About the role#
The Aerospace Corporation is hiring a Space Systems Architecture Undergraduate Intern to join the Architecture Concepts Department (ArCon). You will perform architecture-level assessment, modeling, analysis, and conceptual design activities for a wide range of customers, including defense programs, NASA, and NOAA. This role involves working as part of a cross-disciplinary team to support the lifecycle of space, ground, communications, and network systems.
What you'll do#
- Apply disciplined system architecting methods, processes, and tools to architecture-level trades.
- Participate in and lead architecture trade studies, conceptualization studies, and program assessment analyses.
- Develop and execute methods to advance model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and digital engineering (DE).
- Use and integrate analytical tools to evaluate architectural concepts for cost, schedule, performance, risk, and resilience.
- Collaborate with Aerospace personnel to enable concurrent engineering approaches.
- Work with program offices, customers, and contractors to identify needs, requirements, and constraints.
- Scope, plan, and execute studies while communicating status, methods, and results through briefings and technical reports.
What you'll need#
- Currently enrolled full-time in an accredited bachelor’s degree program in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, aeronautical engineering, astronautical engineering, computer science, physics, or mathematics.
- Junior class standing completed by the start of the internship.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Relevant coursework or research projects in systems engineering or systems architecting.
- Familiarity with Matlab, Python, Java, or VB.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, organizational abilities, and the capacity to work in a collaborative team environment.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing organizational needs and interpersonal skills to coordinate across internal and external organizations.
- Transcripts are required.
Location & details#
- Term: Summer 2027
- Work Modality: On-site
- Locations: Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; or Colorado Springs, CO
- Compensation: $26.00 - $30.00 per hour
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation operates as a nonprofit organization focused on space research and technology. Founded in 1960, the company provides technical expertise for national space programs and national security systems. It maintains a workforce of over 5,000 employees across offices in Virginia and California. The firm specializes in areas including launch vehicles, artificial intelligence, and space policy.
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