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The Aerospace Company
Aerospace offices across the country offer internships and co-op programs to help students find their place in space and an idea of what it’s like to work at The Aerospace Corporation.
Target Audience: Rising Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students; Limited Number of Opportunities for High School Students
Placement: The Aerospace Corporation Locations: El Segundo, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Chantilly, VA; Albuquerque, NM
Axiom Space
As an Engineer Intern, you will participate in learning opportunities designed to expose students to multiple disciplines.
Target Audience: Undergraduate or Graduate Students with at Least One Semester Remaining After Internship
Placement: Houston, TX
Ball Aerospace
A summer internship at Ball Aerospace provides the tools you need to launch your career. Through challenging projects, mentorship, and hands-on experience, our interns have an opportunity to gain valuable firsthand experience in the aerospace and defense industry. As an intern, you’ll be involved in networking events with our executives, Ball site tours, career development opportunities and more.
Target Audience: University Juniors, Seniors and Graduate Students
Placement: Boulder, CO
Blue Origin
Our internship program gives students the opportunity to work on real engineering projects related to the development, construction, and testing of human spaceflight systems. Interns work directly with our engineers to contribute to project goals.
Target Audience: Undergraduate or Graduate Students with at Least One Semester Remaining After Internships
Placement: Blue Origin Locations: Kent, WA; Huntsville, AL; Merritt Island, FL; Van Horn, TX
The Boeing Company
We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with opportunities for professional growth.
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students Pursuing Degrees in Engineering, Business, or Information Technology & Data Analytics
Placement: Various Boeing Locations (Globally)
EERE Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (EERE AMMTO)
Paid educational opportunities in advanced manufacturing (robotics, energy storage or high performance computing) at a Department of Energy national laboratory.
Target Audience: Students (including high school seniors and all levels of university) and recent graduates at least 18 years of age
Placement: Various DOE national laboratories
Lockheed Martin
Student programs that start your career in a meaningful way. Gain real-world experience, support innovative breakthroughs, and learn from Lockheed Martin experts.
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Placement: Various Lockheed Martin Locations
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
This program provides current students with paid work experience and recent graduates with a dynamic career development program. Both offer the chance for permanent employment at the agency.
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Placement: NASA Field Centers
NASA
Interns use their creativity and innovation to work on projects impacting NASA’s mission, such as returning to the Moon by 2024. As a NASA intern, you will be part of an amazing team dedicated to space exploration.
Target Audience: High School (age 16+), Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Placement: NASA Field Centers
Northrop Grumman
When you become an intern at Northrop Grumman, you’ll contribute from your first day on a wide range of projects – some with high visibility, others with a low profile. While getting hands-on experience, you might discover an interest you didn’t know you had.
Target Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Placement: Various Northrop Grumman Locations
Redwire Space
One of the most important aspects of interning for Redwire is the hands-on work experience it provides and how this experience impacts future endeavors. Redwire interns work with highly experienced teams which facilitates valuable mentorship, job skills training, and real-world insights.
Target Audience: High School Students and Undergraduate Students
Placement: Jacksonville, FL
SpaceX
SpaceX Internships and Associate Engineering Positions
Our year-round program offers an unparalleled opportunity to play a direct role in transforming space exploration and helping us realize the next evolution of humanity as a multi-planetary species.
Target Audience:Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Placement: SpaceX Locations: McGregor, TX; Cape Canaveral, FL; Vandenberg AFB, CA; Hawthorne, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC
Space Tango
Space Tango Inc. is a leading innovative space technology company headquartered in Lexington, KY. The company is comprised of a dynamic team that provides end-to-end services including the design and building of products that use microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. for R&D and manufacturing uses.
Target Audience: Undergraduate Students
Placement: Lexington, KY