Summer 2027 Internship – Mechanical Engineering
Job Location:
Golden, CO - USA
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Job Summary
Wanna Join the Adventure
Loft Orbital is looking for a Mechanical Engineering Intern to join our team in Golden Colorado for Summer 2027. Youll work alongside our Mechanical Engineering team on the design and development of hardware for satellite missions.
This internship is designed to give you meaningful ownership of a real mechanical engineering project. Youll gain hands-on experience taking a design from early requirements and concept development through detailed design analysis engineering documentation and potentially prototyping.
As a Mechanical Engineering Intern youll contribute to the design and development of a new mechanical subsystem or product that could ultimately support future Loft missions.
Depending on team priorities and active development work during the summer you may:
- Translate project needs into mechanical requirements and design constraints
- Develop concepts and detailed 3D CAD models for satellite hardware
- Perform structural analysis and support design validation
- Create engineering drawings including dimensions and tolerances
- Coordinate with electrical systems manufacturing and other engineering stakeholders
- Support prototyping manufacturing and design iteration
- Contribute to mechanical engineering standards documentation and best practices
- Present your work and key learnings at the end of the internship
- Currently pursuing a Bachelors Masters or PhD in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or a related field; undergraduate students must be rising juniors or rising seniors
- Experience with CAD / 3D modeling through coursework projects research or internships
- Foundational understanding of mechanical design and analysis
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Curiosity initiative and interest in hands-on spacecraft hardware development
- Hands-on machining manufacturing or prototyping experience
- Exposure to electronics packaging or mechanical design around electrical components
- Experience participating in multidisciplinary engineering teams such as robotics Formula SAE rocketry or CubeSat
- Experience leading a school club or technical project
- Previous internship aerospace or other relevant hands-on engineering experience
- Gain hands-on experience designing hardware that could support future satellite missions
- Own meaningful engineering work from requirements through design and potentially prototyping
- Receive ongoing mentorship and feedback from your mentor and manager
- Work across engineering disciplines and learn how mechanical systems integrate into a spacecraft
- Build relationships with fellow interns and Loft employees
- Share your work and key learnings at the end of the internship
- Hourly compensation: $30.00/hour
- Timing: Full-time 1012 week Summer 2027 internship. Start and end dates will be coordinated based on school schedule and team availability.
- Location: On-site in Golden Colorado
- Relocation: Loft offers housing/relocation support for interns traveling from outside the local area.
- In-office perks: Daily catered lunches and snacks
Required Experience:
Intern
About Company
Loft Orbital builds software and hardware products to fly and operate any payload on a standard satellite bus. See how we're making space simple.
