Mechanical Engineer Intern (Summer 2025)

Department: Vehicle Design / Analysis / Integration

Employment Type: Internship

Location: Irvine, California

Compensation: $70,000 - $85,000 / year

Description

Introduction -
Turion's mission is to build a sustainable future in space. Turion has successfully launched two of its DROID satellites into orbit. 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, manufacture, and test structural components and assemblies for our 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
• Prepare and maintain accurate documentation, including design specifications, test reports and drawings

Required 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
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, self-driven entrepreneurial workplace
• Experience with Solidworks or other CAD software
• Enrolled for Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering Degree

ITAR Requirements:

• This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.