Internships in Long Beach, California, United States

As a HITL Engineering Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, CA, you will have the opportunity to support the team with hands-on interaction with real hardware, incomplete specifications, and failures that require structured debugging and engineering judgment. The HITL team is responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and operating Hardware In The Loop (HITL) systems and automation tools.

As an Indirect Procurement Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Supply Chain Team in conducting market analysis and identifying actionable solutions to optimize costs while maintaining service quality.

As a People and Culture Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in People & Culture operations and insight into our company's approach to the employee life cycle. The team collaborates closely with Total Rewards, TA, EIS, Security, Payroll, EH&S, IT, Facilities, and Legal to support daily operations.

The Project Management Internship - Summer 2027 at Royal Electric Company is based in the Long Beach Office and reports to the Project Management teams. Interns assist with coordinating crews and timelines, writing RFIs and submittals, daily reporting of project progress, traveling to jobsites as needed, and participating in safety meetings such as Tailgate Talks, Stretch & Flex, etc.

As a Structural Analysis Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Structural Analysis Team in performing detailed simulations and physics-based analysis and support the Vehicle Design and analysis activities. The Structural Analysis team is responsible for the analysis, design validation, and future improvements of our suite of Space Systems and Space Components.

As an Integration and Test Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Space Systems Integration and Test Team unique integration and test equipment and will contribute to improvements that will directly impact the spacecraft Assembly Integration & Test (AIT) phase. Our Integration and Test team is involved at all aspects of the satellite program from initial proposal through to launch and early operations.

As a Propulsion Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the development and operation of the Archimedes engine for the Neutron launch vehicle. You’ll join a team that owns the high-level engine architecture, performance and manage subsystem details and work across all the Neutron development teams, Stennis testing teams, and vehicle operations teams.

The Special Projects Group of KPFF is growing and looking for an ambitious and initiative-driven Junior, Senior or Graduate School level Civil Engineering student for a summer internship in the Long Beach Office of our Special Projects Group. The Structural Engineering Summer Internship being offered is approximately 40 hours a week for up to 90 days depending on candidate’s availability.

As a Turbomachinery Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to participate in new development and maturing the design of turbopump assembly supporting CAD and drawing updates, data review, and analysis activities. The Turbopump team is an integral part of the propulsion team and has full ownership of the design and test lifecycle for the LOX and fuel pump supplying the engines that will lift our latest rocket.

As a Propulsion Analyst Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Propulsion team in creating FEA models or CFD models of new and updated designs as well as gain hands experience analyzing critical rocket engine hardware. You will join a multidisciplinary propulsion team responsible for designing and testing our Archimedes rocket engine.

As a Fluid Systems Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Fluid Systems team solve problems that impact Neutron at varying levels of urgency. This team owns all hardware between the tanks and engine, and you’ll help design, build, test, analyze, and maybe even fly critical hardware.

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

As an RF Engineering Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the Radio Frequency (RF) Products Team in the test and productionization of our transceivers and RF products as they work to expand our radio capabilities and putting the radios into mass production. Our RF Products team is responsible for the design, manufacturing, integration, and test for Rocket Lab’s Space System team.

As a Propulsion Design Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the team in design and analysis of components and subassemblies for the Archimedes engine. You will join our multidisciplinary propulsion team who is responsible for designing, analyzing, and building engine system hardware to accelerate Archimedes development.

As a Supply Chain Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a multidisciplinary team that is responsible for sourcing and procuring parts over the world, managing supplier relationships and finding opportunities to reduce costs where possible, and the delivery of critical hardware to support space systems and launch products.

The Special Projects Group of KPFF is growing and looking for an ambitious and initiative-driven Junior, Senior or Graduate School level Civil Engineering student for a summer internship in the Long Beach Office of our Special Projects Group. The Structural Engineering Summer Internship being offered is approximately 40 hours a week for up to 90 days depending on candidate’s availability.

Audit Internship – Winter 2027 at HCVT offers a hybrid learning experience for accounting students. Interns join audit engagement teams to document and execute audit procedures, manage project timelines, and ensure efficient client information flow.

As a Combustion Devices Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to support the team in designing, analyzing and testing combustion devices, as well as gain experience with GD&T drafting and data processing and testing. From designing and testing structures and components, to firing up new engines, to setting up launch pads and test sites across the United States, joining the Combustion Devices team is your opportunity to help launch a new large

As an Additive Manufacturing Intern based at Rocket Lab’s site in Long Beach, California, you will have the opportunity to gain an understanding for rocketry and the impact that additive manufacturing has on modern rocket engines. The Additive Manufacturing department provides metal additively manufactured hardware for Electron, Neutron, and Space Systems programs.