Satellite Systems Intern
- Posted
- 1 Oct 2026
- Last verified at source
- 7 hours ago
We are looking for a Satellite Systems Intern to help define how a satellite operates across different mission phases, operating modes, and nominal and off-nominal scenarios. The intern will work closely with the Systems Engineering team, which is responsible for defining satellite- and subsystem-level requirements, developing the Concept of Operations and Operations Concept, managing design changes and their system-level impact, and supporting verification and validation of the satellite.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate mission objectives into structured satellite operational scenarios.
- Define spacecraft modes, states, transitions and recovery paths.
- Develop mission timelines and subsystem interaction flows.
- Map operational activities to spacecraft and ground-segment functions.
- Identify dependencies, edge cases, failure scenarios, and logical inconsistencies.
- Coordinate with subsystem teams to ensure operational plans are technically feasible.
- Prepare clear flowcharts, state diagrams, sequence diagrams, and system documentation.
Requirements
Requirements
- Strong understanding of state-based and event-driven systems.
- Excellent logical, analytical, and structured problem-solving ability.
- Ability to reason through both nominal and contingency scenarios.
- Ability to convert high-level objectives into clear system behavior and step-by-step operational logic.
- Strong technical writing and diagramming skills.
- Comfortable identifying assumptions and working through ambiguous or incomplete requirements.
- Pursuing or recently completed a relevant engineering or technical degree.
Preferred
- Experience with spacecraft, CubeSat, robotics, embedded-system, or autonomous-system projects.
- Familiarity with systems engineering, mission operations, state machines, SysML, or requirements development.
- Basic scripting or modelling experience using Python, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar tools.