Spacecraft Thermal Design Intern — Make Real Impact

ArcTern Ventures; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space in San Jose, CA is seeking a Thermal Engineering intern for May–September, full-time and on-site. You will join the Thermal Engineering team and take ownership of thermal design, testing, and analysis across spacecraft hardware, contributing to next-generation satellites.

As a startup, Muon offers direct mentorship, hands-on responsibility, and a collaborative environment where your work shapes programs and adds immediate value to missions.

Qualifications

• Experience with thermal test and analysis.
• Test planning and execution, slide decks and Google Sheets.
• Coursework or relevant experience in Thermodynamics, Numerical Analysis, Finite Elements, Software Engineering, or Project Engineering.
• Portfolio of example thermal design, analysis, integration, and test work.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of or contribute to the design, analysis, documentation, and test of spacecraft thermal control subsystem and its components
• Propose and iterate on improvements for new and existing thermal hardware
• Write and monitor thermal tests to characterize performance
• Conduct analysis to support development and testing

Skills

Thermal testing

Test planning

Google Sheets

Numerical analysis

Finite elements

Thermal design portfolio

Education

Thermodynamics coursework

Numerical Analysis coursework

Finite Elements coursework

Software Engineering coursework

Project Engineering coursework

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Job description

Muon Space in San Jose, CA is seeking a Thermal Engineering intern for May–September, full-time and on-site. You will join the Thermal Engineering team and take ownership of thermal design, testing, and analysis across spacecraft hardware, contributing to next-generation satellites.

As a startup, Muon offers direct mentorship, hands-on responsibility, and a collaborative environment where your work shapes programs and adds immediate value to missions.