Interns will work with a designated mentor or team to gain a thorough understanding of the career field of interest to include theory and practical application of obtained knowledge. The intern will benefit from mentoring, coaching and side-by-side work with knowledgeable and experienced experts in the field. The objective is real, hands-on work assignments related to intern’s major, providing them with skills vitally important in today’s business environment.

Those interested in employment following an internship will be considered based on current openings, performance during internship, and proximity to graduation.

What You’ll Do

As a Mechanical Engineering Intern in the Propulsion Department, you will spend the summer learning about and making an impact in a specialized area within the ORBITEC business unit of SNC. You will help to deliver superior results to our clients while working in a highly collaborative and agile environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Hands-on work with liquid and gaseous propellant feed systems, including cryogenic and storable propellants
• Working with external vendors to identify and procure laboratory and flight materials
• Working with design engineers to develop combustion device components and creating fabrication drawings
• Assisting test engineers to conduct cold-flow and hot-fire rocket engine tests
• Preparing engineering development hardware for test (cleaning, inspection, assembly, etc.)
• Assembly, test, and troubleshooting of new test facility assets
• Actively communicating with other Propulsion team members
• Establishing learning objectives with mentor/supervisor

• A GPA of 3.2 or above; 3.0 or above for working students
• Technical skills complimentary to your field of interest
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office products
• The ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) delivers customer-focused technologies and best-of-breed systems integrations in the aerospace, national security & defense sectors. Applications span navigation/guidance, communications, electronic warfare and threat detection, cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and commercial space.