About the Role

Thermal Engineering Intern

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

About the Role

Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience.

During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation.

Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components

• Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work

• Prototype and iterate rapidly

Ideal Qualifications

• You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it

• You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek experience

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Benefits

Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.

• Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy

• Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K

• Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year encouraged

• Healthy lunches provided daily

Equal Opportunity

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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About the Company

Reflect Orbital

Reflect Orbital is a Los Angeles-based renewable energy company pioneering the delivery of sunlight on demand by building a constellation of in-space mirrors. Their innovative technology captures sunlight in orbit and redirects it to Earth, enabling solar farms and lighting infrastructure to receive sunlight even after sunset. This approach aims to unlock the vast, untapped potential of solar energy—24 trillion times more than humanity currently uses—by making it available around the clock, thus supporting a sustainable, solar-powered future.

Founded in 2021, Reflect Orbital is a fast-growing, privately held company with a small, agile team of engineers focused on rapid, iterative development. The company recently secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Lux Capital, reflecting strong investor confidence in its vision. Employees at Reflect Orbital are part of a mission-driven culture that values innovation, speed, and the opportunity to make a global impact by reimagining how humanity accesses and uses clean energy. This is an exciting environment for those passionate about space technology, sustainability, and working at the cutting edge of renewable energy solutions.
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