About the role#
As a Mechanical Engineering Intern or Co-op, you will join the team developing hardware for the Space-Based Interceptor program. You will take a defined piece of hardware from an early concept into the real world. The work moves quickly, and you may shift between your desk, the shop floor, suppliers, and test sites. You will be trusted with a real part of the work and expected to take ownership, ask for help when needed, and keep moving when the path is unclear.
What you'll do#
- Own clearly scoped mechanical hardware through design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and iteration.
- Design and update mechanical components, assemblies, interfaces, prototypes, ground support equipment, and test fixtures using 3D CAD and engineering drawings.
- Work directly with engineers, technicians, machinists, suppliers, and test personnel to turn requirements into hardware.
- Support hands-on fabrication, assembly, inspection, integration, and test activities.
- Investigate manufacturing problems, integration issues, and test failures.
- Document hardware configurations, design decisions, build issues, test results, and lessons learned.
- Support field tests outside the Torrance office when required.
What you'll need#
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related field.
- At least one year of sustained participation in a technically rigorous student engineering project.
- Experience taking hardware through several stages of development.
- Experience using a professional 3D CAD system and reading mechanical drawings.
- Willingness to work hard, learn quickly, take direct feedback, move across functional boundaries, and do hands-on work.
- Judgment to raise problems early, ask clear questions, and work through ambiguity.
- Ability to work fully onsite.
- U.S. citizenship due to export-controlled and government-controlled information.
Location & details#
- Location: Torrance, California.
- Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Paid, part-time, temporary role.
About GITAI
GITAI is a space robotics company based in Torrance, California. Founded in 2016, the firm develops robotic systems for lunar and Martian operations. Its technology supports tasks like habitat construction and resource mining. The company currently employs 66 people.
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