Space Technologies Test Engineer Intern – 12-Week Program

AeroVironment, Inc.; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 25,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Housing stipend

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Test Engineer Intern for its Space Technologies organization.

This 12-week onsite internship provides hands-on experience across spacecraft hardware development, integration, and verification, working with electrical, systems, mechanical, firmware, software, and test engineers. You will design and troubleshoot test setups, develop test automation, operate lab instrumentation, and analyze data for space-qualified electronics and sensors,

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• Coursework or project experience in circuits, electronics, embedded systems, controls, or programming.
• Basic programming or scripting experience with Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or a comparable language.
• Familiarity with electrical communication protocols such as SPI, RS-422, LVDS, SpaceWire, or MIL-STD-1553.
• Experience using laboratory test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, or logic analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, integrating, and troubleshooting automated test equipment for spacecraft electrical systems, CCAs, embedded electronics, and subsystems.
• Develop and maintain test scripts, equipment-control software, data- acquisition tools, using Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or comparable software.
• Support the creation and execution of functional, performance, integration, qualification, acceptance, and environmental tests for spacecraft hardware.
• Build, modify, and verify electrical test setups, harnesses, fixtures, simulators, and interface test equipment.
• Use oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, and data-acquisition equipment to troubleshoot and validate hardware.
• Assist with testing and troubleshooting spacecraft communication interfaces and protocols, including SPI, RS-422, LVDS, SpaceWire, or MIL-STD-1553.
• Support hardware bring-up, subsystem integration, test station calibration, configuration control, and hardware-in-the-loop or software-in-the-loop activities.
• Collaborate with electrical, systems, mechanical, software, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams in laboratory, cleanroom, and other controlled test environments.

Skills

Teamwork

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, etc.)

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Test Engineer Intern for its Space Technologies organization.

This 12-week onsite internship provides hands-on experience across spacecraft hardware development, integration, and verification, working with electrical, systems, mechanical, firmware, software, and test engineers. You will design and troubleshoot test setups, develop test automation, operate lab instrumentation, and analyze data for space-qualified electronics and sensors,