Manufacturing; Electrical) Engineering Intern Summer

Stratolaunch accelerates the development of next-generation aerospace and defense technologies through reusable hypersonic flight testing. Our autonomous, air-launched Talon-A vehicles provide access to operationally realistic flight environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, delivering critical data that helps customers validate system performance and advance technologies toward deployment. Our team brings together expertise in engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to solve complex challenges and advance capabilities essential to national security.

Application window closes 11/7/26

This is a 10–12-week internship over the summer, based in Mojave, CA

We are seeking a motivated Manufacturing Engineering Intern — Electrical to support electrical manufacturing processes, production equipment, and continuous-improvement projects. The intern will work with engineering, production, quality, and maintenance teams to help troubleshoot issues, collect data, and improve manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

Data Collection & Management

• Assist with day-to-day support for electrical manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Help troubleshoot basic electrical, wiring, test, and production-equipment issues under engineer supervision.
• Support updates to work instructions, wiring diagrams, test procedures, and manufacturing documentation.
• Collect and analyze production, quality, scrap, rework, downtime, and test data.
• Assist with root-cause investigations and corrective actions for production or quality issues.
• Participate in process-improvement projects involving safety, quality, throughput, and cost.
• Support process trials, equipment validations, and new-product introduction activities.
• Maintain organized engineering files, reports, bills of materials, and project documentation.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering
  , or a related field.
• Basic understanding of electrical circuits, wiring, schematics, and electrical test equipment.
• Strong problem-solving, organization, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
• Able to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with production and engineering teams.
• Comfortable working in both office and manufacturing-floor environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience reading electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, or assembly drawings.
• Familiarity with multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, continuity testing, or other electrical test equipment.
• Exposure to manufacturing environments, Lean principles, 5S, or root-cause analysis.
• Experience with CAD/electrical-design software, ERP systems, or basic data-analysis tools is a plus.

What You’ll Learn

• Practical electrical manufacturing-engineering methods and production-support practices.
• How electrical assemblies are built, tested, documented, and improved.
• Experience with troubleshooting, process improvement, and quality problem solving.
• How engineering, quality, maintenance, and production teams collaborate in a manufacturing environment.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Sophomore, Junior, or Senior going to Graduate School working on an engineering degree

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Relocation eligible to local area – Mojave, CA
• Living accommodations provided in the Antelope Valley
• 9/80 Schedule
• * Year = number of years completed (ex: year 3 means they have completed their junior year and are going into their senior year)

  Technical Interns
  Year 1-2: $33.00/hr
  Year 3-4: $38.00/hr ntern #LI-Onsite

Base salary and leveling are established on a case-by‑case basis. We…