Space Systems Risk & Reliability Intern

Aerospace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Paid holidays, sick time and vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation invites a Graduate Intern Risk and Reliability Engineer to join our ARRED team in El Segundo, CA or Chantilly, VA. You will work with national security space programs to perform risk, reliability and system safety analyses and help leaders make risk-informed decisions.

Qualified candidates are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in engineering, with strong statistics, communication skills, and a willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled full time in a graduate degree in mechanical, electrical, reliability engineering, systems engineering, or similar from a recognized institution.
• Availability to work full-time for a minimum of 10 weeks outside of university term and ability to return to a (Master's/Phd) degree program full-time after completion of the internship.
• Understanding statistics and their application in evaluating failures and anomalies.

Responsibilities

• You will help Department of Defense, intelligence community, NASA, and other government customers plan and execute their risk/reliability activities.
• You will provide risk, reliability and system safety guidance and analysis for national security space and ground systems.
• You will work closely with program office customers to perform assessments that provide important insights to senior decision makers.
• This position will enable senior leaders to make risk-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• You will engage with other SMEs to deliver critical assessments for senior program managers.
• You will help the department adapt to a rapidly changing space industry and customer needs by helping to shape our risk/reliability capabilities strategy, developing innovative risk/reliability approaches for new space architectures, and delivering assessments that provide essential insights on time.

Skills

Risk assessment

Reliability engineering

System safety engineering

Statistical analysis

Communication skills

Education

Graduate degree in mechanical, electrical, reliability, systems engineering or similar

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, reliability systems or similar engineering

Tools

MIL STD 882E familiarity

FRACAS

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation invites a Graduate Intern Risk and Reliability Engineer to join our ARRED team in El Segundo, CA or Chantilly, VA. You will work with national security space programs to perform risk, reliability and system safety analyses and help leaders make risk-informed decisions.

Qualified candidates are currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in engineering, with strong statistics, communication skills, and a willingness to travel.