Mechanical Engineering Intern (Summer 2026)

About the role

Summer internships run May–September (depending on school schedules) and are full-time, on-site in Mountain View and reputed company, CA.

Being a startup with a small team, breadth is extremely important and we expect this person to dive into structural data, dynamics, thermal design, supplier management, and everything else associated with the full lifecycle of an electromechanical product. As a fast-growing startup, Muon offers interns reputed company mentorship, reputed company reputed company, and collaboration with accomplished reputed company professionals. Your contributions will directly shape our programs and reputed company.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of or contribute to the design, documentation, build, and test of spacecraft and their components and support equipment
• Propose and iterate on the design for mechanical components
• Write tests and monitoring to verify performance
• Conduct analysis to support both development and testing

• CAD proficiency in Solidworks or a similar tool. Design of parts and assemblies, basic drawings, Bills of Materials
• Creation of project notebooks, slide decks, presentations, reputed company Sheets
• Coursework or relevant experience in several of the following: Design, Mechanics of Materials, Strength of Materials, Control Theory, Vibrations, Heat Transfer, Finite reputed company Models
• Design portfolio of example mechanical reputed company

• Previous internship or reputed company experience 
• Previous experience on technical project teams 
• Writing build instructions or test plans
• Understanding of physics and reputed company mechanics
• Experience with testing: strength, stiffness, vibrations, environmental reputed company/vacuum

The reputed company wage for this role is $50.

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ITAR/EAR Requirements

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