Internship - Ground Support Equipment - Summer 2026

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

As an end-to-end responsive space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

Firefly has year-round engineering focused internship opportunities for our locations in Texas. Both current undergrads and new graduates are encouraged to apply. As a Firefly Intern, you will support the Ground Support Equipment [GSE] Engineers through all stages of system design, construction, and activation.

Ideal candidates will have knowledge in specific areas such as Mechanical Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, Fluid System Design, Operations, Controls, or Construction. You will have the opportunity gain design experience developing novel solutions for challenging problems. These positions require degrees of creativity, flexibility, and collaboration. The ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams, with differing technical backgrounds is an absolute must.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design could include preliminary concept generation, sizing, costing, detail design, architecture layout, and drawing creation
• Construction could include reviewing designs with technicians, writing work instructions for fabrication, and work inspection
• Activation could include writing, reviewing, or running checkout procedures, customer handoff meetings, and documentation
• Use engineering principles and fundamentals to provide novel solutions for technically challenging problems in the Internship focus area (Structural Design, Test, and Electrical Engineering, Fluid Systems, Test and Launch Operations, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Must be currently enrolled in either a BS or MS program (or a recent graduate) at an accredited four-year university or college.
• Willing to work in a hands-on, constantly evolving environment
• Detail orientated, managing multiple priorities while maintaining focus towards a common goal
• Strong comprehension of design fundamentals; Aerospace or Industry experience a plus
• Communicates effectively, verbally and written
• Able to effectively prioritize and execute tasks

Desired:

Candidates should preferably have a focus in one of the following areas

1. 3D CAD, Structural Analysis & Design
2. Fluid System design, equipment specification, valves & fitting specification
3. Electrical or Computer Engineering, instrumentation, co