Space Mission Ops Automation Intern - Hands-on & Mentored

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 30,307 - 35,817; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Job summary

York Space Systems is offering a Mission Operations Automation Engineer Intern role in Greenwood Village, CO. The internship focuses on developing and prototyping automation tools for mission operations within an agile team.

The program pairs you with a mentor, assigns a scope-bound project, and provides hands-on experience across spacecraft-related disciplines. Successful candidates are proactive, eager to learn, and interested in a future full-time role at York Space Systems.

Qualifications

• Enrollment in a 4-year degree program at an accredited university studying engineering.
• Must have completed at least Freshman year of the degree program.
• Ability to commit to a 40‑hour work‑week for the duration of the Internship.
• Strong communicator, great team player and overall hard worker.
• Self‑starter and self‑motivated with a hunger to learn.
• An interest in full time employment at York Space Systems.
• Demonstrated interest in spacecraft and space systems.
• Willing and able to work in our Greenwood Village, CO office (this is not a remote internship).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of a high-fidelity spacecraft
• Interface with multiple engineering disciplines and project stakeholders
• Contribute to design reviews, process improvement and tool development
• Execute a time bound, well defined project which is of high value to York
• Gain hands-on assembly and test experience
• Participate in an agile scrum team focused on delivering autonomous and automated solutions for mission operations tasks.
• Collaborate with team members, management, and customers to ensure projects are completed to standard.
• Identify risks and form contingency plans as soon as possible.
• Communicate with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.

Education

Enrollment in a 4-year degree program at an accredited university studying engineering

Job description

York Space Systems is offering a Mission Operations Automation Engineer Intern role in Greenwood Village, CO. The internship focuses on developing and prototyping automation tools for mission operations within an agile team.

The program pairs you with a mentor, assigns a scope-bound project, and provides hands-on experience across spacecraft-related disciplines. Successful candidates are proactive, eager to learn, and interested in a future full-time role at York Space Systems.