Robotics for Space R&D. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
We are hiring exceptional students for engineering roles in Summer 2027. As an intern, you will work directly with your mentor and the founding team on projects that ship to orbit. You will write code, build hardware, and run experiments that show up on the critical path to our upcoming demo mission. If you have shown academic strength and a track record of building things outside the classroom, you are a strong candidate.
What they're looking for
- Enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in engineering, physics, computer science, or math by the start of employment
- GPA of 3.5 or above
- 6+ months of hands-on technical work outside the classroom (research, project teams, personal builds, prior internships)
- Strong written and verbal communication, comfortable working alongside engineers, technicians, and the founding team
- Thrives in a dynamic startup environment where priorities shift fast
- Proficient in prototyping, order-of-magnitude estimations, and hand calculations
More about this role
General Astronautics was founded on the belief that the bottleneck to humanity's expansion into space is labor, not rockets or science. We build autonomous dexterous robots to close the gap on the science that humanity can't afford not to do. We are building the robots that will make orbital manufacturing routine. This is the unlock to new pharmaceutics, new materials, and new planets.
We are hiring exceptional students for engineering roles in Summer 2027. As an intern, you will work directly with your mentor and the founding team on projects that ship to orbit. You will write code, build hardware, and run experiments that show up on the critical path to our upcoming demo mission.
If you have shown academic strength and a track record of building things outside the classroom, you are a strong candidate.
Design and Development
- Own a mechanism or subassembly from requirements through hardware. You will run the trade studies and support your work with first principles engineering methods.
- Build and iterate detailed CAD models and mechanical drawing’s, and make real calls on materials, tolerances, and assembly sequence for flight-ready hardware.
- Utilize classical and FEA...
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