Working Student

You will collaborate together with an international team of engineers in the Netherlands and New Zealand to make design changes and improvements to the current design, and to build, assemble and test/commission the vacuum chamber. After the vacuum chamber is completed, there is an opportunity to support the thruster development team in performing testing of thrusters and subcomponents of thrusters. Your contributions will help to enrich the test capabilities available to Dawn Aerospace and will be used for both scientific research and to test real space flight hardware for Dawn’s growing base of
commercial customers.

**Responsibilities**
- Manufacturing and assembly of a vacuum chamber and related systemsfor the testing of satellite propulsion systems.
- Vacuum chamber component selection.
- Making design changes/improvements to the existing design of the newvacuum chamber when required.
- Commissioning/testing of the vacuum chamber to be constructed.
- Support the thruster development team of Dawn Aerospace in Delfgauw.

**Requirements**:

- Current enrolment in an engineering related BSc or Msc program.
- Proficiency with computer aided design, preferably SolidWorks.
- Capable of working both effectively autonomously with little direction and as part of a team.
- Not afraid to do both theoretical and practical tasks.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Because Dawn Aerospace is based both in the Netherlands, New Zealand and USA, the intern must be willing to occasionally be flexible with working hours to have video calls with people from other offices.

**Preferred Experience**
- Experience working with electrical wiring (crimping, stripping, soldering etc.) is a big plus.
- Experience working with LabVIEW or programs made in LabVIEW is a plus.
- Experience in the testing of rocket propulsion systems.
- A background in aerospace engineering.
- Experience working in a clean room environment.

**About Dawn Aerospace**

Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company with a purpose.
Our mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing more sustainable and scalable ways to access and move around in space. We believe this access, in the form of a transportation network, will fundamentally change what’s possible from space. We currently focus on two areas of space transportation:

- In-space propulsion

We're a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for various classes of satellites. Our systems utilise safe, accessible propellants and we have over 50 of these propulsion units on 12 operational satellites already. A further 200 units are in production.
- Space launch

Our Mk-II Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has completed 50 successful flights and we recently completed the first campaign utilising rocket engines. Mk-II is unique in that it combines the performance of a rocket and the rapid reusability and economic model of an aircraft.

Our international teams are distributed across three locations: The Netherlands, New Zealand, and the USA.

Dawn Aerospace is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.