Avionics Systems/Test Engineering Intern – Summer 2027

The role

You will perform system design, analysis, testing, and integration of avionics on large satellite platforms. You will work hands-on with avionics interfacing, harnessing, instrumentation, RF components, and GNC actuators.

What you will do

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics system design, performance, hardware, and test across the satellite bus
• Collaborate within cross functional Engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, build avionics test systems, and integrate flight hardware
• Create and update technical documentation including system and test asset diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, procedures, and test/anomaly reports
• Design, build, and program automated test stands for avionics hardware
• Execute avionics component and system testing on flight hardware through development, acceptance, qualification, and integration testing
• Support spacecraft integration testing, production issue dispositions, troubleshooting failures, and managing overall spacecraft risk
• Design, develop and build avionics production infrastructure
• Write modular and reusable test, analysis, and automation software in Python and Rust
• Effectively manage and communicate project plan, milestones, and schedule execution

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering
• 6+ months experience of technical engineering skills outside of the university setting classroom
• Available for a minimum 12-week internship in person at our HQ in Torrance
• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

Nice to have

• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment
• Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space electronics and harnessing such as thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016
• Competence with electrical test equipment (power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, etc.)
• Experience with high-voltage electrical systems
• Experience with NX or similar CAD software
• Experience in PCB schematic capture and board layout, ideally using Altium or similar software
• Experience with Linux, Bash, C++
• Experience with networking systems and associated testing tools: TCP/UDP, IP, VLANs, iperf, tcpdump
• Experience with vehicle level testing including writing test procedures, creating robust and efficient test sequencing, and analytical data review

Benefits

• Housing and travel stipend may also be available

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. They are mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.