SpaceX Internship Opportunity

[EricH]

Originally Posted by kgalea

Do you know of opportunities like this (the internship) exist for students who did not participate in FIRST?

http://www.spacex.com/careers.php

Scroll down to the Internship and Co-op section.

[kgalea]

Thanks for the QUICK reply! I will be sure to share the information with her. She is truly an amazing young lady and would be an asset!

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by kgalea

Do you know of opportunities like this (the internship) exist for students who did not participate in FIRST? I have a student who is graduating this year, and will be attending MIT to pursue Aeronautical Engineering. She participated in the WISH program at NASA this past summer. Unfortunately, I was never able to get her involved in FIRST as she is also quite an athlete.

Yes, absolutely. There is plenty of info on our website:

http://www.spacex.com/careers.php

-Kevin

[dcarr]

For all you CS people out there, check out this AMA with the SpaceX software team: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...ers_we_launch/

(I'm particularly enthused about SpaceX at the moment as I just left a presentation at USC)

[rdpetras]

Originally Posted by kgalea

Do you know of opportunities like this (the internship) exist for students who did not participate in FIRST? I have a student who is graduating this year, and will be attending MIT to pursue Aeronautical Engineering. She participated in the WISH program at NASA this past summer. Unfortunately, I was never able to get her involved in FIRST as she is also quite an athlete.

Yes, check out this page under internships. There are hundreds available each year, but apply early, they fill up fast.

http://www.spacex.com/careers.php

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by rdpetras

Yes, check out this page under internships. There are hundreds available each year, but apply early, they fill up fast.

http://www.spacex.com/careers.php

(Rich is six cubes away from me and works in flight software for those who have questions. Like me, he is also an ex-JPL'er whose last job was rover driver.)

Edit: Just a clarification: We're both ex-JPL'ers, but I never had a cool job like rover driver.

[Moriarty]

The deadline has been extended to May 6th

In case anyone wanted to do it but didn't have enough time to apply.

Good Luck everyone!

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by Kevin Watson

(Rich is six cubes away from me and works in flight software for those who have questions. Like me, he is also an ex-JPL'er whose last job was rover driver.)

Edit: Just a clarification: We're both ex-JPL'ers, but I never had a cool job like rover driver.

I guess avionics engineers for human rated hardware have REALLY high standards for what makes a cool job.

I think designing jets is cool (they are definitely way cooler than the general public thinks), but I think everyone can agree that rockets are even better.

For students this is an amazing opportunity. I had lots of wicked smart friends clamoring for SpaceX jobs and only one snagged one, so you guys really only take the best of the best.

[Kusha]

Originally Posted by Moriarty

The deadline has been extended to May 6th

In case anyone wanted to do it but didn't have enough time to apply.

Good Luck everyone!

If only I saw this earlier and didn't spend all of today perfecting my application

[Moriarty]

Originally Posted by Kusha

If only I saw this earlier and didn't spend all of today perfecting my application

I've been spending the day on mine as well! I'm still going to try getting it in for tomorrow though. It pays to be early! I'm just worried about my video editing skills factoring into showing my passion for engineering...

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by Kusha

If only I saw this earlier and didn't spend all of today perfecting my application

I too wouldn't have been killing myself to perfect it so soon. Well I guess I'll be one of the early submitters too.

[Kevin Watson]

For those future hard-core engineers that want to change the world (and perhaps other planets as well), but are sitting on the fence thinking about applying, I would encourage you to get off the fence and get this done (yes, you). This is an amazing opportunity that is exclusive to FIRST Robotics participants. Normally the odds of a person submitting an application for an internship is > 1:500, and you can’t even apply until you’re in college. However, through this alliance between FIRST and SpaceX your application doesn’t sit in a stack with literally thousands of other applications, it’s in a special stack that is an order or two smaller and will be given special attention. Right!, now get busy :-)

-Kevin

[Jorge Ayala]

Originally Posted by Kevin Watson

For those future hard-core engineers that want to change the world (and perhaps other planets as well), but are sitting on the fence thinking about applying, I would encourage you to get off the fence and get this done (yes, you). This is an amazing opportunity that is exclusive to FIRST Robotics participants. Normally the odds of a person submitting an application for an internship is > 1:500, and you can’t even apply until you’re in college. However, through this alliance between FIRST and SpaceX your application doesn’t sit in a stack with literally thousands of other applications, it’s in a special stack that is an order or two smaller and will be given special attention. Right!, now get busy :-)

-Kevin

It is such a shame that I am not allowed to apply because I am Mexican. However, thank you for your post, sir. I will apply later (if there is some way for foreigners to apply on the future), because I have long admired Elon Musk and his amazing vision for technology, SpaceX and Tesla Motors are two innovative companies. I guess Mr. Musk somehow reminds me of Tony Stark. Anyway, thank you again.

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by Jorge Ayala

It is such a shame that I am not allowed to apply because I am Mexican. However, thank you for your post, sir. I will apply later (if there is some way for foreigners to apply on the future), because I have long admired Elon Musk and his amazing vision for technology, SpaceX and Tesla Motors are two innovative companies. I guess Mr. Musk somehow reminds me of Tony Stark. Anyway, thank you again.

Hi Jorge,

Unfortunately I don't get to make up the rules. We have many engineers at SpaceX that weren't born in the US, but I'm pretty sure they had to have at least a permanent resident visa to get a job here. I don't know if this is something you'd be willing to do, but at least it is a possibility.

With regard to Tony Stark, I'm not sure it's widely known, but the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne was used for the interior shots of Hammer Industries from Iron Man 2. The filming crew spent about a week here filming in secret. If you look hard, you'll see a few SpaceX logos that made their way into the film. During the filming, we also found out that it's hard to build rockets with a film crew always telling you to be quiet :-)

-Kevin

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by Kevin Watson

With regard to Tony Stark, I'm not sure it's widely known, but the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne was used for the interior shots of Hammer Industries from Iron Man 2. The filming crew spent about a week here filming in secret. If you look hard, you'll see a few SpaceX logos that made their way into the film. During the filming, we also found out that it's hard to build rockets with a film crew always telling you to be quiet :-)

I've heard it mentioned that Robert Downey Jr. shadowed/talked to Elon Musk in preparation for the film, but I didn't realize that SpaceX was so involved and literally part of the film. Very cool, I'll have to watch again with a keen eye.