Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@longshotspace.com.

Engineering Intern - Summer 2024

Location: Emeryville, CA

About Us: Longshot is a small hardware startup (less than 15 employees) working to create a large cannon meant to push large masses into space. We are currently building a 500-meter long cannon test system in the Nevada desert that will be used for commercial hypersonic testing as well as development of the technologies needed to construct our full-scale 20 km space launch cannon. We firmly believe that a future where humanity has fully harnessed the solar system is possible, but the barrier to that future is the cost of doing business. Our technology will drop the cost of doing business in space and open up the solar system for business.

Job Description: Longshot Space Technologies is a small startup (10 employees) with the ambitious goal of dropping the cost of payload to orbit by orders of magnitude - down to around $10 per kilogram. We are currently building a 500-meter long cannon test system in the Nevada desert that will be used for commercial hypersonic testing as well as development of the technologies needed to construct our full-scale 20 km space launch cannon.

In this hands-on internship, you will be involved in a broad range of engineering work, including projects like the following:

  • Design and assembly of electrical systems for projectile monitoring and cannon discharge control.

  • Projectile heatshield design and prototyping.

  • Materials testing for vacuum compatibility.

  • Mechanical systems design and prototyping for projectile and burst disk reloading.

  • Burst disk fabrication and automation.

  • Software development of simulation and analysis tools.

  • Assistance during launch operations.

  • Projectile design and fabrication.

  • Mechanical and electrical assembly of subsystems.

Qualifications:

  • Active student pursuing a degree in one of the following: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics.

  • Excited about our mission of drastically reducing the cost of accessing space.

  • Strong aptitude for first-principles design thinking.

  • Comfortable working in a workshop environment.

  • Self-motivated to tackle challenges independently.

  • US person.

Compensation: $30/hour