Space Systems Engineer Intern – Launch Your Career

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems; United States; On-site; USD 37,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student in a STEM field for an internship in Space Systems Engineering. The position will be located in Dulles, VA or McLean, VA, and you will gain hands-on experience across requirements, design, integration, and testing of space payloads and spacecraft buses.

You will work with a team to develop innovative architectures and flow down customer requirements to hardware and software designers, gaining exposure to signal processing and data

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled full-time and graduating after August 2027.
• Major in a STEM field or related degree.
• Available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to mission and space vehicle engineering activities, including developing requirements, design, integration and testing of space payloads and spacecraft buses.
• Generate and flow down customer requirements to hardware and software designers and develop innovative system architectures.

Skills

Signal processing

Data processing

Engineering fundamentals

Education

STEM degree (undergrad or grad)

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student in a STEM field for an internship in Space Systems Engineering. The position will be located in Dulles, VA or McLean, VA, and you will gain hands-on experience across requirements, design, integration, and testing of space payloads and spacecraft buses.

You will work with a team to develop innovative architectures and flow down customer requirements to hardware and software designers, gaining exposure to signal processing and data