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Rocket Lab2600 Software

HITL Engineering Intern Summer 2027

Long Beachonsitejunior

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About this role

ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us. 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.…

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What we'd score you on

reqspace match rubric

Five dimensions, recruiter-grade. Upload your resume and we'll generate a written explanation of where you fit and where the gaps are.

1

Skills match

For this role: python, rocket, teams

2

Level fit

This role is junior-level. We check your trajectory against it.

3

Domain experience

Your work in the role's domain matters more than your years total. We weight recent and direct experience.

4

Recency

A skill you used last quarter weighs more than one from five years ago. We grade on recency, not lifetime.

5

Location fit

This role is based in Long Beach. We weight your proximity and willingness to relocate.

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