About the role#
This is a 10 to 12 week paid internship for Summer 2027 based in Mojave, California. You will support electrical manufacturing processes, production equipment, and continuous improvement projects. You will work alongside engineering, production, quality, and maintenance teams to troubleshoot issues and improve operations.
What you'll do#
- Assist with day-to-day support for electrical manufacturing and assembly processes.
- Help troubleshoot basic electrical, wiring, test, and production equipment issues under engineer supervision.
- Support updates to work instructions, wiring diagrams, test procedures, and manufacturing documentation.
- Collect and analyze production, quality, scrap, rework, downtime, and test data.
- Assist with root-cause investigations and corrective actions for production or quality issues.
- Participate in process-improvement projects involving safety, quality, throughput, and cost.
- Support process trials, equipment validations, and new-product introduction activities.
- Maintain organized engineering files, reports, bills of materials, and project documentation.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Basic understanding of electrical circuits, wiring, schematics, and electrical test equipment.
- Strong problem-solving, organization, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
- Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with production and engineering teams.
- Experience reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, or assembly drawings.
- Familiarity with multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, continuity testing, or other electrical test equipment.
- Exposure to manufacturing environments, Lean principles, 5S, or root-cause analysis.
- Experience with CAD or electrical-design software, ERP systems, or basic data-analysis tools is a plus.
Location & details#
- Location: Mojave, California.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Employment Type: Full-time.
- Application Requirement: You must include a short presentation, paper, or summary of a project you have worked on. Please specify your individual contribution, why you wanted to work on the project, and why it excites you. Applications without this document will not be considered.
About Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch designs and manufactures aerospace vehicles and technologies. The company operates in the defense and space manufacturing sector. It focuses on hypersonic vehicle research and reliable access to space. Based in Mojave, California, the firm has operated since 2011. It employs between 201 and 500 people.
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