Mission Operations Intern (Full time)

We are seeking a Mission Operations Intern to join the core technical team responsible for preparing, testing, and executing flight operations for a lunar lander mission. In this role, you will develop the command procedures, telemetry displays, processes, and checklists used to fly the spacecraft from the Mission Control Center. Your work will be used by operators during simulations, trainings, testing, rehearsals and flight to perform initial checkouts, commissioning activities, payload operations, orbital maneuvers, and surface operations.
You will collaborate with engineering teams to turn technical designs, constraints, and flight rules into procedures used to operate the lander. Additionally, you will drive the optimization and verification of flight segment products leveraging tools such as Jira, GitLab, and AI-powered utilities. This is a unique opportunity to serve as a primary contributor to mission-critical ground and flight systems take ispace’s next mission to the Moon.
Type: Intern
· Location: Hybrid /On-site (Tokyo, Japan)
· Experience Level: College student (3rd year or higher) or recent graduate (1-2 years after graduation)
· Duration: Start in late Summer 2026 with 6 month (required) - 1 year (preferred) 
· Office: JP Engineering Office
· Group: JP Mission Test & Operations Group, JP Test and Flight Operations Division
· Position: Mission Operations Intern