Job Description

Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital, a leader in innovation, manufacturing, and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique, fast-growing, and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing, building, launching, and operating state-of-the-art satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital is seeking exceptional students to join us for engineering roles in Summer 2025. Interns will assist their teams in working across their department domains in information technology development and implementation for a space organization. Engineering interns will report to the engineering management team. This position is an incredible opportunity for motivated students to shape the outcome of our commercial/defense space capabilities and to develop engineering skills and experience in a technology growth area.

As a Flight Software Engineering Intern will work closely with and be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team leading the cradle-to-grave technical definition of our products and missions. You will architect critical elements of mission operations, system functional behavior and performance, and detailed design for all subsystems that support innovative, high-capability small satellites. Your work will synthesize and integrate subsystems space propulsion subsystems, high data rate radios, encrypted communication devices, radar systems, phased array antennas, and other satellite payloads, to name a few.

You will collaborate with other engineering specialties (ex, software, electrical, mechanical, GNC, RF), program management, and manufacturing to develop optimal solutions to complex problems throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Your primary responsibility is to support engineering staff in producing engineering artifacts
• Collaborate with the engineering team to implement and manage schedules, knowledge management, configurations, and change management documents
• Develop systems engineering artifacts that support requirements and architecture development; modeling and simulation; cybersecurity; network operations; interoperability; verification and validation testing; and enterprise deployment and capability monitoring
• Establish standard operating procedures that support mission assurance, risk mitigation, and contingency plans to assure required mission “up time” for all ground activities
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define interfaces; integrate mission applications and data storage; and verify Terran Orbital enterprise capabilities
• Implement life cycle systems engineering best practices

Requirements

• Must be a rising junior or senior enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in an engineering or computer science, Computer Engineering discipline, or a master’s student
• Ability to work full-time, on-site at our Irvine, CA location for 8 to 12 weeks during the summer
• Academic excellence (GPA of 3.0 or higher)
• 3+ months of applied engineering experience (internship, laboratory, and team project experience is applicable)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office productivity tools
• Excellent collaboration and organizational skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Impeccable attention to detail and a sense of urgency
• Ability to self-govern with minimal supervision, establish workload priorities, and utilize efficient time management practices to achieve assigned tasks

Additional Differentiators

• Experience with C++
• Experience with quad-copter projects, working with microcontrollers
• Participation in any club such as CubeSat club, Robotics club
• Hands-on experience with satellite architectures and missions as part of university team

Benefits

Salary Range $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Your actual level and base salary will be determined case-by-case and may vary based on the job-related qualification, knowledge, skills, education, and experience. In addition to base salary, we offer 100% covered medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) match, Flexible Time Off (FTO), covered life insurance, maternity and paternity leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referrals, and lots of swag!

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers. Learn more at 

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. In performing the duties of this job, the employee is routinely required to sit or stand for long durations of time, in addition to bending, reaching, and walking. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. This position is generally sedentary, with substantial computer usage.

Work Environment

The job operates in a professional office environment but in a manufacturing company. This job routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and scanners.

Disclaimers

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. In addition, please note that this position may require a current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance.

Terran Orbital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] .

Terran Orbital does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with Terran Orbital, a Master Services Agreement (MSA) must be executed and confirmed prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed MSA, Terran Orbital shall not be responsible to any individual or entity for any payment relating to any form of fee or compensation.

And, in the event that a resume or candidate is submitted by a recruiter, an employment agency, or a staffing firm without a fully executed MSA, Terran Orbital has the unrestricted right to pursue and hire any of those candidate(s) without any legal or financial responsibility to the recruiter, agency, and/or firm. 

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