Mechanical Engineering Intern: Fall/Winter 2023

The Company

Astra’s mission is to Improve Life on Earth from Space® by creating a healthier and more connected planet. Today, Astra offers one of the lowest cost-per-launch dedicated orbital launch services of any operational launch provider in the world, and one of the industry’s first flight-proven electric propulsion systems for satellites, Astra Spacecraft Engine™. Astra delivered its first commercial launch to low Earth orbit in 2021, making it the fastest company in history to reach this milestone, just five years after it was founded in 2016. Astra (NASDAQ: ASTR) was the first space launch company to be publicly traded on Nasdaq.

As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will help design, build, and test our launch system! As part of the structural mechanical engineering team, you’ll work on the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of our launch system's primary and secondary structures.

We are looking for Interns to join us in Q3 & Q4 of 2023 and these opportunities will be onsite.

How you'll help us achieve our mission

• Work closely with team and vendors to ensure components are produced within required specifications.
• Design, analysis, manufacture, and test of structural components and assemblies for our current and future launch vehicles, ground launcher, and test group
• Work with team members to define load conditions and requirements for specific assemblies and components.
• Generate test plans, and coordinate component/assembly testing and documentation to ensure components function as designed.
• Generate detailed designs and conduct static & dynamic analysis as well as qualification and acceptance testing of hardware
• Design and operate test equipment and stands to qualify ground and vehicle structures and fluid systems.

Why We Value You

• Working toward an MS, BS, or have equivalent experience in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, self-driven entrepreneurial workplace.
• Familiarity with basic manufacturing processes such as conventional machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, etc.
• Hands-on experience in solid modeling/drafting of mechanical parts (e.g. structures, actuator mechanisms, fluid / or hydraulic systems).
• Comfort applying classical analysis methods to size structural components and assemblies
• Experience with industry-standard CAD software (e.g. SolidWorks, Siemens NX, Catia, etc.)

Desired Multipliers

• Experience with Finite Element Analysis
• Student engineering team project experience (e.g. Formula SAE, Rocketry, AIAA design build fly, Robotics, etc.)

$30 - $40 an hour

Salary and Benefits

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Astra, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

San Francisco Bay Area base salary: $30-$40 an hour

ITAR Requirements: This position requires compliance with U.S. Government space technology trade restrictions, specifically the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and additional regulations governing satellite, launch vehicle, missile, and other related technologies. All jobs restricted by these regulations will be contingent upon the applicant’s status as a documented U.S. Person or their ability to receive a trade license from the cognizant government agency; in addition to any required company background checks and in compliance with applicable U.S. and California laws. Similarly, positions requiring the ability to work on government contracts or a security clearance are also contingent upon the applicants ability to receive the appropriate clearance and be allowed to work on U.S. government contracts.

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Astra, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

San Francisco Applicants: Astra will consider applicants with arrest and conviction records (criminal histories) in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.