Space Systems Intern: Electrical, Mechanical, GNC, Software

Katalyst Space; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Option Plan

Relocation bonus

Medical, Vision, Dental coverage

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Job summary

Katalyst Space in Colorado offers a paid internship across Electrical, Mechanical, GNC, and Software tracks for students in engineering and related fields. Interns work on real spacecraft engineering tasks under experienced mentors, with assignments sized for interns.

You will gain hands-on exposure to flight hardware, design reviews, testing, and documentation, collaborating across disciplines to understand system interactions and constraints.

Qualifications

• Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, CS, CE, Robotics, Applied Math, Physics or closely related field.
• Strong academic foundation and ability to explain technical reasoning clearly.
• Hands-on coursework, labs, research, student projects, internships, or other practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to real spacecraft engineering work in Electrical, Mechanical, GNC, or Software track for interns.
• Collaborate on design, analysis, implementation, integration, test, simulation, debugging, or documentation.
• Gain hands-on exposure to flight hardware, test equipment, software environments, simulations, and engineering data.
• Participate in design reviews, tests, technical discussions, and team meetings; communicate progress, risks, and blockers clearly.
• Collaborate across disciplines to understand how electrical, mechanical, software, controls, and mission constraints interact at spacecraft level.
• Document analyses, code, drawings, procedures, test results, and decisions for broader use.
• Demonstrate increasing independence and ownership of assigned work.
• Create repeatable capture and partnership mechanisms to scale national security business development.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

Mechanical reasoning

Programming basics

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace/CS/CE/Robotics/Applied Math/Physics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Linux

CAD

Job description

Katalyst Space in Colorado offers a paid internship across Electrical, Mechanical, GNC, and Software tracks for students in engineering and related fields. Interns work on real spacecraft engineering tasks under experienced mentors, with assignments sized for interns.

You will gain hands-on exposure to flight hardware, design reviews, testing, and documentation, collaborating across disciplines to understand system interactions and constraints.