Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern – Summer 2027

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$62k–$83k

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K2 Space Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern responsible for system design, analysis, testing, and integration of avionics on large satellites. Work hands-on with avionics interfacing, harnessing, instrumentation, RF components, and GNC actuators.

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a stellar Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern to join our team for a 3 month internship. Working closely with our engineers, you will be responsible for system design, analysis, testing and integration of avionics on some of the largest, most powerful, rapidly designed and manufactured satellites. You will work hands-on with novel avionics interfacing, harnessing, instrumentation, RF components, and GNC actuators used across the satellite, while getting exposure to other subsystems within the engineering organization. K2 Space is a highly collaborative environment, and our interns will be encouraged to work with mentors and other team members to execute complex projects.
Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics system design, performance, hardware, and test across the satellite bus
Collaborate closely within the cross functional Engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, build avionics test systems, and integrate flight hardware into the spacecraft
Create and update technical documentation including system and test asset diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, procedures, and test/anomaly reports
Design, build, and program automated test stands for avionics hardware
Execute avionics component and system testing on flight hardware through development, acceptance, qualification, and integration testing
Support spacecraft integration testing, production issue dispositions, troubleshooting failures, and managing overall spacecraft risk
Design, develop and build avionics production infrastructure
Write modular and reusable test, analysis, and automation software in Python and Rust
Effectively manage and communicate project plan, milestones, and schedule execution

Qualification

Additional RequirementsExperience with Linux

Required

Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering
6+ months experience of technical engineering skills outside of the university setting classroom (eg: laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, volunteering, personal projects or prior internship/work experience)
Additional Requirements
Available for a minimum 12-week internship in person at our HQ in Torrance

Preferred

Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment, including frequent interactions with technicians, engineers, and managers
Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space electronics and harnessing such as thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016
Competence with electrical test equipment (power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, etc.)
Experience with high-voltage electrical systems
Experience with NX or similar CAD software
Experience in PCB schematic capture and board layout, ideally using Altium or similar software
Experience with Linux, Bash, C++
Experience with networking systems and associated testing tools: TCP/UDP, IP, VLANs, iperf, tcpdump