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Mechanical Engineering Intern

Turion Space

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Irvine, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Turion's mission is to build a sustainable future in space. Turion will launch its first DROID satellite in May of 2023. As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will help design and build our satellites and satellite mechanisms. You will be part of the mechanical engineering team and work on the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of our vehicles and mechanisms. Responsibilities: • Design, analyze, manufacture, and test structural components and assemblies for our current and vehicles and mechanisms • Work with team members to define load conditions and requirements for specific assemblies and components • Generate detailed designs and conduct static, dynamic, and modal structural analysis as required, via hand-calcs and/or computational methods • Generate test plans, and coordinate component/assembly testing and documentation to ensure components function as designed • Capture and synthesize structural design approaches and knowledge to improve future designs • Identify opportunities to increase structural efficiency and reduce mass and cost Qualifications: • Experience with design, manufacturing, and testing of satellite systems and/or mechanisms • Hands-on experience in solid modeling, drawing release of structures, actuator mechanisms • Comfort working in a fast-paced, self-driven entrepreneurial workplace • Experience with Solidworks, and/or ANSYS  • Enrolled for Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Degree Compensation: $60,000 - $80,000

    • Design, analyze, manufacture, and test structural components and assemblies for our current and vehicles and mechanisms • Work with team members to define load conditions and requirements for specific assemblies and components • Generate detailed designs and conduct static, dynamic, and modal structural analysis as required, via hand-calcs and/or computational methods • Generate test plans, and coordinate component/assembly testing and documentation to ensure components function as designed • Capture and synthesize structural design approaches and knowledge to improve future designs • Identify opportunities to increase structural efficiency and reduce mass and cost