Rocket Lab

Paid internships

• Housing & Relocation Options

  Internships offer housing and relocation options.

Eligibility

• Blue Origin

  Students must be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

• Northrop Grumman

  Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder.

• SpaceX

  Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder; strong project record required.

• Stokespace

  Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

• NASA Internships

  Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

• Lockheed Martin

  Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

• Zipline

  Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Internship Details

• Blue Origin

  Spring: January - April 2026 (~15 weeks) | Application opens June 1st, 2025 | Interviews conducted in July 2025. Summer: May - August 2026 (~12 weeks) | Application opens September 1st, 2025 | Interviews conducted throughout the Fall 2025.

• Northrop Grumman

  Internship hiring season in Fall 2025. Internships begin in May or June 2026 and finish up in August/September 2026.

• SpaceX

  2,000+ Interns every summer. 71% of our interns convert to full time employees. 300+ Universities and colleges are represented in our internship population.

• Stokespace

  2026 Summer application deadline not published yet but typically in Oct-Nov 2025.

• NASA Internships

  12-week, hands-on engineering internships across multiple locations. U.S. citizens or green-card holders; strong project record.

• Lockheed Martin

  Full-time positions, in-person at their South San Francisco office.

• Zipline

  Accepting applications now (summer 2025) for Fall 2025 interns from September to December 2025. Internships are worldwide.

• Rocket Lab

  Full-time positions, in-person at their South San Francisco office. Interns will gain insight into the strategies, operations, and structure that keep a rocket company thriving in a high-mortality-rate industry.