It’s National Engineers Week! At NASA, we’re always seeking new talent to join us as engineers. Engineers solve problems and make great ideas become reality.
To help launch your career in engineering, we’ve assembled this list of current NASA internship openings that are recruiting engineers! Remember, these summer 2025 internships close Friday, Feb. 28.
To get started:
- Head to stemgateway.nasa.gov and log in or create an account.
- Copy and paste the six-digit unique ID number for a role from the list below into the search bar.
- Review the specific details of the opportunity to see if you’d be a good fit.
- If interested, click the large “apply” button in the top right of the position listing.
- (You can apply to more than one opportunity!)
| AJM SE UG intern | 021358 |
| Methods to relax stability requirements on the HWO telescope | 021375 |
| Miniaturized multispectral imager with quantum dots | 021250 |
| Shock tube-Plasmatron similarity based on optical emission spectroscopy data | 021420 |
| Simulation of FiberForm material in high-enthalpy ground facilities with the Uni | 021296 |
| Attitude Control Systems Engineering Analyst | 021316 |
| Battery Testing Intern | 021422 |
| CRESST II – Mirror Fabrication Development for NASA’s NGXO | 021138 |
| Development of Next Generation X-ray Optics for Astrophysics | 021360 |
| Digital Engineering Using MBSE to Develop System Architecture Model | 021273 |
| Engineering Cost Team Internship Summer 2025 | 020066 |
| Multi-Body, Immersed Boundary Layer CFD Analysis of Supersonic Flight Test | 021194 |
| Computational analysis of crack network formation in polymer matrix composites | 021043 |
| Electronics and Sensors for Harsh Environments | 021379 |
| Miniaturized instruments enabled by nanomaterials for space missions | 021249 |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) of Custom Propeller Design | 021297 |
| Development of Thermoradiative Cell | 021255 |
| Electrified Aviation Transformer Design and Characterization | 021325 |
| Onsite: Advance COM development for Nano-sat Re-entry Missions | 021329 |
| Solar Cell Performance Measurement and Characterization | 021400 |
| WSTF SMA Engineering Internship | 021303 |
| AI Analysis for RST WFI Engineering Data | 021341 |
| Analysis of High-Order Shock-Capturing Methods | 020933 |
| CFD Modeling of Boundary Layer Transition | 021100 |
| Cleanroom Processing and Operations | 021074 |
| Control and Monitoring of Thermal Energy Conversion Systems | 021183 |
| Next-Gen OpNav | 020813 |
| Pneumatic Shock System – Methods and Development | 019797 |
| SCaN Development of Monitor and Control Interfaces for Spacecraft Compatibility | 020258 |
| Structural optimization using advanced computational methods | 020956 |
| AI/ML Research Opportunity in Space Systems Quality Engineering | 020893 |
| Advanced Deployment Mechanisms for Deployable Space Trusses | 021554 |
| Autonomous Aircraft Operations | 021580 |
| Fission Surface Power: Thermal Energy Management | 021365 |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Attitude Control System (ACS) | 021061 |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Optical Engineering and Analysis | 021056 |
| Loads and Dynamics Analysis and Test Support | 021272 |
| Characterization of high strain composite materials and structures | 021457 |
| Evaluating Clustered Electric Propulsion Thruster Operation | 021406 |
| Fiber Simulations in Woven Composites | 021397 |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Thermal Engineering and Analysis | 021058 |
| Polymeric Nanocomposites for Thermal Management | 020868 |
| RDE injection modeling | 021279 |
| Radiated EMI model of sub-megawatt electric powertrains | 020797 |
| Sounding Rocket GNC Intern | 020809 |
| Towards Justified Confidence | 019538 |
| CLPS- Astrobotic | 021555 |
| Digital Twin of a Vibration Test Lab | 021504 |
| Electron Density and Ionospheric Conductivity | 021179 |
| FUV bandpass filter Development for HWO | 021166 |
| Fission Surface Power: Systems Engineering | 021362 |
| Design & Development of Molecular-based Laser Diagnostics | 020966 |
| Formal Verification for Novel HMT Paradigms | 021448 |
| HIGH-TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES | 021436 |
| High Pressure Combustion Research | 021274 |
Additional Resources:
Not sure which engineering fields you’d be interested in? Check out our feature breaking down What Type of Engineering is Right for You. Plus, check out NASA STEM for resources fit for all ages to help prepare you for a career in the STEM workforce.