u/Street-Individual427

Hey guys! I am having a really hard time deciding which offer to take for a summer internship. Both are local and similar pay. El Segundo location for both

Structural design and analysis intern at a small startup working on a payload deployment system that releases smaller satellites from a host spacecraft without using thrusters vs build reliability engineer intern at another startup building a NASA lunar rover.

Long term goal is rocket propulsion test or design. Which role sets me up better? I have previous internship experience in mechanical design, hardware test, and also have developed my own bipropellant liquid engine.

Thank you guys!

Hey guys! I am subleasing my 4b2b room for summer 2026. Below is the information of the room. Please reach out if you're interested!

\*EMPTY apartment for the summer so you have everything for yourself\*

\- Previous tenants were 4 males

\- $1194/month ( I will cover parking permit costs)

\- corner room

\- Great corner location (right next to bus E and Albertsons)

\- 4b2b Plaza Verde I

Thank you

Hey guys!

I am a 4th-year aerospace engineering major at a university in SoCal. With my last few quarters until I graduate, I have been developing my own N₂O/ethanol liquid rocket engine. I have a background in mechanical design and propulsion hardware. It’s a bit late to join any rocket teams, as I came in as a transfer, so I decided to explore my passions on my own. I have been using professional processes that I have learned and continue to learn from my internship experiences.

After months of iterations, design changes, and testing, I am ready for the build. I plan on static firing before the school year ends in June. The goal is ambitious, but I don’t plan on stopping until it works.

With that said, obviously, it’s easier said than done. With my machining skills and resources, there’s only so much I can do before I need to outsource. So I wanted to come on here and ask if anyone knows how and where I can seek opportunities for funding for a college team. I am interning at Northrop Grumman this summer, and I was wondering if anyone knows if they sponsor teams? And if so, how would I go about searching for that? I tried my school, and the best they can offer is for me to pay a course fee to have an advisor, and the money is then distributed back to me...

This post is vague on my design and my background, but if anyone is interested, I am more than happy to talk about everything I have worked on.

Thank you!