Spacecraft Thermal Engineering Intern

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

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking a Thermal Engineering Intern to join our San Jose team for a May–September program. You will own thermal design, analysis, and testing for spacecraft subsystems, collaborating with a fast-moving startup environment and experienced aerospace professionals.

This on-site internship offers hands-on mentorship and real impact on Muon satellites. Responsibilities include design, analysis, testing, and documentation of thermal control hardware, plus proposing improvements and

Qualifications

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

Documentation

Google Sheets

Thermodynamics

Numerical analysis

Finite elements

Software engineering

Project engineering

Education

Coursework in Thermodynamics, Numerical Analysis, Finite Elements, Software Engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Job description

Muon Space is seeking a Thermal Engineering Intern to join our San Jose team for a May–September program. You will own thermal design, analysis, and testing for spacecraft subsystems, collaborating with a fast-moving startup environment and experienced aerospace professionals.

This on-site internship offers hands-on mentorship and real impact on Muon satellites. Responsibilities include design, analysis, testing, and documentation of thermal control hardware, plus proposing improvements and