup environment alongside aerospace professionals.